Ahmed Hatem-Led Film "Qasr El Basha” Begins Production

Production has begun on Egyptian actor Ahmed Hatem's star-studded film "Qasr El Basha”.

The cast also includes Hussein Fahmy, Asma Abulyazeid, Mayan El Sayed, Nabil Issa, Hamza El Eily, Nancy Salah, Ahmed Fahim, Mohammad Al Qass, Sedky Sakhr, and more.

It is scripted by Mohamed Nayer, directed by Muhammad Bakir, and produced by Hisham Abdel-Khaleq and Alaa Lashin.

Hatem was last seen in the film "Hassan Al Masry".

The cast also includes Diamand Bou Abboud, Lina Ben Hamman, Mourad Makram, Feriel Graja, and others.

It is helmed by Lebanese director Samir Habashi from a script by Samar Taher and story by Nora Labib.

The action film premiered on October 4 and featured Hatem portraying Hassan, an Egyptian-born citizen living in Lebanon, who suffers an accident and finds aid from Joel (Diamand Bou Abboud), an old flame and owner of a security company.

Hatem, born on December 25, 1987, made his acting debut in the 2006 film "Awqat Faragh".

Other notable film credits include "El Kenz" (2017), "El Haram El Rabea" (2016), "Qeset Hob" (2019), "El Ghassala" (2020), "Arousty" (2021), and "Qamar 14" (2022).

He is best known for his roles in TV productions "Vertigo" (2012), "Al-Sayyeda Al-Oula" (2014), "Ibn Halal" (2014), "Hawary Bucharest" (2015), "Haret El Yahoud" (2015), "Fo'k Mostawa Elshobohat" (2016), "Halawt Al-Dunia" (2017), "Ladina Aqwal Okhra" (2018), "Rasael" (2018), "One Block Behind" (2018), "Hekayti" (2019), "Leh Laa 2" (2021), "Shaqah 6" (2021), and "Ana W Heya" (2022).