ZDF & Rai strike pre-sale deals for TF1 manga adaptation ‘Cat’s Eyes’

Cat’s Eyes

Germany’s ZDF and Italy’s Rai have struck pre-sale deals for Cat’s Eyes, the live action drama based on the cult manga series, with Newen Connect.

Set to debut on TF1 in France, the eight-part series has already previously sold to RTL in Belgium and RTS in Switzerland, while Amazon has boarded as co-financiers for a second window in France and first window in Latin America and Japan.

Cat’s Eyes stars Camille Lou, Contance Labbé and Claire Romain as the Chamade sisters Tam, Sylvia and Alexia, on the prowl for the most beautiful and secured artworks in Paris.

After years apart, the trio gets back together to steal a work of art, on display in a high-class exhibition at the Eiffel Tower. The siblings hope that the artwork which belongs to their father, will help them solve the mystery of his disappearance years earlier.

Directed by Alexandre Laurent, the series was created by Michel Catz based on the work of Tsukasa Hojo. Catz wrote the script along with Justine Kim- Gautier, Antonin Martin-Hilbert, Anne-Charlotte Kassab, Coline Dussaud and Audrey Gagneux. The show is produced by Benjamin Dupont Jubien and Mehdi Sabbar of Big Band Story.

“We are seeing significant interest in Cat’s Eyes from streamers and broadcasters all around the world, and that has to be a testament to the team at Big Band Story, the writers and of course the amazing cast and crew, as well as the brilliant Newen Connect sales team, who were tasked with finding significant co-production partners to fund the series and an accelerated timescale in which to deliver it,” said Leona Connell, chief commercial officer at Newen Connect.