by “Tirailleurs” with Omar Sy is broadcast this evening on France 2. On this occasion we take stock of the upcoming projects of the favorite actor of the French.
Released in our rooms in January 2023, Mathieu Vadepied riflemen with Omar Sy and Alassane Diong is broadcast this evening on France 2. The feature film takes place in 1917 and follows Bakary Diallo (SY), a man who enlisted in the French army to join Thierno (Diong), his 17 -year -old son, recruited with force. Sent on the front, father and son will have to face war together.
Presented at the opening of the Un Certain Regard section at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival, the feature film traces the path of the forgotten Senegalese soldiers of the First World War. A strong and necessary film to tell the story of another point of view as Omar Sy points out in the interview visible at the top of this article.
On the occasion of the dissemination of Tirailleurs This Sunday, May 25 on France 2, we take stock of the upcoming projects of Omar Sy.
2 films shot but not dated
Omar Sy recently turned The Strangers' Case, a drama by Brandt Andersen in which he embodies an unscrupulous passer. The film retraces the tragedy experienced by a Syrian family in Aleppo, which triggers a chain reaction in four different countries. Presented at the last Deauville festival, this moving feature film, also worn by Yasmine Al Massri and Yahya Mahayni, has no release date yet.
The actor also recently filmed alongside Kerry Washington and Mark Strong in Joe Carnahan's action film Shadow Force. In this feature film, he played an agent whose family is threatened by a criminal. The feature was released on May 9 in the United States but no date has yet been announced for France.
Omar Sy in a film about Alexandre Dumas Father
Between filming in the United States and series projects, Omar Sy has a very busy schedule. So that it will be necessary to wait until October 2027 to see it in a major French project on the big screen!
The actor is indeed announced in the casting of Dumas: black devil of Ladj Ly. Produced by Dimitri Rassam (the three musketeers, the count of Monte-Cristo) This biopic is freely adapted from the comic strip “The first Dumas“Created by Salva Rubio and Ruben del Rincón.
The film is centered on Thomas Alexandre Davy of La Pailleterie Dumas, the father of the writer Alexandre Dumas, born in 1762 in the Caribbean. First a slave, he became general of the French army under the Revolution. An extraordinary course and fully unknown to the general public. Omar Sy shares the poster with Théo Christine (who plays the title role), Vincent Cassel and François Civil.
Lupine, extraction …: a fruitful Netflix partnership
In October 2021, Omar Sy had signed a contract (as an actor and producer) with the Netflix streaming giant in order to develop original content over several years. Thus, the actor will soon be playing the romantic comedy French Lover, the broadcast of which is planned during the year on Netflix.
Written by Noémie Saglio, Nina Rives and Hugo Gélin and directed by Nina Rives, the film is also carried by Sara Giraudeau, Pascale Arbillot and Alban Ivanov, and follows Abel Camara (SY), the big star of the moment. When Marion, the perfect incarnation of the “Girl Next Door” makes him a service one day, neither suspects that it is the beginning of a great love story.
On the series side, the French actor is currently on the set of the fourth season of the successful series Lupine, but no broadcast date has yet been revealed.
And as his character inspired by Maurice Leblanc's work, Omar Sy is still where we do not expect him … Last February he surprised by joining the cast of the series of extraction action, which takes place in the universe of Tyler Rake.
After two explosive films carried by Chris Hemsworth, and a third on the way, the streaming platform decided to extend its action franchise with a series of 8 episodes staged by Glen Mazzara (The Walking Dead) in which he will play a mercenary committed for a perilous mission in Libya to save hostages taken between several rival factions.
The Yasuke project still in development
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In 2023, the favorite actor of the French was announced in the casting of Yasuke, the adaptation in real shots of the animation series of the same name. The star, awarded the César for best actor in 2013 for untouchables, must play the role of a slave who has become the first black samurai in Japan. This man really existed and was erected as a real legend in Japanese history. But since the announcement of Nick Jones Jr. to the writing of this series of 5 episodes, no new information has circulated.
Omar Sy: producer!
And the actor is on all fronts since in March 2024, Omar Sy launched with director Louis Leterrier and producer Thomas Benski, his production company called Carrousel Studios.
Based in Los Angeles, Paris, London and Senegal, society will specialize in gender films (Action, SF, Horror, Thriller, Comedy). At the microphone of Deadlineproducers specify :: “By definition, the only goal of a carousel is to entertain, whatever the origin, age or midfielder of spectators. Our carousel will offer the same sensation, with a modern approach to the creation of global content in an environment where artists have priority. This principle is the driving force and culture of our business.”
The company will in particular co-produce the series of 6 episodes The Annecy Murdersinspired by the infamous affair of the horse's killing.
