HPI (TF1 broadcasts two episodes of the series this Thursday evening) is a hit. Again and again. For example, there were 7.7 million in front of the front page on May 16 to follow the first episode of the highly anticipated season 4. That day, our colleagues from Parisian were interested in this success. Which is such that the characters of Audrey Fleurot (her daily life has not been the same since she landed this role) and Mehdi Nebbou will be reprised abroad, notably in the United States, in a new version.
As the daily explains, the American audiovisual group ABC is currently filming the English adaptation renamed ‘High Potential’, scheduled to be broadcast this fall. In the cast: Kaitlin Olson (Philadelphia, New Girl), as Morgane Alvaro, and Daniel Sunjata (Manifest) as Commander Karadec.
So, we ask ourselves some questions. Will the American version have the same number of episodes as ours?US series may be longer. We can imagine that the same will be true for High Potential. We had the chance to see episode 1. A satisfaction: the narrative structure does not change much but the writing is adapted to the American market.“, explained to Le Parisien Rodolphe Buet, general manager of Newen Connect, which manages the distribution of tricolor formats outside our borders.
A “very different” detail in the American version
Another change: “Actors Game.” He will be “very different from that of Audrey and Mehdi. The actress who plays Morgane is less exuberant and the actor who plays Karadec less reserved, less empathetic, we are more like the American cop.” On the other hand, certain things will remain identical to the original version, which everyone now knows (or almost):ABC notably kept the first names of our characters. At home, the action takes place in Lille, over there episode 1 takes place in Los Angeles but the investigations could then evolve into other cities. The ambition is clear: this remake is produced for prime time with the aim of making it a very big success.”
Finally, let us recall that seven adaptations of HPI “are currently being produced or already being broadcast, notably in Greece, Cyprus, Hungary, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Poland.” And that the series is now broadcast in 107 countries: “It has become a prime time event in many territories, such as Germany, Spain, Portugal, Switzerland and Belgium.“A real success!
