A live-action Totally Spies! TV series is in the works at Prime Video and Will Ferrell is onboard as an executive producer, IGN has confirmed.
Totally Spies! is a French animated series that began in 2001 and recently recieved its seventh season in France this past May after a nearly 11-year break. That isn’t it either, as Warner Bros. Discovery EMEA and French kids network Gulli just ordered an eighth season of the show.
As for what the live-action series will be about, we can glean some insight from the official logline:
“Totally Spies! is a YA live action adaptation of Banijay Kids & Family’s hit animated series of the same title, following stylish best friends Clover, Alex and Sam as they navigate saving the world as international spies, while trying to survive the ups and downs of first year college life.”
Joining Ferrell will be Gloria Sanchez’s Jessica Elbaum and Alix Taylor and Banijay Kids & Family’s Benoit de Sabatino.
“Totally Spies! is a huge success for Banijay Kids & Family, having been translated in 60 languages and sold to more than 220 territories,” di Sabatino said in a statement. “With a social media base of 3 million, the series continues to thrive in its animation form with the recently launched 7th season. Rola Bauer approached me for a live action adaptation, and we were thrilled to partner with Amazon MGM Studios. With her, Ludovic Attal, and Punit Matoo’s support, we are honoured to join such a stronghold of female-focused producers in Gloria Sanchez Productions to produce for Prime Video.”
“Will, Alix and I are thrilled to be joining our partners at Amazon and Banijay to bring Totally Spies! to life as a live action show,” Elbaum said. “Gloria Sanchez was originally founded to tell stories about complicated characters and empower female voices and storytellers. As longtime fans of the animated show, we couldn’t think of a story more fitting to our ethos. The themes of girl-power, never sacrificing friendship, fun, or your true self to be successful resonated with us then, and feel ripe to revisit now.”
Totally Spies! has nearly 200 episodes to its name and has received a prequel film called Totally Spies! The Movie, a spin-off series called The Amazing Spiez! that ran for two seasons, comic books, novels, and even a handful of video games.
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