Viu announces original Egyptian series Zodiac
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Rebecca Hawkes
| 02 April 2019

PCCW-owned over-the-top (OTT) video platform Viu has unveiled Zodiac, its latest original series for viewers in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA).

The crime thriller is adapted from the series of Hazak El Youm novels by Egyptian author Dr Ahmed Khalid Tawfiq. Directed by Mahmoud Kamel and produced by Film Clinic in collaboration with El-Masa Media Production, the series combines drama and supernatural mystery.

Zodiac follows the lives of a group of students who encounter a life threatening curse. The curse follows a pattern determined by the victim’s Zodiac sign.

The three-season series is written and conceptualised by Egyptian screenwriter Mohamed Al-Motasem alongside Menna Ekram, Mohamed Hisham Abiya, Omar Khaled, and Rawiah Abdulla.

“We aim to deliver compelling local entertainment with world-class production quality. Adapting a novel series by the late Dr Ahmed Khalid Tawfiq with Zodiac gives us the opportunity to invest in the local creative ecosystem with a story that matters and resonates locally while putting it on a global stage,” said Wesam Kattan, vice president of content, Viu MENA.

Mohamed Hefzy, founder of Film Clinic added: “As one of the leading production companies in the region we strive to create unique features and with this cooperation with Viu, we are confident that we have cracked the right success formula of creativity and quality. Audiences are in for a real treat and we look forward to working with the brilliant creative team assembled to bring this intriguing story to life.”

Zodiac is the fifth Arabic Viu Original and follows the streaming platform’s recent launch of the Egyptian series Ana Sherry dot Com and the Saudi series Doon .