Egyptian actor, Ahmed El Sakka will not participate in Ramadan 2020 drama marathon since he is busy with his new film “El-Ankaboot” (The Spider).
He participated last Ramadan with TV series "Weld El-Ghalaba", which gained great success during its premiere time.
El Sakka is currently shooting the film with the rest of the cast, which co-stars Mona Zaki, Dhafer El Abidine, Ahmed Fouad Selim, Reem Mustafa, Zaki Fateen Abdel Wahab, Akram El-Sharkawy, Mahmoud Gharib, Ramez Amir, Mohamed Lotfy, and others.
The Spider is scheduled to be released in theaters in 2020.
The film is written by Mohamed Nayer and directed by Nader Galal.
Moreover, Egyptian actor Mohamed Mamdouh will make a special appearance in the film. This will be their collaboration together after co-starring in film "Ibrahim Labyad", and TV series "Weld El-Ghalaba".
The plot revolves around a man (played by El Sakka) entering the Mafia scene because of his brother (played by El Abidine), who arrives from abroad and enters into many conflicts with him.
On the other hand, El Sakka is preparing to return to the stage with a new theatrical production holding a temporary title of “The wife of an important man”, in a new collaboration with Mona Zaki, after 16 years of absence.
The plot is adopted from an international script and revolves around a group of wives who pranks their husbands to take their rights from them.
The pair’s last theatrical collaboration was 2003’s play “Keda Okay” with Hany Ramzy, Yasmine Abdel Aziz, and Sherif Mounir.
Zaki and El Sakka are among the most successful duo in Egypt and the Middle East. They presented several of their successful films, including “Saeedi in the American University”, “Days of Sadat” with the late star Ahmed Zaki, “Africano”, “Mafia”, “On Love and Passion”, and “Taymour and Shafika”.
They stopped cooperation for 10 years until they began once again in 2016’s film “30 Years Ago”.
El Sakka, born on March 1, 1973, is an Egyptian Action actor; he graduated from the Egyptian Academy of arts.
He began his acting career with appearances in Egyptian mini-series and ended up co-starring in many famed Ramadan series.
Early in his career, he appeared in popular series like “Nesf Rabeea El-Akhar”. El Sakka established himself as an actor in 1998 when he co-starred in film "Saeedi Fil Gamaa El Amrekeia” (Saeedi in the American University).
He got his first leading role in the film “Short wi Fanila wi Cap” (Short, T-Shirt and Cap).
El Sakka is best known for his roles in “Horoob Etirari”, “30 Years Ago”, “El Gezira 1 and 2”, “Ibn el-Qunsul” “Al Maslaha”, “The Dealer”, “Ibrahim Labyad”, “Taymour and Shafika”, “An el ashq wel hawa”, “Harb Atalia”, “Tito”, “Mafia”, “Africano”, “Short w Fanelah w Cap”, “Hamam fi Amsterdam”, and “Saeedi fil gamaa el amrekeia”.
The 46-year-old actor has also co-starred in many plays including “Kedah okaih”, “Afroto”, and “Alabanda”.