Freddie Highmore will shoot her first role in French, for a large TF1 series
He will play Edgar Allan Poe conducting investigations in Paris, in a great historical fiction, inspired by the work of the American novelist, and supported by the HPI star, Audrey Fleurot!
THE Good doctor tidyed up his scalpel last year. And Freddie Highmore will continue his career … in France!
The English actor, who had terrorized everyone in Motel Batesis in advanced negotiations to embody a reinvented version ofEdgar Allan Poe In Augustine & Edgara police series of ambitious vintage, in costumes, located in mid -19th century Paris.
Produced by Gaumont (behind Lupine among others) for TF1the series will mark the beginnings of an actor of 33 years in a role in French.
If he has never played in French, Freddie Highmore is perfectly bilingual and has often expressed in interview its desire to turn in the language of Molière. He had already lent his features to Arthur in the French film Arthur and the Minimoysby Luc Besson. But at the time he played in English.
This time, the Briton will speak our language, with his accent, and face a local star: Audrey Fleurot. The actress of Hpi is one of the most popular French actresses of the moment. And while Hpi stops, she could continue in the policeman while playing Augustinea detective shiny freely inspired by Auguste Dupin, the cult character created by Poe in three of his new founders of the police genre.
You should know thatEdgar Allan Poe never lived in Paris.
He was born in Boston in 1809 and never traveled in Europe, although he was deeply influenced by European culture and has often located his stories in European sets, especially French. So, Paris occupies a symbolic place in his work: it is in the French capital that he situates his famous detective surveys C. Auguste Dupinconsidered the ancestor of Sherlock Holmes. Three of her new police – Double assassination in rue Morgue,, The mystery of Marie Rogêt And The stolen letter – Go there.
The series Augustine & Edgar will therefore play with this fiction: she will imagine Poe Going to Paris and crossing a female version of Dupin, in a romanticized version of historical reality, where the writer will team up with Augustine, in a promising duo of investigators.
The project is co-produced by Maxime Chattam,, Patrick Renault (which will also be showrunner), and Elizabeth Kesses For EJK Productions. Development started several years ago, and the scenario is signed Sophie Dab.
The shooting is planned for End of 2026and an agreement with a platform is expected. Netflix seems in good position, after recently forbidden a strategic partnership with TF1.
