French producer Marvelous Productions and Greek studio operator Kapa Studios are launching a cross-border development and production partnership that will begin with Olivier Dahan’s period drama Nana, Variety reported exclusively on 5 November 2026. The companies plan to announce the pact at the Thessaloniki International Film Festival, which runs 5–15 November.
Key facts
- Partners: Marvelous Productions (France; Romain Le Grand and Vivien Aslanian) and Kapa Studios (Greece; CEO Giannis Karagiannis)
- First project: Nana, directed by Olivier Dahan from Émile Zola’s novel; supported by France Télévisions, Canal+ and the Centre national du cinéma et de l’image animée (CNC); ARP co-produces and distributes in France and internationally
- Scope: features and series after Nana; Arthur Cohen (Momentum Entertainment) brokered the deal and is executive producer
- Greece incentive cited: 40% cash rebate; Kapa says 12 stages / 250,000 sq ft on 25 acres, plus two new 20,000 sq ft stages
- Festival: Thessaloniki Intl. Film Festival, 5–15 November 2026
For European financiers and line producers, the story is less a single greenlight than a France–Greece pipeline that ties a Pathé-alumni banner with Warner first-look credentials to Greece’s rebate and largest sound-stage footprint. Nana is already listed on Unifrance as a Marvelous production with ARP French distribution and France 2 Cinéma as co-producer; Variety’s exclusive is the partnership frame and the Thessaloniki timing.
The partnership
Marvelous founders Le Grand and Aslanian, who spent 19 years together running Pathé before launching Marvelous in 2017, told Variety that Kapa will “strengthen the European and international dimension” of their slate. Karagiannis said France and Greece’s filmmaking traditions can combine on projects with international reach. Variety says the companies intend to follow Nana with a series and further film and television titles.
Marvelous has a first-look deal with Warner Bros. and has produced or co-produced 15 films since launch, Variety reports, including Dahan’s Simone: Woman of the Century (a major 2022 French box-office title) and Bernadette, the Catherine Deneuve comedy nominated for a César in 2024. Kapa, with more than 50 years in the industry according to Variety, operates Greece’s largest stage complex: 12 stages totalling 250,000 square feet across 25 acres, plus backlots and 100,000 square feet of support space, and has added two 20,000-square-foot stages.
Nana and the Thessaloniki reveal
Nana adapts Zola’s novel. Variety says it is supported by France Télévisions, Canal+ and the CNC, with ARP handling French and international co-production and distribution. Cohen of Momentum Entertainment brokered the Marvelous–Kapa arrangement and serves as executive producer. Unifrance lists production year 2026, French as the production language, visa number 162.141, and actors including Daniel Auteuil and Benoît Magimel among credited names; start-of-production and budget figures are not in Variety’s exclusive.
The partnership announcement is tied to Thessaloniki’s 5–15 November edition. No shoot dates, cast confirmation beyond Unifrance’s partial credits, or Greek spend share appear in the Variety report.
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Our reading
A rebate-plus-stages pitch only becomes a financing story once Nana shows a Greek spend line, a series bible and a sales plan that ARP can take to market. Buyers should treat the 40% rebate and stage inventory as capacity claims from the companies via Variety until a production notice or Greek incentive certificate is public. The next evidence is Thessaloniki’s formal announcement language and whether a series title lands on the same France–Greece spine before Nana locks picture.