Picture: France 2
After years of on-and-off development and slow progress, Netflix finally confirmed today that a Call My Agent! movie is officially in the works, with most of the original cast for the French series returning. Here is everything we know, and a recap of how we got here.
Confirmed last week by original creator Fanny Herrero, who was accepting an award in Le Havre, the Call My Agent! (original title : Dix Pour Cent) The movie has been confirmed to be in production for global release on Netflix, while original broadcaster France 2 and France Télévisions are confirmed to co-finance the project (and potentially a first-run broadcast on France 2 afterwards).
The logline is below:
“Five years after the ASK agency closed, Andrea wants to become a director. But when she loses her lead actor just days before shooting starts, she has to bring her old team back together, sparking old friendships—and rivalries.”
The series itself is an ambitious one for French television: a dramedy set in the French film industry, focusing on talent agents who are not used to the limelight, it was long considered by Canal+ until public broadcaster France 2 ordered development in 2011. After an arduous process and questioning around the idea of bringing in A-list French actors, which would be easier through the producer of the series, legendary agent Dominique Besnehard, the first season was broadcast in 2015 under the guidance of Fanny Herrero. She brought in a team of writers in order to develop snappy, quick dialogue and interweave the personal and professional lives of the characters with harmony.
Netflix, which had barely begun producing its own French originals, bought second-run rights for France but, most crucially, global broadcast rights to the show, and so all four seasons had been available under the name Call My Agent! The series is credited with launching the international career of Camille Cottin (Andrea) and also starting the relationship between creator Fanny Herrero and Netflix. The latter left Call My Agent! ahead of its final season to sign an exclusive deal with the platform, which led to the 6-episode dramedy Drôle/Standing Up in 2022. The show was cancelled after a single season, while Call My Agent was remade multiple times. Netflix aired the Indian remake, while competing platforms, including Prime Video for the British version and SKY for the Italian version, also produced their own adaptations.
Netflix has broadcast many versions of Call My Agent! including in South Korea.
Ever since the final episode of Call My Agent! was broadcast in November 2020, producer Dominique Besnehard has been on the record several times to confirm a movie was in active development. But he has always insisted that the problem lay with the busy schedules of the entire cast, and the need to find a workable script; Herrero had left the show due to creative differences, but was finally confirmed to write the sequel last year, alongside Lison Daniel. There was also the matter of Netflix wanting to broadcast the follow-up to that mothership, as we have reported it was removed from the platform in July of 2025.
All of these issues seem to be bygones, as the entire cast is confirmed to return alongside veteran director Émilie Noblet at the helm (Parlement, Zorro): Laure Calamy, Thibault de Montalembert, Grégory Montel, Nicolas Maury, Fanny Sidney, and Liliane Rovère. Planned guest stars include Laetitia Casta, Vincent Macaigne, Ophélia Kolb, and Anne Marivin. Longtime producers of the show, Besnehard, Harold Valentin, and Michel Feller are producing through Mon Voisin Productions and Mother Productions.
Speaking to Deadline, Herrero said of the characters: “They are so inspiring, I love them all. And the fact that I left and it’s been almost five years now since the last season was released, [makes] it so good to be back again together.” No timetable has been set for release, though it is expected sometime in late 2026. Until then, Netflix might make a new deal to bring back the complete series of one of its first international hits.
