Unknown Parallels, the original French Disney+ series will arrive exclusively on the streaming service on March 23
On Unknown Parallels, the lives of four teenagers, Bilal, Romane, Sam and Victor, are seriously altered when a mysterious event separates them and sends them to parallel dimensions. They try to understand what has happened and do their best to go back in time to recover their previous life.
The series stars Thomas Chomel, Omar Mebrouk, Jules Houplain, Jade Pedri, Naidra Ayadi, Guillaume Labbé, Gil Alma, Elise Diamant, Dimitri Storoge, Agnès Miguras, Maxime Bergeron, Victoria Eber, and Timoté Rigault.
This French original series consisting of 6 40-minute episodes is produced by Empreinte digitale (Raphaël Rocher and Eric Laroche) and Daïmôn Films (Quoc Dang Tran), created by Quoc Dang Tran (“Marianne”, “Nox”), co-written by Anastasia Heinzl (“Beyond Appearances”) and directed by Benjamin Rocher and Jean-Batiste Saurel.
The producers of the series have said:
Pauline Dauvin, VP of Programming, Production and Acquisitions at The Walt Disney Company France, said: “Unknown Parallels is a suspenseful sci-fi adventure series with a touch of comedy. It will be one of the first French productions to premiere on Disney+, both in France and in other markets. The science fiction genre is not very common in French series, so this new production will be an interesting addition to the series that are broadcast on the platform at the moment”.
Series creator and co-producer Quoc Dang Tran (“Fais pas ci, fais pas ça”, “Call My Agent!”, “Marianne”) added: “We wanted to tell a fantasy story about teenagers at an age where innocence is left behind and the bonds of friendship are unbreakable. For us, special effects and showmanship were less important than emotions and intimacy. The Disney teams understood us perfectly and have accompanied us throughout the entire project showing great enthusiasm.”
Raphaël Rocher and Eric Laroche, co-producers of the production company Empreinte Digitale (“Lazy Company”, “Grown-Ups”, “Marianne”), have commented: “We are delighted to offer the public a fantasy series, a genre that we like very much but that rarely appears on French screens. The opportunity to work closely with the French and international teams of Disney, a world leader in family entertainment, has been a wonderful experience for us.”
What can we expect from the series?
Unknown Parallels shows the beauty of teenage friendships whose strength can move mountains, give hope in the darkest moments and fill you with courage. The series also encompasses parallel worlds, time paradoxes, new loves, family ties, and decisive decisions. This fantasy and science fiction series is an opportunity to understand that the paths we take in life are determined by the decisions we make, the situations we experience and the way we react to them.
This will be one of the first series in which the streaming platform premieres all the episodes at the same time, following the Netflix model, leaving its usual episode premiere per week.
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