Ahmed Ezz to Star in Global Multi-Million Dollar Action Series

Production has begun on an eight-episode action miniseries starring Ahmed Ezz alongside a cast of international stars. With a budget of over USD 25 million, the project is being backed by the General Entertainment Authority (GEA) and Riyadh Season, in partnership with AlHisn Big Time Studios, MBC and Sela Studios, a leading entertainment and hospitality company in Saudi Arabia.

The series is penned by Salah El-Juhaini, a prominent Egyptian screenwriter who worked on ‘Welad Rizk’ (2015) and ‘El-Khaleya’ (2017), with contributions from international writers Daniel Knauf, the creator of HBO’s ‘Carnivàle’ and a key writer on ‘The Blacklist’, Sean Hennen, known for his work on action and crime dramas, and Lucas O’Connor, a writer and producer who also worked on ‘The Blacklist’ and other thriller projects.

AlHisn Big Time Studios is a state-of-the-art film production facility located in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia which has been designed to oversee the entire filmmaking process, from scriptwriting to editing, sound management, and graphics creation. The studio has been utilised for various film projects, including ‘The Seven Dogs’ movie starring Karim Abdel Aziz and Ahmed Ezz.

More than three international directors, who have yet to be announced, will share directing duties for the series. Filming is set to commence after the second quarter of 2025.