“We’ve been working on a new La Haine project for two years,” explains director Mathieu Kassovitz, who is organizing a large casting to find “the pearls” who will play the three main actors in this stage adaptation of the cult film.
The cult movie Hatredreleased in 1995, will be adapted from here “end of 2024“in a musical show for a tour of the Zéniths de France which will begin with La Seine Musicale (Boulogne-Billancourt), announced actor and director Mathieu Kassovitz on Sunday June 25 on Instagram.
“We still have things to say”
“We’ve been working on a new project for two years Hatrednot at the cinema but La Haine Live, a mixture of cinema and entertainment“, says Mathieu Kassovitz in a black and white video that begins with “Youth of France and Navarre I salute you“.
“JI work with a group of very talented people from different backgrounds“, further specifies the director, promising to be “very respectful of the original work“.”It’s been 30 years since we touched this project, we’ve aged, but we’re still on the attack and we still have things to say“, he continues with a smile that says it all.
In search of the Vinz, Saïd and Hubert of the new generation
To do this, the director is launching a call for talent on social networks, to “find the pearls” who will interpret the three main characters, Vinz, Saïd and Hubert, played in the film by Vincent Cassel, Saïd Taghmaoui and Hubert Koundé.
“We are looking for people who are capable of doing everything, artists capable of singing, dancing, rapping, of course acting“, emphasizes the director. “If you feel you have the shoulders to fill these sneakers, come participate, the casting starts now for the whole summer“and through”associated accounts“.
This film “is part of French culture”
Mathieu Kassovitz had already mentioned this musical adaptation project in an interview with AFP for the 25th anniversary of Hatredin 2020.
“On are all children of Hatred! If you like French cinema, and all that, you still have a relationship with this film, it’s part of people’s lives“, he explained then, considering that the film with two million admissions, with always burning themes, suburbs and police blunders, was “part of french culture“.