While Amazon Prime Video France will keep up with this popular comedy franchises such as “LOL: Last One Laughing,” the streamer looks to move beyond its historical male-skewing base to lure more women and younger demos with new romances, as well as high-profile adaptations of books by authors like Virginie Despentes and Joël Dicker.

Speaking to Variety ahead of the lineup presentation at a swank Paris event on Thursday, Thomas Dubois, the head of France and Japan at Amazon MGM Studios, unpacked the streamer’s plans to try new things, as well as balance out comedy, new romance and prestige drama.

“It’s really about continuing to nurture the talented comedy family that we’ve built and allow them to keep pushing boundaries,” Dubois said, “and also about breaking into new territories an

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