{"id":3777,"date":"2019-05-17T13:57:39","date_gmt":"2019-05-17T13:57:39","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2019-05-17T13:57:39","modified_gmt":"2019-05-17T13:57:39","slug":"the-most-popular-saudi-novel-is-now-set-to-become-a-major-movie-and-tv-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/riyadh\/en\/news\/announcements\/the-most-popular-saudi-novel-is-now-set-to-become-a-major-movie-and-tv-series\/","title":{"rendered":"The Most Popular Saudi Novel Is Now Set To Become A Major Movie And TV Series"},"content":{"rendered":"
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One can\u2019t think of any Saudi<\/a> novel as popular as Ibraheem Abbas\u2019s HWJN, partly due to the controversy surrounding it. Now, news has come in that popular book will be made into a movie and a 13-episode TV series.<\/p>\n

HWJN is almost like the Saudi version of Twilight, except here the vampires are replaced by genies.<\/p>\n

According to the Arab News<\/a>, the announcement was made on the sidelines of the 72nd<\/sup> Cannes Film Festival. Major Middle Eastern production houses like MBC, Image Nation Abu Dhabi and Majid Al Futtaim are coming together to kick off this project.<\/p>\n

The project is currently in the pre-productions stage with actual production to begin by the end of the year as per Ali Jaffar of MBC.<\/h3>\n
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\u0631\u0648\u0627\u064a\u0629 \u062d\u0648\u062c\u0646???\u2764\ufe0f.@Ibraheem_Abbas<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/uCfXfEgmsk<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 ??? (@M77I8) May 11, 2019<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The newspaper also reports that the book was so popular in Saudi that it went on to sell almost 1 million copies as per Michael Garin, CEO of Image Nation Abu Dhabi.<\/p>\n

The movie will release first, the TV series will follow it.<\/h3>\n

And, guess what? It will be filmed in Saudi.<\/p>\n

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