‘Around the World in 80 Days’ Production Federation Buys Robin & Co – The Hollywood Reporter

The rapidly growing Confederation of French Manufacturing Corporations (Around the world in 80 days) added another company to its stable, signing an agreement to take a majority stake in French independent film and television group Robin & Co, the federation said on Tuesday.

Financial terms were not disclosed.

This acquisition gives the Federation control of the company founded by Jean-Yves Robin in 1998, which itself includes several grants, including Calt Production, Calt Studio, Calt Story and Robin Production, the documentary Hope Production directed by Yann Arthus Bertrand (Mankind, Planet Ocean), and the animated film Monkey Pack Film by Marc Stanimirovic, whose credits include a French love story Café de flor (2011) by the late Canadian director Jean-Marc Vallée and the 2017 horror-thriller by Coralie Fargeat Revenge.

Since its founding in 2013, the Federation, run by Pascal Breton and Lionel Uzan, has acquired international production companies in an effort to tap into the global streaming boom and become a major player in the industry. original products. Top titles from the group’s drama team include PBS co-production Masterpiece Around the world in 80 days starring David Tennant (Which doctor?), the series Canal + Office with Mathieu Kassovitz and the German financial thriller Bad bank, to be streamed on Hulu in the US On November 29, Anonymous Content revealed that it is launching a France-based TV Label, Anonymous/Federation, along with the Paris-based team.

The union called the Robin & Co acquisition “another decisive step” in the company’s growth strategy.

“The special relationship that Jean-Yves Robin has managed to build with many actors, writers and directors, especially in comedy, is unique in France,” said the president of the Breton Federation. “Our association is able to offer them even more outlets across channels, platforms, international markets and all derivatives markets born of the digital revolution we are driving. discover”.

With the Robin & Co agreement, Federation now has about 20 subsidiaries or affiliated manufacturing companies under the umbrella of the group, with operations in Paris, Los Angeles, Rome, Madrid, Berlin, London, Brussels and Tel Aviv.