The French drama series will debut on the streamer March 4 following the resolution of a plagiarism controversy.
The series was originally scheduled to drop Dec. 3, but was pulled from the schedule after production company Gaumont began investigating claims the project might have been plagiarized.
The show — titled Traqués in France — was billed as an original work from “creator” and director Cédric Anger. But an investigation found plot similarities between the project and Douglas Fairbairn’s 1973 novel Shoot (which was also made into a 1976 movie).
Gaumont released a statement about the investigation: “Originally scheduled for December 2025, The Hunt‘s release was postponed after it was identified in November 2025 that the project, presented as an original work, was based on an existing work, Douglas Fairbairn’s Shoot. As soon as this information came to its attention, Gaumont, the series’ producer, immediately took the…
‘ The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties ’
‘ Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.imdb.com ’
