EXCLUSIVE: LA-based Brightburn producer The H Collective Films has formed a pact with Saudi Arabia’s Inqisam Studios to co-invest in and co-produce movies and TV with a focus on the Arabic-speaking market.The co-pro deal is one of the first to be announced between a Saudi and Hollywood production company.
Inqisam is a new division of Riyadh-based investment and production company Nowaar Entertainment.Upcoming projects for the Hollywood and KSA pair include the family-adventure movie Prince Of The Seas, which is based on the story and legend of Ahmad Ibn Majid, a famous navigator in Arabian Peninsula history.The English-language live action project will follow a fearless young explorer on his quest to right an ancient wrong.
To do so he must first solve the greatest mystery of his time and vanquish forces of uncanny power. Cast is expected to be a combination of U.S.
and Middle Eastern actors.Screenwriter, director and DreamWorks animation veteran Mike de Seve, director on the series and movie Beavis And Butt-Head and story consultant on movies including Shrek 2 and A Shark’s Tale, is attached to write the script.Mark Rau, CEO of The H Collective Films, his partner Dirk Hampel, and Osama Aljalal, CEO of Inqisam studios, will supervise the production.Berlin-based Rau oversees The H Collective’s international business.
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