“Lupin,” the hit French heist drama, was itself on the heart of a heist final week when about 20 younger males carrying balaclavas stole gear valued at greater than $300,000 from the set throughout filming in a Paris suburb, a Netflix spokeswoman stated.
The theft, which was reported by the worldwide information service Agence France-Presse and the French newspaper Le Parisien, got here simply over per week after greater than 200 vintage props valued at greater than $200,000 have been stolen from autos throughout the filming of the fifth season of “The Crown” in England, in line with the South Yorkshire Police and Netflix.
Netflix stated in an announcement on Thursday that there was an “incident” throughout the filming of the third season of “Lupin” on Feb. 25.
“Our forged and crew are protected and there have been no accidents,” the assertion stated. “We’ve now resumed filming.”
A Netflix spokeswoman stated that gear and different objects value about 300,000 euros, or $332,000, have been stolen by males who confirmed up on the set and “attacked” with fireworks. Filming was paused for a day, and the native police have been investigating, she stated.
“Lupin” turned a world phenomenon upon its launch in January 2021 and is amongst Netflix’s most streamed non-English-language unique exhibits. Omar Sy performs Assane Diop, a debonair Parisian and the son of a Senegalese immigrant who idolizes Arsène Lupin, the “gentleman thief” and important character in a set of tales by the French author Maurice Leblanc beginning in 1905.
A spokesman for the police in Nanterre, the suburb outdoors Paris the place the filming was happening, stated he couldn’t touch upon the case.
In an earlier assertion in regards to the theft from “The Crown,” Netflix stated that it hoped the objects stolen from the set in Doncaster, in northern England, could be discovered and returned. The stolen objects included a duplicate of a Fabergé egg, a number of units of silver and gold candelabra, the face of a William IV grandfather clock, a 10-piece silver dressing-table set and crystal glassware, in line with a report within the Antiques Commerce Gazette.
“The objects stolen usually are not essentially in one of the best situation and subsequently of restricted worth for resale,” Alison Harvey, the set decorator for the fifth season of “The Crown,” advised the Antiques Commerce Gazette. “Nevertheless, they’re priceless as items to the U.Okay. movie business.”
The South Yorkshire police stated that they had acquired a report of a theft within the late afternoon on Feb. 16. Three autos containing props had been “damaged into” and “numerous objects” have been taken, they stated. “Officers investigated the incident however all present traces of inquiry have now been exhausted,” the police stated in a quick assertion.
Matt Stevens contributed reporting.