EXCLUSIVE: When news broke recently that a remake of 1964 French classic That Man From Rio was in the works the focus was on the fact that Sydney Sweeney had signed to star and Justin Lin to direct.

One detail about the project – spearheaded by Oscar-nominated producer Kevin Walsh and tapping into his first-look deal with Apple TV – that probably escaped many was the involvement of film and TV production and distribution group Studio TF1 .

The group, which was rebranded from Newen Studios earlier this year and is a subsidiary of French commercial TV giant the TF1 Group, is one of Europe’s biggest production and distribution banners with 50 company labels in 11 countries.

As such, its in-house production, distribution and international sales divisions have access to a majo

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