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How France's Lupin became the surprise Netflix hit of the season Adrian Horton The greatest trick by Lupin, a new French series on Netflix, is disguising substantiveness in plain sight. The show, created by the British showrunner George Kay and inspired by the beloved French character Arsène Lupin, packages over 115 years of inspiration (dating back to the character’s invention by writer Maurice Leblanc in 1905) in a slick, swift escape easily binged in a day. Its star, the French actor Omar Sy, towers over his scene partners, perpetually unreadable yet brimming with charis...

(Welcome to The Quarantine Stream, a new series where the /Film team shares what they’ve been watching while social distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic.) The Series: Lupin Where You Can Stream It: Netflix The Pitch: Assane Diop (Omar Sy) is a dashing thief who is inspired to take on a life of crime by the exploits of fictional […]

Reimagining an Icon in 'Lupin III: The First' Lupin III is one of the first icons of manga and anime history. A new film that takes the character into 3D animation for the first time lives up to all the expectations that come with that legacy. GKIDS Monkey Punch — was tasked with making an “adult-oriented series” for publication in Weekly Manga Action, a seinen-genre (intended for older boys and young men) magazine published by Futabasha. What Katō created was  Lupin III, (a.k.a. Lupin the Third) an adventure-comedy featuring the titular gentleman thief descended from Maurice LeBla...

In ‘Lupin,’ Omar Sy Puts a New Twist on a Classic French Tale In the international hit from Netflix, the actor plays a modern gentleman thief, inspired by the charming rapscallion Arsène Lupin. “If I were British, I would have said James Bond,” said Omar Sy, the star of the new French series “Lupin,” about being asked to pick a dream role. “But since I’m French, I said Lupin.”Credit...Netflix Jan. 14, 2021 In 2011, a star turn in the French blockbuster film “The Intouchables” propelled Omar Sy to a César award for best actor and a ...

Lupin review: Netflix starts the year with a fabulous new show about a gentleman thief Netflix creates Lupin magic in the smile of Omar Sy, and I think no one better could have been cast. The lone wolf of the comic book and anime is shown to be a dad here with the delightful Ludvine Sagnier playing his ex-wife. Lupin Netflix Poster Before there was TinTin, Herge had Quick & Flupke; before there was Asterix and Calvin & Hobbes, there was Little Nemo and yes, Arsene Lupin, gentleman thief. We’ve all had years of growing up on superheroes, from Phantom and Mandrake to the usuals of the Marvel ...