Lupen, the hit French robbery drama, was itself at the center of a robbery last week when some 20 young men dressed in balaclavas stole more than $ 300,000 worth of equipment from the set during filming in a Paris suburb, he said. Netflix spokesperson.
The theft, reported by the international news agency Agence France-Presse and the French newspaper Le Parisien, took place just over a week after more than 200 antique items worth more than $ 200,000 were stolen from vehicles during the filming of the fifth season of The “crown” in England, according to South Yorkshire and Netflix police.
Netflix said in a statement Thursday that there was an “incident” during the filming of the third season of Lupine on February 25.
“Our cast and crew are safe and no one was injured,” the statement said. “Now we’ve resumed the photos.”
A Netflix spokeswoman said equipment and other items worth about 300,000 euros, or $ 332,000, had been stolen by men who appeared on set and “attacked” with fireworks. The shooting was stopped for one afternoon and local police are investigating, she said.
“Lupine” has become a global phenomenon since its release in January 2021 and is one of Netflix’s most original non-English language shows. Omar Si plays Asan Diop, a noble Parisian and the son of a Senegalese immigrant who adores Arsene Lupen, a “gentleman thief” and protagonist in a collection of short stories by French writer Maurice LeBlanc, which began in 1905.
A spokesman for police in Nanterre, a suburb outside Paris where the filming took place, said he could not comment on the case.
In an earlier statement about the Crown theft, Netflix said it hoped the items stolen from the Doncaster set in northern England would be found and returned. The stolen items include a replica of Faberge’s egg, several sets of silver and gold candelabra, a clock face of Grandpa William IV, a silver 10-piece dresser set and crystal glassware, according to a report in the Antiques Trade Gazette.
“The stolen items are not necessarily in the best condition and therefore of limited value for resale,” Alison Harvey, stage decorator for the fifth season of The Crown, told the Antiques Trade Gazette. “However, they are valuable as parts of the UK film industry.
Police in South Yorkshire said they received a theft report in the late afternoon of February 16th. Three vehicles containing props were “broken” and “several items” were taken, they said. “Officers are investigating the incident, but all existing lines of investigation have already been exhausted,” a brief statement from police said.
Matt Stevens contributed to the reports.