‘Amelie’ and ‘La La Land’ directors sign up for projects with Netflix

PARIS:  The maker of the quirky French hit “Amelie” is shooting a new film for Netflix, the streaming giant revealed Friday.

Jean-Pierre Jeunet, who broke through internationally with his 1991 cannibal comedy “Delicatessen”, is working on a similarly black futuristic caper called “Bigbug”.

It was one of some 20 French projects announced by Netflix on Friday, topped by Damien Chazelle´s forthcoming musical series set in a Paris jazz club, “The Eddy”.

Netflix chief Reed Hastings also said that Fanny Herrero, the creator of the cult show “Call My Agent” had also been commissioned to make a new six-part series in French about young comedians trying to make their name on the Paris stand-up scene. He said the streamer was investing some 100 million euros ($111 million) in France this year.

Hastings had earlier confirmed that Netflix has some 6.7 millions subscribers in the country and 158 million worldwide.