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As Netflix prepares to unveil a new French series at the Series Mania festival on Friday, Flunked (Riquelle)Pauline Dauvin, vice president of French programming, gave the leading newspaper a comprehensive preview of its upcoming line-up Ouest-France. What are the main attractions?
While we’ve covered the 2026 slate for Netflix France here, the streamer in the region (and especially the UK) hasn’t held any formal Next on Netflix 2026 press events, so this was a welcome update to their slate instead.
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Even though Pauline Dauvin did not provide new subscriber numbers for France, she did comment on the number of visitors for January 2026 according to French ratings guru Mediametry (32.8 million for the month). He also had the opportunity to shed light on what French Netflix executives see as success among local subscribers in its last release: the film french loversecond season of blood bank – Renewed for a third season, currently in production – and musical format Nouvelle EcoleFrench version of rhythm+flow.
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More hip is in the air; reveal a role
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In An extended quote on Ouest-France website, Pauline Dauvin revealed this Streamers and creators of hip Season 4 is deeply engaged in post-production, on track for a release later in the autumn, something that has been teased for a long time.
He teased more “extraordinary Paris locations” for the upcoming season, even though he stopped short of confirming that the Eiffel Tower would be one of them, as depicted on the first official poster. Since the plot involves Asane’s son, a comedian theo christine Raoul Diop has been confirmed to play the role. More interestingly, Downin wondered why season 4 “should be the last”; There are many features in the upcoming season With a strong writers room for the first time in the series, behind-the-scenes changes, and louis leterrier And age wise service of As a listener.
GIGN It has been cited as a major event of 2026
Julien Leclerc documented the shoot on his Instagram page last year. Official photos have not been released yet.
Also in post-production, is the French action show GIGNCreated by longtime Netflix collaborator julian leclerc (Ganglands), named after the French elite intervention unit, is seen as a major event of 2026, with Dauvin saying that “beyond the action, there is also a tense family drama”, and relies on a “very charismatic lead”. Tomar Sisli. he also chose the original call my agent! Film and original documentary film Buswhich documents the French football team strike and the national drama that followed: Dauvin said: “The project can be viewed as if it were a thriller”. The project was first announced with a teaser at the Next on Netflix French event in 2025, but it looks like it’s still in production. Finally, the sequel to family pack was also announced, but we have everything you need to know about this project here.
Emily in Paris to resume shooting
As Pauline Dauvin said there are currently about 40 Netflix productions shooting across the country, she mentioned the upcoming sixth season Emily in Paris in the spring, “for release later this year”, as well as shooting the thriller film Clean and series les brumesStarring nero the killer star drink marmai.
Integration of TF1 programs as a major strategy shift
Finally, Pauline Dauvin discussed the free integration of TF1 linear channels; The major European broadcaster announced its partnership in June 2025, and deployment is currently planned for the summer. It’s unclear whether the TF1 programs will get their own corner, but Douvin confirmed it. Ouest-France That “the recommendation tool will be used to benefit TF1 programming, we do not think in terms of internal competition. The idea is to give customers even more reasons to stay on Netflix.” No additional partnerships are expected for French channels at this time, although rumors suggest similar arrangements between Netflix and broadcasters are already under discussion in other countries.
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