The future of More beautiful life (France 3) will soon be sealed. As unveiled The Parisian on April 6, 2022, the production brought together the actors on April 4 to discuss the continuation, or not, of the famous series broadcast since 2004.
The announcement had the effect of a bomb last February. Le Figaro had revealed that the cult series would not be renewed for an eighteenth season. A news that was quickly nuanced by the management of France Télévisions. “Our contract with Newen [société de production de PBLV, NDLR] ends on December 31, 2022. After this date, the end of Plus belle la vie, whose audiences are down, is a possibility. But it’s not the only one, we reopened the discussions, like two years ago“, had it been declared. Since then, the fans and the team of More beautiful life hold their breath.
But last Monday, the actors learned a little more about their future as revealed The Parisian. Vincent Meslet, the managing director of Newen France, brought together twenty of them to entrust to them: “We are working on the hypothesis of a shutdown by the end of the year. Discussions continue on all fronts. We do not have to comment on the choice of France Télévisions but to manage the consequences together. Their decision will be announced at the end of the month.“Statements that would have brought tears to Laurent Kerusoré, who has played Thomas Marci since 2005.”What future ? There is no future“, would then have dropped one of the participants. For her part, Cécilia Hornus, who has played Blanche Marci for eighteen years, would have declared: “We feel that the tension is rising. It’s not very cheerful all that.“The next day, it was the turn of the technicians to discover the situation.
While waiting to learn more, the production continues to work on the next episodes. “Texts are being written, especially for the start of the school year, there will be the summer plot and two prime times are still planned. We have put our cards on the table so that the actors and technicians prepare for a busy summer. There is a shared desire to give the best. The show must go on until the curtain closes, even if it is still too early to say if it will lower“, confided Vincent Meslet to our colleagues.
Ideally, the production would like to end filming in September, for the last broadcasts in November. “After ? We were told: Don’t worry, we won’t leave you like this‘”, assures an actor. It could indeed be envisaged that More beautiful life switches to TF1, of which Newen is a subsidiary. “We are working to bring the brand to life, which remains strong and transmits values. The audiovisual landscape is not limited to TF 1 and France Télévisions“, concluded Vincent Meslet.