Egyptian actress Reem Moustafa is collaborating with director Ramy Rizkallah in a new TV series, which is set to screen in the Ramadan 2022 drama marathon.
It is produced by Ahmed Abdel-Aty and penned by Bassem Ali Al-Khatib, Islam Sheta, Ahmed Ragab Hassan.
The untitled series marks Moustafa's first lead role in a TV series.
Moustafa is also participating in Ramadan with the Egyptian remake of the 2011 US legal TV series “Suits”.
“Suits” was created and written by Aaron Korsh and produced by Universal Cable Productions. It ran for nine seasons and concluded on September 25, 2019.
Set at a fictional New York City law firm, the series followed talented college dropout Mike Ross ( played by Patrick J. Adams), who starts working as a law associate for Harvey Specter (Gabriel Macht) despite never graduating from Harvard Law School.
“Suits” also starred Rick Hoffman as Louis Litt, Meghan Markle as Rachel Zane, Sarah Rafferty as Donna Paulsen, and Gina Torres as Jessica Pearson.
The high-end Arabic remake will debut on prominent West Asia satellite pay-TV and streaming service Orbit Showtime Network (OSN) and United Media Services (UMS).
NBCUniversal Formats, a pision of Universal Studio Group, has teamed up with Cairo-based media production company TVision, OSN, and UMS, to produce the series.
The remake began production in January on the first two seasons, comprising 30 episodes.
It stars Asser Yassin as Harvey Specter, Ahmed Dawood as Mike Ross, Moustafa as Donna Paulsen, Saba Mubarak as Jessica Pearson, and Mohamed Shahin as Louis Litt.
The remake is written by Mohamed Amin Rad’s workshop, directed by Myriam Ahmadi, and produced by TVision production company, owned by producer Tarek El Ganainy.
The series was first announced in July 2020 with Yassin on board; Rady attached to the project as a writer and Khaled Marey as director.
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