Exclusive: StarzPlay, a leading Svod service in the Mena region, has inked a deal with Image Nation Abu Dhabi for the latter to produce the platform’s first original, Urban Legends.
The Arabic-language anthology series will explore regional tales and fables from the Middle East, with each episode focusing on a new story. Production will commence in 2020 with a view to releasing on the platform by the end of that year.
It will be produced by Yasir Al-Yasiri, the Iraqi director whose credits include 2018 comedy On Borrowed Time, under his production company Starship Entertainment, which he runs with Mansoor Al Feeli. Al-Yasiri is also attached to direct one of the episodes, with further regional directors to be announced.
The deal continues Image Nation’s push into episodic content, with the company having produced documentary series History Of The Emirates, which launched recently on local and international channels to coincide with...
The Arabic-language anthology series will explore regional tales and fables from the Middle East, with each episode focusing on a new story. Production will commence in 2020 with a view to releasing on the platform by the end of that year.
It will be produced by Yasir Al-Yasiri, the Iraqi director whose credits include 2018 comedy On Borrowed Time, under his production company Starship Entertainment, which he runs with Mansoor Al Feeli. Al-Yasiri is also attached to direct one of the episodes, with further regional directors to be announced.
The deal continues Image Nation’s push into episodic content, with the company having produced documentary series History Of The Emirates, which launched recently on local and international channels to coincide with...
- 12/10/2019
- by Tom Grater
- Deadline Film + TV
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