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Article: Wolf pack signals Gallic 'Intent'.(TF1 signs deal to adapt Dick Wolf's 'Law and Order: Criminal Intent')
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- Daily Variety
- Article date:
- July 25, 2005
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Think Vincent D'Onofrio with a beret and a Gallic shrug of the shoulder.
In a groundbreaking deal that reps a number of firsts for American programming abroad, Dick Wolf's "Law & Order: Criminal Intent," which D'Onofrio toplines, is being formatted for French audiences by leading broadcaster TF1. The French version will likely air in primetime in 2006.
Though a flood of reality shows and a handful of American sitcoms have morphed into localized hits abroad, Yank drama has been unusually resistant to foreign adaptation.
"It's an enormous accomplishment. By creating a localized French version, the potential to grow that audience becomes ...