Overview

• Canal+ launched the eight‑episode French series on Monday with prime‑time broadcast and on‑demand availability.
• The adaptation reimagines a wounded 1915 soldier enhanced by an experimental serum and recruited into a secret elite unit.
• Showrunners Guillaume Lemans and Xabi Molia lead the project directed by Thierry Poiraud and Edouard Salier, with Louis Peres, Olivia Ross, Pauline Étienne and others in the cast.
• The screen version broadens female roles compared with the bande dessinée, introducing Gisèle and elevating characters like Irène and Marthe.
• Critical response on day one diverged, with Le Parisien calling the mix overstuffed and rating it 2.5/5, as L’Humanité praised the series’ writing and visuals.