Disney Plus Drops Trailer, Key Art for French Fantasy Sci-Fi Original ‘Parallels’
variety.comElsa Keslassy International CorrespondentDisney Plus has unveiled the trailer and key art for “Parallels,” its new French Original series which has been described as a fantasy sci-fi series in the vein of “Stranger Things.” All six episodes will launch on March 23 on Disney Plus’ platform worldwide.“Parallels” tells the story of four friends – Bilal, Romane, Samuel and Victor – whose lives are turned upside down when a mysterious event scatters the group into different timelines.
The four teenagers will do all they can to understand what has happened and try to get back to the carefree innocence of their former lives.The series is headlined by teenagers and features many fresh faces, including Thomas Chomel (“Clem”), Omar Mebrouk (“HPI”, “Les Invisibles”), Jules Houplain (“HPI”), Jade Pedri (“Ils étaient dix”), Naidra Ayadi (“Polisse”, “Black Spot”, “Stillwater”) and Guillaume Labbé (“The Hookup Plan”, “Je te promets”, “L’Ecole de la vie”).
Other cast members include Gil Alma (“César Wagner”), Elise Diamant (“Mensonges”), Dimitri Storoge (“Validé”, “La Révolution”), Agnès Miguras (“ASKIP”), Maxime Bergeron (“Fantasies”, “ASKIP”), Victoria Eber (“Beyond Appearances”), and Timoté Rigault.
The series was created by Quoc Dang Tran (“Marianne,” “Nox”) who co-wrote it with Anastasia Heinzl (“Beyond Appearances”), as well as produced it through his banner Daïmôn Films with Raphaël Rocher and Eric Laroche at Empreinte Digitale.
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