The BBC has acquired eight-part French drama The Sentinels from Studiocanal.
The war drama-meets-sci-fi is based on Xavier Dorison and Enrique Breccia’s graphic novels Les Sentinelles and tells an alternate version of World War I.
Per the synopsis: “At the outbreak of World War I, Gabriel Ferraud – a gravely wounded soldier – is recruited into a top-secret French military program designed to create the ultimate weapon: enhanced humans. After being injected with a mysterious serum, Gabriel gains extraordinary strength, speed, and resilience. He joins an elite unit known as the Sentinels – augmented soldiers forged for the front
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