‘Disturbing coincidences’ France TV has been accused of plagiarism after the release of its series of events

news culture ‘Disturbing coincidences’ France TV has been accused of plagiarism after the release of its series of events

For a few days you have certainly seen the launches of the new flagship series from France 2. Vortexwith Tomer Sisley, takes place in 2025, but it would have been heavily inspired (if not plagiarized) by a work of the past!

Travel between 1998 and 2025

Since January 2nd France Télévisions launched its new mini-series with great fanfaresince it must serve as a showcase for the rest of the French TV series in 2023 whirlwe follow the captain of the PJ of Brest Ludovic, played by Tom Sisley. In In 1998 he lost his partner Mélanie, played by Camille Claris, in a tragic accident. But in 2025, while attending a Reconstructing a crime scene in virtual reality, he discovers that he can navigate between the two eras, with this technology. Back to 1998 it will be possible for him understand that it was not an accident. He will be able to Sailing between 1998 and 2025to understand what happened, but also try to save Mélanie from her disastrous fate. But the question remains whether he can Protecting Melanie’s future without altering the life he’s built without herincluding his relationship with Parvana, with whom he has since had a child.

Vortex, a plagiarized series about an independent project from 2019?

The miniseries is intense, builds suspense and, thanks to its original plot, quickly won over part of the audience. Last but not least, original … it remains to be proved. In fact, Vortex is currently going through accusation of plagiarism! On January 4th, the Director Tony Chaslas posted a thread that serves as a releasestating that the production company Quad Drama was behind Vortex plagiarized a project Chaslas sent them a few years agobaptized gods game. The press release:

I’ve just discovered the French TV series Vortex, produced by Quad Drama and starring Tomer Sisley, which seems to be heavily inspired by our Gods Game / Rêve et Réalité project. By chance I submitted my series twice to the French production Quad Drama. 2019 and then 2020. The first time they wanted more detail. The second time I had an acknowledgment of receipt and no more message. Vortex was filmed in 2021.

The project did not come out of nowhere. Filmed in March 2019, Gods Game had more than 40 nominations for 15 awards won in 2020. International competitions, so the project was highly visible to people in the industry. Still no call from the quad tv company.

Among all the similarities (with modifications so as not to copy/paste too much) there is the use of a magical/technical tool linked to the symbolism of the eye to go back in time. In Gods Game it is the Eye of Horus. At Vortex, these are VR glasses. The use of the error on the poster to mark the main character’s era change. A concept also copied by Vortex, which we used for the Gods Game poster two years ago. In Gods Game, the hero investigates with his cop brother to prevent the death of someone in the past. In Vortex, the hero is a police officer investigating to prevent the death of someone in the past. In Gods Game, the hero returns to 1998, with the World Cup as a reminder of the era. They’re also with Vortex in 1998, around the time of the World Cup. When the hero of Gods Game takes an exam, he changes his brother’s past and his sentimental life. In Vortex, the hero also takes a test and changes his best friend’s love life.

In Vortex, the timeline is the same as in Gods Game. It is progressing day by day in both timelines. The gap of years does not move with each return in time. As of July 20 in the present, the character will return on July 20, but in 1998.

In Gods Game, the main character is a big fan of Tintin. In Vortex, one of the hero’s colleagues is nicknamed Tintin. I think they winked at me, there’s no other way. In Vortex, the character is geo-blocked due to VR. In Gods Game, he’s geoblocked because he’s a kid. In any case, its return is limited due to the “magic” used. Even in the creation of the episode, the calibration of the epochs, the display of the dates, the music, we feel Gods Game… For example, we see the hero looking at photos of 98 with a person wearing the jersey of the French team . Same with Vortex. In Gods Game, the hero’s changes make him seem insane to others who don’t remember, and he doesn’t know exactly what changed. It’s the same with Vortex. This is an axis developed in the Bible provided to Quad TV.

I didn’t invent back in time, magic, rescuing a dead person in the past, police investigations, using an artifact to go back in time, the year 98 and France winning the World Cup to look like a madman existed , using the glitch for the poster, but getting it all done…that’s a lot. They obviously liked the story of Gods Game. Why didn’t you contact me instead of changing it?

A pilot episode has already aired and won several awards

After produced the pilot episode in 2019Tony Chaslas and Normal Production had Raised funds for her Gods Game series, and collected just over 7,000 dollars. In August 2022 he confirmed this his series was in developmentwho announces a shooting in October on their website Ulule. Especially him seems pretty unlikely that Quad TV missed the project, as the pitch sent by Tony Chaslas has been confirmed as received. To have won about fifteen awards for forty nominations around the worldGods Game and its pilot episode are not did not go unnoticed. It is therefore difficult believe in coincidence when you see all these similarities between the series…

At the moment we are still awaiting replies from Quad TV, France Télévisions, actors, producers, screenwriters, etc. from Vortex.

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