EXCLUSIVE: French film stalwart Sara May is stepping into the action and genre space with the launch of her new production banner Sonderworld. The company, which has backing from Goodfellas, is currently developing a slate of elevated, globally-minded action and genre features with the goal of building original IP and franchises out of the French and European markets.
A former TF1 and EuropaCorp exec, May previously spent six years at Netflix as Director of Content Acquisition EMEA. During her time there she was instrumental at getting hit French action thriller Lost Bullet off the ground, which was groundbreaking for the genre in France.
May has been quietly building the new outfit and its slate since she stepped down from the streamer in 2024. Sonderworld has hired former Mars Film and EuropaCorp exec Véronique Cuilhe (Taken, Hitman) as General Manager while May serves as Founder/President.
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