The Producers Announces Making a Sequel to Hepta: The Last Lecture

Cairo, Egypt | Tuesday- 29 January 2019:

Hani Osama’s The Producers announced a sequel to Hepta: The Last Lecture, the highest-grossing romantic film in the history of Egyptian cinema, based on Mohamed Sadek's best-selling book. The sequel will be written by Sadek, while Hadi Elbagoury will continue as the director.

Commenting on this, Producer Hani Osama says, “The decision of making a sequel to Hepta: The Last Lecture resulted from several brainstorming sessions with writer Mohamed Sadek and director Hadi Elbagoury. The new film will deliver a unique approach. We will reveal more details on the new film and its cast and crew soon.”

Hepta: The Last Lecture is based on Mohamed Sadek's best-selling book, which portrays the seven stages of love through four paralleled stories. Mohamed Sadek's novel topped the charts in Egypt and the Arab world for several weeks.

The film topped the Egyptian box office with revenues that surpassed EGP 26 million, which currently exceeds EGP 52 million after currency devaluation, becoming the highest-grossing romantic film in the history of Egyptian cinema.

The film won more than 20 awards, including 10 awards at the Arabian Cinema Awards (ACA), six awards at the 65th Egyptian Catholic Center Cinema Festival, four awards from Dear Guest Magazine (DG Awards) and the Audience Award at the Arabian Sights Film Festival in Washington. Also, the film took part in five other festivals: Malmö Arab Film Festival, Arab Camera Festival in Rotterdam, Cairo International Film Festival, Mediterranean Film Festival of Annaba (FAFM) and the Arab Cinema Week in New York.

The first film’s cast includes: Amr Youssef, Maged El Kedwany, Ahmed Malek, Ahmed Dawood, Dina El Sherbiny, Yasmine Raeis, Jamila Awad, Hany Adel, Ahmed Bedeir, together with Salwa Mohamed Aly, Kinda Alloush, Anoushka, Mohamed Farrag, and Nelly Karim, along with Shereen Reda and the two kids, Abdallah Azmi and Lina Ben Haman. The film is a joint production between Hani Osama's The Producers, Mohamed Hefzy's Film Clinic and Amgad Sabry's iProductions. The adaption was scripted by Wael Hamdy. The crew includes Directors of Photography Gamal El Boushy and Leo Carbotta, along with Production Designer Hend Haidar and Production Manager Mohamed El Hady.

Directed by Hadi El Bagoury

THE PRODUCERS JOINS RAMADAN COMMERCIALS MARATHON WITH ITS NEW ETISALAT EGYPT TV COMMERCIAL

Cairo - Egypt | Monday, May 21, 2018:

The Producers of producer Hani Osama's has recently joined Ramadan's marathon of TV commercials with its new Etisalat Egypt TV commercial. Directed by Hadi El Bagoury, the TV commercial brought together a large number of film and TV stars, and singers.

The commercial generated more than 5 million views, more than 14 thousand shares, and got more than 150 thousand likes in less than 24 hours on Etisalat Egypt's official Facebook page and YouTube channel.

This is the fourth TV commercial to be produced by The Producers for Etisalat Egypt.The commercial features Shereen Reda, Samira Said, Nelly Karim, Mohamed Ramadan, Ahmed Fahmy and Ali El Haggar. The company produced more than 78 TV commercials for Egyptian and Arab companies, in addition to its film and TV productions.

TODAY, AIRING OF SEVENTH NEIGHBOR'S SEASON 2 FINALE ANA SHAHIRA.. ANA EL KHA'EN'S CAST TO APPEAR ON CBC'S MAAKOM MONA EL SHAZLY

Cairo, Egypt | Thursday- 5 April 2018:

Ana Shahira.. Ana El Kha'en's star, producer and writer will appear as guests on CBC's Maakom Mona El Shazly TV show. Set to air on Friday, April 6, at 09:00 pm, the guests including; star Ahmed Fahmy, writer Noor Abdulmajeed, and producer Hani Osama, will be hosted by Egypt's well-known TV presenter Mona El Shazly.

Based on true events, the novel-duology Ana Shahira and Ana El Kha'en is written by author Noor Abdulmajeed and published by Al Dar Al Masriah Al Lubnaniah in 2013 in two separate books. Abdulmajeed tells the story from the perspectives of its two main characters, Shahira and Raouf, each in a separate book. The first book presents the story as experienced by Shahira, and the second book is from Raouf's, her partner, perspective. Infidelity and revenge make up the central idea of the story.

The TV series is directed by Ahmed Medhat, scripted by Noor Abdulmajeed, writer of the duology, and produced by Hani Osama (The Producers) and Mohamed Hefzy (Film Clinic). The music of the TV series is composed by Tamer Karwan.

Ana Shahira.. Ana El Kha'en stars Yasmin Raeis, Ahmed Fahmy, Mohamed Alaa, Asmaa Abulyazeid and Mohamed El Amrosy, along with esteemed stars Khaled Zaki, Ahmed Fouad Selim, Maha Abou Ouf and Hanan Sulieman.

The TV series is an extension to the continuous fruitful collaborations between The Producers and Film Clinic as they have co-produced the films, Sheikh Jackson by Amr Salama, Egypt's official submission to the Academy Awards for Best Foreign-Language Film, Warda, Hepta: The Last Lecture by Hadi El Bagoury, Excuse My French by Amr Salama and Before the Summer Crowds by late director Mohamed Khan.

The Company Obtains the Rights to Two Naguib Mahfouz Novels

THE PRODUCERS ADAPTS AL HARAFISH INTO A 10-SEASON SERIES AND PRESENTS MIRAMAR IN RAMADAN 2019

Cairo, Egypt | Friday - 30 March 2018:

Producer Hani Osama, Managing Director of The Producers, announced that the company obtained the rights to adapt the novels Al Harafish and Miramar by the great writer Naguib Mahfouz into two series. This step was a result of an agreement between Osama and Om Kalthoum, the daughter of the winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature (1988). The plan is to adapt Al Harafish into a 10-season series and to begin airing Miramar in Ramadan 2019.

Hani Osama commented, "One of the trends of our company is to turn valuable novels into film and television projects, and undoubtedly the work of the late writer Naguib Mahfouz is a rich treasure that can be rediscovered more than once, like what is happening with Al Harafesh and Miramar. Adapting Naguib Mahfouz's work for television was a step that had to happen, and we are very excited to start working on it."

The Producers is a pioneer production company in turning successful novels into TV series and films. The Producers turned Mohamed Sadek's best-selling book Hepta into the highest-grossing romantic film in the history of Egyptian cinema, Hepta: The Last Lecture, as the film's revenues reached more than 27 million EGP and reaped more than 20 awards. The company also has turned writer Noor Abdulmajeed's novel-duology Ana Shahira and Ana El Kha'en into a TV series that is airing now on TV. Most recently, The Producers has announced its acquisition of the rights to adapt Nabil Farouk's novel Man of the Impossible into film and TV productions start with Adham Sabry film by director Marwan Hamed. The company has also acquired the TV adaptation rights to writer Khaled Zidane's novel Afezyaa, which will be turned into a long four-episode TV series, the first of its kind in the Arab world.

One of the Most Viewed Egyptian TV Series

TODAY, AIRING OF SEVENTH NEIGHBOR'S SEASON 2 FINALE

Cairo, Egypt | Wednesday - 14 March 2018:

Seventh Neighbor TV series by directors Ayten Amin, Nadine Khan and Heba Yousry is going to conclude its second season on Wednesday, while continuing to attract the audience attention by reaching enormous YouTube views and raising controversial discussions on different social media platforms.

Only two weeks after being aired on Al Youm and CBC Drama TV channels, Seventh Neighbor reached over 130 million views on YouTube. On social media platforms, especially Facebook, the audiences raved about the series and its authenticity in portraying the social traditions that are prevalent in every Egyptian home. The last episode of season two of Seventh Neighbor air at 06:00 pm on Alyoum channel and at 07:00 pm on CBC Drama.

Seventh Neighbor is the first 60-episode series to air outside of the Ramadan season, and to be directed by three young female directors: Ayten Amin, Nadine Khan and Heba Yousry and written by Heba Yousry. The series is co-produced by The Producers and Film Clinic.

Seventh Neighbor is a social drama that touches on family issues of a group of neighbors who live in the same apartment building in Heliopolis. Through a number of intertwined stories, the series follows the main characters' secrets behind the closed doors, in contrast to what they show of great happiness, and tracks the social problems they face and difficult choices they have to make alongside the contradictions in what they show in behavior inside their homes and outside.

The TV series stars Dalal Abdel Aziz, Shereen, salient star Osama Abbas, Hani Adel, Nicolas Mouawad, Hedi Karam, Mahmoud El-Bezzawy, Safaa Galal, Mohamed Alaa, Sara Abdel Rahman, Fadwa Abed, Ahmed Daash, Rahma Hassan, Nessrin Talaat, Mahmoud Ellithy and Doaa Hegazy.

Young director Ayten Amin had a previous experience as a co-director in the documentary film Tahrir 2011: The Good, The Bad, and The Politician along with Amr Salama and Tamer Ezzat. In three chapters, each director presented a different side of the Egyptian Revolution. Amin's feature film Villa 69, starring Khaled Abol Naga and Arwa Gouda, received the Special Jury Award for a Film from the Arab World within the New Horizon Competition at the Abu Dhabi Film Festival.

Nadine Khan started her career as a co-director with director Youssry Nasrallah, then her father, the great late director Mohamed Khan in Banat West El Balad. Her feature debut Harag W' Marag (Chaos, Disorder) (2012) received eight awards at several film festivals including the Special Jury Award at the Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF).

Heba Yousry is a director and actress who studied Filmmaking at the Higher Institute of Cinema. Shortly afterwards, she wrote, directed and starred in her film Another Passion which screened at the Festival International de Programmes Audiovisuels (FIPA) in France. Yousry's feature documentary Settou Zad, My First Passion landed its world premiere at the Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF). The film narrates the life story of her grandmother, the salient singer Shahrazade, from her own point of view. Heba Yousry has previously co-directed the TV sit-com Tamer w Shawkeya. Heba also starred in Ayten Amin's Villa 69, Mohamed Khan's Factory Girl and Ma'moun Wa Shorakah series.

Now Airing on CBC and MBC 4

NESMA MAHGOUB SINGS MAFEESH HEKAYET HOB SODFA THEME SONG OF ANA SHAHIRA .. ANA EL KHA'EN SEASON ONE

Cairo, Egypt | Thursday- 1 March 2018:

The Producers released the new theme song of season one of Ana Shahira.. Ana El Kha'en TV series. The song is performed by star Nesma Mahgoub, written by Bahaa El Din Mohamed and composed by Tamer Karawan. The new theme song is now available on the TV series' Facebook page, which can be found through this link:
https://www.facebook.com/AnaShahira.AnaElkha2en/videos/1197305167066559/

The TV series is now airing on MBC 4, Sunday through Thursday at 6:00 PM (KSA Time), and on CBC, Saturday through Wednesday at 8:00 PM (Egypt Time). The second season of the TV series is currently being filmed.

Recently, The Producers signed with singer Mohamed Nour to sing the second season's theme song, which is under the same title of the TV series. The song is composed by Mohamed Nour, written by Ahmed Alaa El-Deen and mixed by Karim Osama.

Based on true events, the novel-duology Ana Shahira and Ana El Kha'en is written by author Noor Abdulmajeed and published by Al Dar Al Masriah Al Lubnaniah in 2013 in two separate books. Abdulmajeed tells the story from the perspectives of its two main characters, Shahira and Raouf, each in a separate book. The first book presents the story as experienced by Shahira, and the second book is from Raouf's, her partner, perspective. Infidelity and revenge make up the central idea of the story.

The first season, Ana Shahira, follows Shahira, a struggling young pharmacist, who had a past full of agonizing shocks, until it all changes when she falls in love and gets married. Shahira shares her perspective on marital relationships and how a love story could become an unforgettable lesson!

The TV series is directed by Ahmed Medhat, scripted by Noor Abdulmajeed, writer of the duology, and produced by Hani Osama (The Producers) and Mohamed Hefzy (Film Clinic). The music of the TV series is composed by Tamer Karwan.

Season one of Ana Shahira .. Ana El Kha'en starsYasmin Raeis, Ahmed Fahmi, Mohamed Alaa, Asma Abulyazeid and Mohamed El Amrosy, along with esteemed stars Khaled Zaki, Ahmed Fouad Selim, Maha Abou Ouf and Hanan Sulieman.

The TV series is a considered an extension to the continuous cooperation between The Producers and Film Clinic as they have co-produced the films, Sheikh Jackson by Amr Salama, Warda, Hepta: The Last Lecture by Hadi El Bagoury, Excuse My French by Amr Salama and Before the Summer Crowds by late director Mohamed Khan.

For the First Time in the Arab World

THE PRODUCERS TURNS AFEZYAA INTO A FOUR-EPISODE TV SERIES

Cairo, Egypt |Monday - 12 February, 2018:

Determined to carry on with its plan of turning successful Arab literary works into films and TV series, Producer and Managing Director of The Producers, Hani Osama, revealed that the company has acquired the TV adaptation rights to writer Khaled Zidane's novel Afezyaa, which will be turned into a long four-episode TV series, the first of its kind in the Arab world. The project is currently in the scriptwriting phase.

Commenting on this step, Osama said, "When I first read Afezyaa, I saw the potential to adapt it into a TV series. These possibilities will not be enough for one film. If it is turned into a long TV series, it will not be as intense as it should be portrayed. Hence, the idea of turning the novel into a series consisting of 4 long episodes, each of which will last for about an hour and a half, in order to optimize the potential of the novel."

Afezyaa (when the dead tell the story of the living) is a novel that sheds light on the human being and destiny, by telling the story of an Aquarius woman and a Gemini man whose lives take a turning point they could not imagine. Khaled Zidane is a young Egyptian novelist who gained fame after his best-selling first novel Afezyaa, Khaled is currently a university lecturer.

The Producers is a pioneer production company in turning successful novels into TV series and films. The Producers turned Mohamed Sadek's best-selling book Hepta into the highest-grossing romantic film in the history of Egyptian cinema, Hepta: The Last Lecture, as the film's revenues reached more than 27 million EGP and reaped more than 20 awards. The company also has turned writer Noor Abdulmajeed's novel-duology Ana Shahira and Ana El Kha'en into a TV series that is airing now on TV. Most recently, The Producers has announced its acquisition of the rights to adapt Nabil Farouk's novel Man of the Impossible into film and TV productions start with Adham Sabry film by director Marwan Hamed.

Through The Producers, Hani Osama co-produced Excuse My French, which starred a number of children, the thriller Warda, the first Egyptian feature created in the found-footage style, Before the Summer Crowds, the last film by the great Egyptian director Mohamed Khan, and Sheikh Jackson by director Amr Salama, Egypt's official submission to the 2018 Academy Award for Best Foreign-Language Film that made about seven million EGP in ticket sales so far. The company's TV productions include the TV series A'ard Khas and Zarf Aswad, along with Seventh Neighbor that is airing now on TV. The series is directed by three young female directors for the first time in the Arab world. Currently, Osama is working with Cairokee rock band on a new project that will start with producing a musical film. In addition to films and TV series, Osama also produced a number of TV commercials for some of the most famous trademarks in the Arab world.

To Maged El Kedwany and Ahmed Malek

SHEIKH JACKSON FILM WINS TWO AWARDS AT THE EGYPTIAN CINEMA FILM ASSOCIATION FESTIVAL

Cairo, Egypt | Monday - 5 February, 2018:

Sheikh Jackson, produced by The Producers, Film Clinic and iProductions, won two awards at the 44th Egyptian Cinema Film Association Festival. Actor Maged El Kedwany won the Best Actor award for his role in the film, besides the same award for his role in The Originals film, while young star Ahmed Malek won the Best Supporting Actor award for his role in Sheikh Jackson.

The events of the film take us back to June 25, 2009 as the news of Michael Jackson's death took the world by storm affecting many, especially a preacher who is dubbed "Jackson" during his school days. But, what does a preacher have in common with the King of Pop? More importantly, can he now go back to his normal life, or will his memories and relationships with his loved ones raise the most prominent question in his mind? Is he the Sheikh, Jackson, or both?

Sheikh Jackson is written and directed by Amr Salama and co-written by Omar Khaled. The film stars Ahmad Al Fishawy, Maged El Kedwany, Ahmed Malek, along with guest stars Amina Khalil, Dorra, Basma and Mahmoud El Bezawy. The German company Media Luna is responsible for distributing the film outside the Arab world, while Cleopatra Entertainment acquired the film's screening rights in North America planning to release it in theaters in the first quarter of 2018. MAD Solutions is handling the Sheikh Jackson's marketing and designed its poster that is used regionally and internationally.

Sheikh Jackson landed its world premiere at the 42nd Toronto International Film Festival within the Special Presentations programme. The film made its Arab world premiere by opening the first edition of El Gouna Film Festival, where it competed in the festival's Feature Narrative Competition, and its European premiere was at the 61st BFI London Film Festival. Sheikh Jackson also screened at the Carthage Film Festival (JCC), Cairo International Film Festival (CIFF), within the New Egyptian Cinema 2016-2017 section, and the Arab Cinema Week in New York. The Egyptian Cinema Syndicate selected Sheikh Jackson to be Egypt's official submission to the Academy Awards for Best Foreign-Language Film. The film was released in theaters in more than seven Arab countries.

Shooting Season Two within the Upcoming Weeks

WRAPPING UP SHOOTING THE LAST SCENES OF SEASON ONE OF THE DUOLOGY ANA SHAHIRA.. ANA EL KHA'EN

Cairo, Egypt | Friday- 12 January, 2018:

The cast and crew of writer Noor Abdulmajeed's duology Ana Shahira.. Ana El Kha'en wrapped up shooting the first season of the TV series starring Yasmin Raeis entitled 'Ana Shahira'. The TV series airs daily from Saturday to Wednesday at 07:45 am with reruns at 12:15 am on MBC+ Drama. Season two of the TV series 'Ana El Kha'en'will be filmed within the upcoming weeks.

Based on true events, the novel-duology Ana Shahira and Ana El Kha'en is written by author Noor Abdulmajeed and published by Al Dar Al Masriah Al Lubnaniah in 2013 in two separate books. Abdulmajeed tells the story from the perspectives of its two main characters, Shahira and Raouf, each in a separate book. The first book presents the story as experienced by Shahira, and the second book is from Raouf's, her partner, perspective. Infidelity and revenge make up the central idea of the story.

The first season, Ana Shahira, follows Shahira, a struggling young pharmacist, who had a past full of agonizing shocks, until it all changes when she falls in love and gets married. Shahira shares her perspective on marital relationships and how a love story could become an unforgettable lesson!

The TV series is directed by Ahmed Medhat, scripted by Noor Abdulmajeed, writer of the duology and produced by Hani Osama (The Producers) and Mohamed Hefzy (Film Clinic). The music of the TV series was composed by Tamer Karwan.

Season one of Ana Shahira.. Ana El Kha'en starsYasmin Raeis, Ahmed Fahmi, Mohamed Alaa,Asma Abulyazeid and Mohamed El Amrosy, along with esteemed stars Khaled Zaki, Ahmed Fouad Selim, Maha Abou Ouf and Hanan Sulieman.

The TV series is a considered as an extension to the continuous cooperation between The Producers and Film Clinic as they have co-produced the films, Sheikh Jackson by Amr Salama, Egypt's official submission to the Academy Awards for Best Foreign-Language Film, Warda, Hepta: The Last Lecture by Hadi El Bagoury, Excuse My French by Amr Salama and Before the Summer Crowds by late director Mohamed Khan.

Saudi novelist Noor Abdulmajeed was the Editor-in-Chief of Mada Magazine Saudi Arabia for two years, and an assistant editor at the Rotana Magazine. Many of her successful novels and anthologies got published, including her anthology W A'adat Cinderella Hafeyat Al Qadamayn (Cinderella Returned Barefooted), the novels Al Herman El Kabeer (The Great Deprivation) and Nesaa Wa Laken (They Are Women, but...), in addition to the novel that was turned into a successful TV series with the same name in 2015, Oreed Ragolan (I Need a Man).

Airing Times of Ana Shahira.. Ana El Kha'en TV Series on MBC+ Drama (Cairo Time) (GMT +2)
Saturdays to Wednesdays at 07:45 pm
Rerun: 12:00 am