Eric Rochant Unveils Federation-Backed Maui Entertainment As Disney+ Gears Up To Launch Indie’s Debut Series; ‘The Bureau’ Creator Sets Arte Series With Isabel Coixet
13.10.2023 - 07:45
/ deadline.com
EXCLUSIVE: The Bureau creator Eric Rochant is today formally unveiling his production banner, Maui Entertainment, which has quietly launched with backing from Federation Studios.
In an exclusive interview to announce Maui, Rochant said creative talent “must be at the origin and center” of its projects, with a business model geared towards helping new writers and producers become showrunners. He also revealed he was working on a spy drama and a series with Spanish writer Isabel Coixet.
“I learned from Todd Kessler, who made Damages and Bloodline, that a good series must come from a writer who can explain why he’s the only one who can make a specific show,” said Rochant.
Maui quietly launched last year up with a Disney+ order, for Tout va Bien (Everything is Fine), but today marks its market launch. We can reveal the series is due to launch on November 15.
The eight-part show is from Camille de Castelnau, who wrote on Rochant’s hit Canal+ series The Bureau, and stars the likes of Virginie Efira, Sara Giraudeau, Nicole Garcia and Aliocha Schneider. Shot in Paris, it revolves around a dysfunctional family faced with the illness of a child. A screenplay for season two is currently underway.
You can watch the trailer here.
Rochant is best known for political thriller series The Bureau, which launched on Canal+ in 2015, with Federation (then Federation Entertainment) co-producing with The Oligarchs Productions. The production is among France’s best selling dramas internationally.
However, Rochant does not plan to produce genre series, saying they are “not what Maui is about.” As such, Maui is in production on a “gripping” spy series financed as a co-production. Details are scarce but Rochant told Deadline: “I’m personally