Following the Louvre Heist, Netflix’s ‘Lupin’ part 4 starts filming in Paris
Paris really can’t catch a break. The city’s most famous landmark, the Louvre, just made global headlines after an audacious €88million jewellery heist, and barely a week later, Netflix has entered the town to shoot Lupin Part 4.
You have to hand it to the timing here. It is almost too poetic. Paris might be struggling with real thieves, but now its most charming fictional one is back in action, too.
Production officially kicked off in May this year, with Omar Sy returning as the effortlessly stylish Assane Diop. There is a reason why he is known as Netflix’s favourite gentleman thief. And yes, the cameras are back in Paris, which means the city’s cobbled streets, train stations, and rooftops are once again ready to assist Assane in his personal playground. It is all very on brand for a show that has built its identity on the art of a well-timed disappearance over the years.
For anyone new to the phenomenon, Lupin became one of Netflix’s biggest non-English-language hits when it premiered in 2021. This show turned a century-old French literary icon into a global show. It is inspired by Maurice Leblanc’s Arsène Lupin novels, and the show reinvented the gentleman thief for the age of streaming. But unlike most antiheroes, Assane isn’t just stealing for greed; he’s stealing for justice, revenge, and sometimes, just for the thrill of outsmarting everyone.
In Part 3, Assane took on one of his most ambitious challenges yet. He stole the legendary Black Pearl, saving his mother, and faking his own death, only to end the season behind bars. The final scene showed him locked up. But he did not look worried, just like his beloved Lupin books. It is the clearest hint that his next move is already planned. Part 4 promises to pick up from that exact moment and explore his relationships, motives, and, of course, another impossible escape.
Lupin’s creators, George Kay and François Uzan, are back on board, with production handled by Gaumont and Carrousel Studios. The team has teased “bigger stakes and bolder heists”, which sounds fitting given that real-life thieves just managed to rob the world’s most famous museum. Sometimes, art imitates life a little too literally.
That uncanny overlap is what makes this moment almost cinematic on its own. The Louvre’s recent robbery, which was executed in just minutes, with the culprits still at large, feels like a storyline Assane himself might envy. The only difference is that he would have left a note behind just to prove he could.
Netflix hasn’t announced a release date yet, but given the production timeline, Part 4 is likely to arrive sometime in 2026. Until then, the irony of Paris recovering from a real heist while filming a fake one is just too good to ignore.