Among them: “King Tut,” the six-part series about the youngest Pharaoh to rule Ancient Egypt, produced by Canada’s Muse for Spike TV (with local company K Films) “The Book of Dead,” the Weinstein Company’s Egyptian detective series (with Kasbah Films) and Chris Menaul’s “Killing Jesus,” starring Dominic West (with Dune Films). Debbagh, who line-produced the two-part miniseries for Sony Pictures Television, said it required over 2,000 extras.Ī flurry of upcoming biblical or related projects have also chosen Morocco. Starring Morena Baccarin and Rebecca Ferguson, “The Red Tent” is an adaptation of Anita Diamant’s bestseller retelling a short chapter of the New Testament centering on the fate of Dinah, the strong-willed daughter of Jacob. Lifetime’s miniseries “The Red Tent” (pictured above) shot there this year on an epic scope. Ouarzazate, a picturesque city located in southern Morocco, and its Atlas Film Studios remain attractive backdrops for such film and series projects. “A driving force behind the foreign productions’ surge is the big comeback of bible-themed shows and movies,” explained Abderrazzak Zitouny, topper of the Ouarzazate film commission. “Desert,” meanwhile, shot for two months in the country with Kidman, along with James Franco, Damian Lewis and Robert Pattinson. “Hologram” filmed for 40 days in Morocco with a crew of 250 technicians and invested $5 million in Morocco (out of a $25 million budget), said Debbagh, who described the film as character-driven and praised Hanks for his down-to-earth behavior and friendliness during the shoot. The movie was supposed to lense in Saudi Arabia, but after the production failed to get a shooting permit, Debbagh arranged for the filming to take place in Morocco. Karim Debbagh at Kasbah Films, a production outfit with offices in Germany and Morocco, co-produced “Hologram.” productions that lensed in Morocco this year were Tom Tykwer’s “A Hologram for the King,” an adaptation of Dave Eggers’ novel starring Tom Hanks as a struggling American businessman who travels to Dubai to get a fresh start, and Werner Herzog’s “Queen of the Desert” with Nicole Kidman as British explorer and diplomat Gertrude Bell. blockbuster Zak Productions worked on was “Mission Impossible 5,” which gave the country’s economy a major boost, as it spent an estimated $30 million on the ground, per Alaoui. That shoot will be of such scale that it’s requiring four months of preparation, said Alaoui, who will receive a career tribute at this year’s Marrakech film festival. We do our best to fulfill orders as quickly as we can.The production will return in June for a 10-day shoot with locations including Tangier and the desert. For MOD requests, processing time could be up to 1 week on average. Our processing time is 1-2 days for in-stock items for domestic orders. The price of the items would only cover the operational / raw material / shipping costs and would be sold for personal use only. We would not make any profit out of such sale. Many DVD stores now offer MOD service, and so do we to keep a competitive edge. Should an item be unavailable, we would inform you if it was possible to provide an on-Demand DVD-R version of the requested item, but we offer no guarantees. Please read our notice and takedown policy by clicking here. Notice and Takedown policyĪs a professional and reputable online store, DVD Planet Store is fully committed to the twin issues of copyright and trademarks. Our representative will get in touch with the customer with the availability of the items when an order is placed. Since, we do not take payments online at this time, there is 0% risk in placing order for movies you like on our website. Our aim is to build a comprehensive listing of movies and TV shows available to date. The items that are not released yet, or not out on DVD / Blu-ray are indeed unavailable, and that is what we would tell our customers if the requests ever come in. Our catalog is built as a reference for our customers, while we do our best to sync our in-stock items on our website. Please note that a product being listed on our website does not necessarily mean it is in stock and readily available for order.
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