Revealed in 1998 by the success of the series H, on Canal + created by Kader Aoun, Jamel Debbouze is now moving on to directing and producing on this format! The husband of Mélissa Theuriau who has already directed his first film “Why didn’t I eat my father?“, in 2015, will reunite with his former hospital sidekick, Ramzy Bedia, who goes from stretcher bearer to captain, to tell the story of the daily life of an airplane crew… a little shaky!
“Funny, endearing but incompetent”
The sitcom of 12 episodes of 26 minutes will be called “Terminal” as announced in a press release from Canal +. In this first season, we will follow the adventures of this gang, also composed of Tristan Lopin and Camille Chamoux. They are “funny, endearing” but completely “incompetent”warns Jamel Debbouze.
Good news for comedy which still has pride of place on the encrypted channel. Several months ago, fans followed “Orders“with Florence Foresti, and before that”The Torch: Raiders of Chupacabra “ with Jonathan Cohen.
Last summer, Jamel Debbouze announced that he was coming with something new in “Le Club de l’été” fromEurope 1. The actor and humorist who created the Marrakech of laughter then revealed that he was working on this original creation for Canal + and gave some clues.
“We hope to experience what we were able to do with H”
He had specified “I have very good news. I’m going to produce a small series, a sitcom, exactly like for H. I’m very, very proud and we hope to experience what we were able to do with H.”. And added: “It will be filmed in public, with the new generation of comedians that you have certainly seen on the Marrakech du laughter stage, among others“.
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