{"id":38642,"date":"2026-08-11T14:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-08-11T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=38642"},"modified":"2026-08-11T14:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-08-11T09:00:00","slug":"house-of-the-dragon-star-fabien-frankel-to-lead-short-love-unlimited","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=38642","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;House of the Dragon&#8217; Star Fabien Frankel to Lead Short Love Unlimited"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/t\/fabien-frankel\/\" id=\"auto-tag_fabien-frankel\" data-tag=\"fabien-frankel\">Fabien Frankel<\/a>, currently seen on screens as the dashing, honor-obsessed knight Ser Criston Cole in \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/t\/house-of-the-dragon-2\/\" id=\"auto-tag_house-of-the-dragon-2\" data-tag=\"house-of-the-dragon-2\">House of the Dragon<\/a>,\u201d is ready to take on a very different role. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tThe British actor is set to star in \u201cLove Unlimited,\u201d the debut short drama from actor Olivier Huband (\u201cA Discovery of Witches,\u201d \u201cBecoming Elizabeth\u201d). Frankel will also serve as exec producer under his MarcelMonique Pictures banner, the company he runs with his brother Max Mark Frankel. Max Mark Frankel, who produced last year\u2019s comedy feature \u201cOur Hero, Balthasar,\u201d will serve as lead producer on the project. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tWritten and directed by Hubbard, who also stars, \u201cLove Unlimited\u201d is described as a \u201csmall, sincere window into the profound, complex relationship between two old friends \u2014 Max (Frankel) and Gabriel (Huband) \u2014 as they unknowingly spend a final four days together in Max\u2019s house in the South of France. The film exists in the world of the unspoken, exploring themes of male intimacy, grief and, as the title suggests, the incandescent, enduring power of love.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t\u201cOlivier sent me this script he had written about two best friends who spent their final summer together and we sat in my house and read it together and I found it immensely moving,\u201d said Fabien Frankel, who as well as \u201cHouse of Dragon\u201d has also starred in \u201cTask\u201d and \u201cThe Serpent.\u201d \u201cIt\u2019s a subject incredibly close to my brother and I\u2019s heart and we\u2019re proud to get to be a part of it. It\u2019s the first time I\u2019ve acted in something I\u2019ve produced so there are always some nerves that come with that, but I trust Olivier and my brother enough to guide us somewhere really special.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tHuband produces with his sister Zara Huband under his Boneyard Films banner. Konstantin Mazov (\u201cCoup de Gr\u00e2ce,\u201d \u201cRokeby Venus\u201d) has boarded the project as director of photography. Meanwhile, MarcelMonique Pictures have recruited the help of French production company All In Films, founded by Thomas Laget and Julien Floutard, to help bring the project to life.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tProduction on  \u201cLove Unlimited\u201d is slated to start in September in the Pyrenees.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl30214220.effectivecpmnetwork.com\/9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\"><\/div>\r\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fabien Frankel, currently seen on screens as the dashing, honor-obsessed knight Ser Criston Cole in \u201cHouse of the Dragon,\u201d is ready to take on a very different role. The British actor is set to star in \u201cLove Unlimited,\u201d the debut short drama from actor Olivier Huband (\u201cA Discovery of Witches,\u201d \u201cBecoming Elizabeth\u201d). 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