Netflix Drops Lupin Part 4 Trailer, Teases 'New Lupin' Mystery — SkimNews
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- Netflix released the Lupin Part 4 trailer, confirming a October 23 premiere date and opening with the line "We have a new Lupin" while showing Assane stuck in a glass box as another figure runs loose
- Lupin Part 4 picks up four years after the previous part, with Assane planning to serve out his sentence and take his son to meet family in Senegal before a mysterious Lupin-signed announcement of simultaneous museum heists upends his plans
- Omar Sy returns to the lead role that has made Lupin one of Netflix's top non-English-language shows of all time, joined by Ludivine Sagnier, Antoine Gouy, Soufiane Guerrab, Shirine Boutella, Théo Christine, and Laïka Blanc-Francard
- George Kay is credited as creator in collaboration with François Uzan, with Marie Roussin, Florent Meyer, and Tigran Rosine participating; Edouard Salier, Everardo Gout, and Hugo Gélin are directing the season from Gaumont with Carrousel Studios
Why it matters: For Netflix, the four-year narrative gap and 'new Lupin' mystery function as a soft reboot of one of its biggest non-English-language franchises, giving the streamer a chance to reintroduce Assane's world to lapsed viewers while the October 23 launch slots into the platform's Q4 prestige window.
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