BBC Studios and Dubai-based Mbc Studios have teamed on the first Arabic-language adaptation of “The Office.”
Titled “Al Maktab,” the Arabic redo of the groundbreaking BAFTA and Golden Globe award-winning British comedy series will be set in Saudi Arabia.
Egypt’s Hisham Fathi (“Ending So Gently”) will direct with Italy’s Alessandro Martella serving a director of photography and Ryad-based Aflam Productions’ Shadi Mcdad handling line producer duties.
Cameras are set to roll in June on this Mbc Studios original on which the BBC Studios international production team, who have licensed the format, will also have input.
The plan is for the twenty-episode show to air on Mbc’s linear TV channels, and stream on its Shahid VIP streaming platform later this year.
In the Saudi adaptation, “Al Maktab” is set in a courier services company, with the main character played by Saleh Abuamrh (“The Fates Hotel”) who plays Malik Al-Tuwaifi,...
Titled “Al Maktab,” the Arabic redo of the groundbreaking BAFTA and Golden Globe award-winning British comedy series will be set in Saudi Arabia.
Egypt’s Hisham Fathi (“Ending So Gently”) will direct with Italy’s Alessandro Martella serving a director of photography and Ryad-based Aflam Productions’ Shadi Mcdad handling line producer duties.
Cameras are set to roll in June on this Mbc Studios original on which the BBC Studios international production team, who have licensed the format, will also have input.
The plan is for the twenty-episode show to air on Mbc’s linear TV channels, and stream on its Shahid VIP streaming platform later this year.
In the Saudi adaptation, “Al Maktab” is set in a courier services company, with the main character played by Saleh Abuamrh (“The Fates Hotel”) who plays Malik Al-Tuwaifi,...
- 5/31/2022
- by Nick Vivarelli
- Variety Film + TV
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