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Actor Adama Niane has passed away at age 56.

The French star appeared in the 2021 Netflix series “Lupin” and the 2019 film “Get In”.

A cause of death is yet to be revealed.

Niane’s “Lupin” co-star Omar Sy paid tribute on social media after news of his death emerged online.

“I extend my deep condolences to the loved ones of Adama Niane, an immense actor alongside whom I had the chance and the pleasure of playing,” Sy posted, translated from French, Deadline reported. “A man of rare benevolence… May his soul rest in peace.”

J’adresse mes profondes condoléances aux proches d’Adama Niane, immense acteur au côté duquel j’ai eu la chance et le plaisir de jouer.

Un homme d’une bienveillance rare…Que son âme puisse reposer en paix. pic.twitter.com/aGdhYMf4gG

— Omar Sy (@OmarSy) January 29, 2023

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Kiefer Sutherland has paid tribute to his 24 co-star Annie Wersching, who has died from cancer, aged 45.

Wersching played Renee Walker in the Fox drama’s seventh and eight seasons.

“The world lost a light today,” Sutherland wrote on Twitter after the news was announced on Sunday (29 January).

“Wersching was one of the greatest actors I’ve ever had the pleasure of working with, and my friend,” he continued.

“My heart breaks for her young family. May she be remembered for the beautiful person that she was.”

Wersching had an impressive list of TV credits, with roles in Bosch, The Vampire Diaries, Marvel’s Runaways and Timeless.

Abigail Spencer, with whom she starred in Timeless, wrote: “We love you #AnnieWersching. You will be deeply missed.”

Timeless creator Eric Kripke said he was looking to cast Wersching in his current series, Prime Video’s The Boys. He called the actor his “secret weapon...

Lupin star Adama Niane has died aged 56.

The death of the French actor, who starred opposite Omar Sy, in the Netflix series Lupin, was announced by director Olivier Abbou on Sunday (29 January).

A cause of death has not been revealed.

Niane is also known for his roles in Abbou’s 2019 horror film Get In, and the 2000 movie Baise-Moi.

Following news of his death, Niane’s Lupin co-star Sy shared a message on Twitter paying tribute.

Sy wrote in French: “I extend my deep condolences to the loved ones of Adama Niane, an immense actor with whom I had the chance and pleasure of performing alongside.”

He continued to call Niane a “man of rare benevolence”, adding “may his soul rest in peace”.

On Sunday (29 January), Abbou shared the news of Niane’s death on Instagram.

“It is with immense sadness that I learned of the passing of Adam Niane, with...

Adama Niane, the French actor from Baise-Moi, Get In and Lupin, has died. He was 56.

Omar Sy, who co-starred with Niane in the Netflix series Lupin, shared a message on Twitter following news of the actor’s death.

“I extend my deep condolences to the loved ones of Adama Niane, an immense actor alongside whom I had the chance and the pleasure of playing,” Sy wrote in French. “A man of rare benevolence… May his soul rest in peace.”

J’adresse mes profondes condoléances aux proches d’Adama Niane, immense acteur au côté duquel j’ai eu la chance et le plaisir de jouer.

Un homme d’une bienveillance rare…Que son âme puisse reposer en paix. pic.twitter.com/aGdhYMf4gG

— Omar Sy (@OmarSy) January 29, 2023

A cause for his death has not been reported at the moment. Get In film director Olivier Abbou also shared news of Niane’s death on social media.

Chloe (Stephane Caillard) and Dialo (Adama Niane) in season 1 of Topic’s original series Iskander, Photo courtesy of Topic

Season 2 of Topic’s original TV series Iskander debuts Thursday, Jan. 13, with the entire season 1 also available for streaming starting on that date. The four-episode debut season of Iskander, a crime drama from French TV, delivers a solid mystery in an exotic setting – French Guyana.

In season 1, we meet Chloe (Stephane Caillard), a police officer banished to this post in the remote jungle setting of Cayenne for some unspecified act of insubordination. On her first day, she’s partnered with veteran detective Dialo (Adama Niane), and sent to the site of a gruesome murder. They find a catamaran adrift up river with the bodies of two white do-gooders who were distributing educational materials to isolated villages. She learns many locals resent such seemingly benevolent acts. Those descendants of African slaves the...

Lupin is back, and the search is on for Raoul (Etan Simon). The first part of the popular Netflix French import found professional criminal Assane Diop (Omar Sy) trying to get to the bottom of a crime his father apparently committed against the powerful Pellegrini family. By the end of the season, Assane and Claire (Ludivine Sagnier) were searching desperately for their son Raoul, who had just been kidnapped by the Pellegrini henchman, Leonard (Adama Niane). In a new teaser for part two, which premieres this summer, their search continues, and it looks like Assane and Leonard are about to have a showdown.  "If you touch my son, I'll kill you," Assane tells Leonard via phone, while...

This piece contains spoilers for Netflix’s Lupin.

Netflix’s compelling French crime comedy-drama Lupin ended Part 1 on a hell of a cliffhanger. Yes, there’s Assane Diop’s (Omar Sy) son Raoul (Etan Simon) getting snatched by Pellegrini’s cleaner Leonard (Adama Niane) in the Maurice Leblanc-obsessed town of Étretat, though honestly that had been telegraphed throughout “Chapter 5.” The real stunner is when Officer Guedira (Soufiane Guerrab), perhaps the only person whose Lupin fandom rivals Assane’s, tracks down the gentleman thief and addresses him as, “Arsène Lupin?”

And that’s where Part 1 ends, with two adversaries—who might well become allies—finally meeting on the beach while fellow fans in top hats, capes, and monocles venture out to the Hollow Needle, not knowing the potential tragedy that could unfold in Étretat. Where can Lupin go from here?

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Furie is a French and Belgium feature. This title looks at a family, returning from a holiday. Unfortunately, squatters have take over their home. Furie, also known as Get In or Die Trying (Uhm), has had a run on the film festival circuit, in 2019. Supposedly based on a true story, this feature has begun a home entertainment release in Europe. Directed by Olivier Abbou, this film centrally stars: Adama Niane (Baise-moi), Stéphane Caillard (The Take) and Paul Hamy. A trailer for the film was released in 2019 (found below) and new stills are available here, as well. The trailer is exclusively in French, with French subtitles. Some of the dialogue mentions: "no response on the phone," "squatters," "missing children" and a "plan." This Canadian's French could still use some improvement. However, the trailer does show one family struggling with a difficult situation, while terrorized by a group intent on class warfare.

SK1 (L’Affaire SK1) director Frédéric Tellier with David Cronenberg's Videodrome at the IFC Center Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze

Frédéric Tellier’s intense thriller SK1 (L’Affaire SK1) stars Raphaël Personnaz, Nathalie Baye, Olivier Gourmet, Michel Vuillermoz and Adama Niane. SK1, named for the first serial killer identified through DNA analysis in France, is based on journalist Patricia Tourancheau’s book about the case, Guy Georges: La Traque.

Frédéric spoke with me about his upcoming project with SK1 producer Julien Madon, how Bertrand Tavernier's L.627 and Henri Verneuil's Mélodie En Sous-Sol (Any Number Can Win), starring Jean Gabin and Alain Delon, play a detective role, finding his Guy Georges, the nature of evil and the response of the inspectors involved in the case when they saw the film.

Raphaël Personnaz as Charlie Olivier Gourmet as Bougon: "They need this kind of relief, these bubbles of oxygen sometimes."

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Frédéric Tellier’s SK1 (L’affaire SK1) star Nathalie Baye having a Boyhood moment Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze

Having worked with some of the best directors on both sides of the Atlantic - starting with Robert Wise and including François Truffaut, Jean-Luc Godard, Maurice Pialat, Claude Chabrol, Bertrand Tavernier, Steven Spielberg and even Guillaume Canet - Nathalie Baye comes to the 20th Anniversary of Rendez-Vous with French Cinema in New York with Frédéric Tellier’s intense thriller SK1 (L’Affaire SK1), co-starring Raphaël Personnaz and Olivier Gourmet.

Convicted murderer Guy Georges (Adama Niane), known as the "Beast of Bastille" due to his 11th arrondissement hunting ground, brutally raped and killed seven women over a period of years in the 1990s before a complicated investigation led to his arrest.

Baye is Maître Frédérique Pons, the lawyer who agreed to represent the man nobody wanted to defend. She "doesn't believe in the Devil,...