"Hepta" Sequel Cast Announced as Production Begins

Production has finally begun on the long-awaited sequel to “Hepta: The Last Lecture”.

The pic stars Menna Shalaby, Karim Fahmy, Salma Abu Deif, Asmaa Galal, Karim Kassem, Mayan El Sayed, and Hassan Malek.

Prominent director Hady El Bagory and screenwriter Mohamed Sadek reunited for a sequel. The script is penned from a story by Sadek, who co-wrote the pic alongside Mohamed Galal. 

The original Hepta film was based on Sadek’s best-selling novel of the same title and revolved around the seven stages of love through four stories. The novel topped the charts in Egypt and the Arab world for several weeks.  

El Bagory directed the pic from a script by Sadek and Wael Hamdy. It had achieved great success at the time of its debut in 2016. 

The film’s revenues topped the Egyptian box office, which exceeded EGP 52 million, becoming the highest-grossing romance film in the history of Egyptian cinema. 

“Hepta: The Last Lecture” won more than 20 awards, including 10 awards. It was also screened at the Malmö Arab Film Festival, the Arab Camera Festival in Rotterdam, the Cairo International Film Festival, the Mediterranean Film Festival of Annaba (FAFM), and the Arab Cinema Week in New York. 

“Hepta: The Last Lecture” boasted a stellar cast that includes Amr Youssef, Maged El Kedwany, Ahmed Malek, Ahmed Dawood, Dina El Sherbiny, Yasmine Raeis, Jamila Awad, Hany Adel, Ahmed Bedeir, Salwa Mohamed Aly, Kinda Alloush, Anoushka, Mohamed Farrag, Nelly Karim, and Shereen Reda. 

The film’s theme song “Hekaya Wahda” performed by Egyptian actress-singer Donia Samir Ghanem also achieved tremendous success by surpassing more than 50,463,622 million views. 

“Hekaya Wahda” was written by Amir Taema and composed by Hesham Gamal.