Veteran Egyptian actress Laila Elwy will star alongside Lebleba and Sawsan Badr in an untitled comedy film.
The project hails from Ayten Amin and is scheduled to begin production after Eid al-Fitr, especially since the acclaimed actresses are currently busy filming their upcoming TV series for the Ramadan 2023 drama marathon.
Lebleba is slated to participate in the marathon with “The Battalion 101”, which is one of the highly-anticipated works set to screen during the holy month.
The series consists of 20 episodes depicting the heroics of Battalion 101 and how they confronted the takfiri elements in Sinai.
The cast also includes Amr Youssef, Asser Yassin, Fathy Abdel Wahab, Khaled El Sawy, Ahmed Salah Hosny, Wafaa Amer, and others.
The series is scripted by Eyad Saleh, directed by Mohamed Salama, and produced by the Synergy production company.
Youssef portrays Major Nour Salah Al-Azab and Yassin stars as martyr Khaled Mohamed Dabour in the upcoming series.
Meanwhile, Badr is participating in the drama marathon with the TV series "Gamila".
It also stars Riham Hagag, Abeer Sabry, Ahmed Wafik, Hany Adel, Hisham Ismail, Yosra El Lozy, Nabil Issa, Yasser Ali Maher, Abeer Mounir, Rahma Hassan, Reem Sami, Rehab Hussein, and others.
The project sees Hagag reunite with “U-Turn” creators screenwriter Ayman Salama and director Sameh Abdelaziz.
Moreover, Elwy is currenty shooting her latest film “Sugar Daddy”.
The project sees the actress reuniting with Bayoumi Fouad and Hamdi Al-Mirghani. They previously collaborated on the 2021 family comedy film "Mama Hamel".
The cast also stars Mohamed Mahmoud, Mostafa Gharieb, May Elghety, Johara, and others. It is written by Louay Al-Sayed and directed by Mahmoud Karim.
Elwy, born on January 4, 1962, made her acting debut at a young age in children programming "Abla Fadeela" on the Radio and "Mama Samiha" on the television.
Laila took small parts in films as a child and performed in several titles. Late Egyptian actor, Nour El-Sherif discovered her acting skills while she was performing on stage.
Elwy starred in several stage productions such as “al-Brenseesa” (The Princess), “Gamilla wa Wahshayn” (Two Beasts and a Beauty), “Baklarious fee Hokm al-Shab” (A Degree in Governing the People)، “8 Sittat” (8 Women), and “Sahlab".
She co-starred in her first role in a drama in the TV series “Dimoo’ Fawq al-Haqiqa” (Tears Over the Truth).
Her other TV credits include “al-‘Aaila” (The Family), “al-Tawaam” (The Twins), “’Atfet Khoukha”, “Teyoor al-Sayf” (Birds of Summer), “Akho al-Bannat” (His sisters), “Ta’aaly Nahlam bi Bokra” (Let’s Dream of Tomorrow), and “Alf Leyla wa Leyla”(One Thousand and One Nights).
Elwy has received numerous film awards and has served as a producer in the 1952 film “Ya Mihalabiya ya”.
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