Medyanotu.com / Detay-Ay Yapım and Medyapım, one of Turkey’s leading production companies, announced that they signed a new agreement with Saudi Arabian-based television network MBC Group (Middle East Broadcasting Center) at the MIPCOM Fair held in Cannes, France last month.
According to the five-year agreement, MBC Group will present the productions of the two companies to the audience first-hand. After the announcement of Med Yapım and Ay Yapım’s partnership with MBC Group, the Arabic adaptations of Turkish series gained momentum.
According to the information given by TV critic Sina Koloğlu, the first adaptation of the TV series “The Battle of the Roses” was shot. Filming, which lasted 8.5 months, took place in Istanbul and Beirut. The leading roles are quite famous names in the Middle East; Shared by Mahmud Nasr, Pamela El Kik and Stephai Attallah. The directors of the series were Cevdet Mercan and Hakan Eren.
The second series, which has just started shooting, was Loyalty. Istanbul shooting of the series has started. Filming will continue in Beirut after New Year’s Eve. In this series, the important actors of the region, Sulafa Architect, Qays Sheikh Najib, Maram Ali take the leading roles. The director of the series is Ender Emir.
According to Sina Koloğlu’s statements, the series will have 90 episodes. Each episode will last 42 minutes. Koloğlu, “Will the series be the way we played it?” “There is no very strict conservatism. For example, the TV series Unfaithful will be almost exactly the same as it played in us.”
After Unfaithful, Fox TV’s phenomenon series Forbidden Apple is next. War of the Roses and Unfaithful dramas will be broadcast on Shahid, MBC’s leading digital platform in the MENA region.
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