Apple TV surprised by removing the premiere of the French series from its programming The Hunt (Títutulus Original Hunted), after they emerged plagiarism accusations.
The platform has also removed any official existence of the thriller from the website, including photos, the official trailer on YouTube, and press material from Apple's press page.
A spokesperson for Gaumontthe French company that produces the series, stated (via Deadline):
“The broadcast of our series The Hunt has been temporarily postponed. We are currently carrying out a thorough review to address any related questions with our production. We take very seriously intellectual property issues”.
The series was scheduled to premiere on December 3, 2025 with the broadcast of its first two episodes, and the following episodes one by one each Wednesday, until December 31. Although now, the future of production has been called into question.
Cedric Anger He is the creator and director of The Hunt. The executive producers are Isabelle Degeorges, Clémentine Vaudaux, Alexis Barqueiro y Sidonie Dumas.
The main cast is made up of Benoit Magimel, Melanie Laurent, Damien Bonnard, Manuel Guillot, Cedric Appietto, Frédéric Maranber, Angelyna Danabe-Mignot, Paul Beaurepaire, Yann Goven, Sarah Pachoud y Patrick De Vallette.
ACCUSATIONS OF PLAGIARISM
The plagiarism was first reported by the French journalist Clement Garinwho reported that The Hunt It seemed like a direct adaptation, not accreditedof the novel Shoot of Douglas Fairbairn of 1973. In 1974, Shoot was translated as The Hunt. The book was adapted to film in 1976, with the feature film title Shootdirected by Harvey Hart and written by Richard Berg.
Let's take a look at the plot.
The series The Hunt on Apple TV, according to its synopsis, follows Franck (Magimel) and his hunting companions, who, one day, encounter “another group of hunters who start attacking them without explanation. When one of their group is shot, Franck's friends fight back, shooting down an attacker. Barely managing to escape, the four friends keep the event a secret. Franck tries to return to his normal life with his wife Krystel (Laurent), but in the following days, he begins to feel that “He and his friends are being watched, or worse, tracked by hunters bent on revenge.”
The plot of the book Shoot of Fairbairn, is… the same.
Fairbairn passed away in 1997, so any talk of Shoot would involve his assets.
Source: https://cine3.com/estreno-the-hunt-apple-tv-retirado-acusaciones-plagio/
