Netflix launches in France, with a Franc-o-fied ‘House of Cards’ on the way

In a move to woo French viewers and placate French regulators, Netflix’s France service, which just launched Monday, will feature the eight-part TV series Marseille later next year. Think of it as a House of Cards clone that has been tailored to talk about sleazy French politics, of course, instead of American. The made-for-France plot: