Prime Video is set to adapt Joël Dicker’s novel Un animal sauvage into a six-part French drama series, though an exact release date has not been announced. Directed by Vincent Maël Cardona, the project stars Noémie Merlant and Matthias Schoenaerts, with production handled by Banijay subsidiary Screenline SPV1.
The Bottom Line
- The Release Window: Prime Video has slated the adaptation for a 2027 premiere, though an exact launch date remains unannounced.
- The Creative Team: Vincent Maël Cardona directs the six-episode series, featuring scripts co-written by Julien Gras-Péguin and Antoinette Martin-Hilber.
- The Star-Studded Cast: Noémie Merlant and Matthias Schoenaerts lead the cast, alongside Pauline Clément of the Comédie-Française, Pierre-Yves Cardinal, and Quim Gutiérrez.
Geneva Heist Sparks a Web of Obsession
The narrative kicks off on July 22 with a high-stakes jewelry store robbery in Geneva, unfolding across six 45-minute episodes. Fifteen days prior to the crime, the storyline establishes two starkly different households living side by side near Lake Geneva. Sophie and Arpad Braun reside in a striking glass house, while their neighbors, Karine and Greg Liand, inhabit a more modest suburban residence.
As the two couples cross paths, a volatile dynamic of mutual fascination and intense obsession takes root. This gradual entanglement exposes the economic and social gulfs separating their lives, alongside the hidden secrets each character desperately guards. The six-part structure meticulously traces the fortnight leading up to the Geneva heist, weaving individual motives directly into the center of the crime.
An Exclusive Literary Pipeline for Streaming
This upcoming adaptation stems from an exclusive ongoing agreement between Prime Video and author Joël Dicker to bring his extensive literary catalog to the screen. While Un animal sauvage leads the current slate of television developments, Dicker’s bibliography also includes other notable titles such as The Enigma of Room 622 and The Book of Baltimore. Streaming executives have yet to disclose broadcast schedules or development timelines for these additional literary properties.
Created by Julien Costeper and Sofia Perrier, the series relies on a collaboration between production entities under the Banijay umbrella, specifically utilizing Screenline SPV1 to manage physical production in Europe.
