{"id":18426,"date":"2019-12-15T13:06:01","date_gmt":"2019-12-15T09:06:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/?p=18426"},"modified":"2019-12-15T13:07:30","modified_gmt":"2019-12-15T09:07:30","slug":"saudi-arabias-vision-entertainment-and-image-nation-abu-dhabi-announce-partnership-to-develop-animated-television-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/saudi-arabias-vision-entertainment-and-image-nation-abu-dhabi-announce-partnership-to-develop-animated-television-series\/","title":{"rendered":"Saudi Arabia’s Vision Entertainment And Image Nation Abu Dhabi Announce Partnership To Develop Animated Television Series"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Academy Award-winning media and entertainment company\u00a0Image Nation Abu Dhabi\u00a0and Saudi Arabia-based Vision Entertainment, a company specializing in creating locally-inspired content, have announced a new creative partnership to produce an animated television series.<\/p>\n

The Arabic language television series about dates \u2013 the traditional Arab fruit \u2013 will showcase the rich cultural and historic treasures of Saudi Arabia and the wider Arab region.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cWe set out to create iconic characters that are rooted in our traditions and culture,\u201d said\u00a0Princess Sarah bint Faisal bin Bandar Al Saud,\u00a0<\/strong>executive producer and co-founder of Vision Entertainment.\u00a0 \u201cThe palm is such a big part of our history and heritage and the date is a ubiquitous staple in our homes, so we decided to bring the world of dates to life in a fun animated series for the whole family. We are creating this series to embody our rich heritage and culture and hope audiences of all ages across the region will relate to its authentic, homegrown story.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The project, tentatively titled \u201cTamr\u201d, is currently in pilot production with series production slated to begin in 2020.<\/p>\n

The partnership with Vision Entertainment is part of Image Nation Abu Dhabi\u2019s foray into the Saudi Arabian media industry, following the landmark production partnership with MBC and\u00a0Majid Al Futtaim\u00a0announced at Cannes Film Festival earlier this year.<\/p>\n

Ben Ross,\u00a0<\/strong>Chief Content Officer at Image Nation Abu Dhabi, said: \u201cWe are excited to partner with Vision Entertainment on this great project. The region is home to a huge consumer audience with a major appetite for locally-made content that represents and resonates with them.\u00a0 Through this partnership, we\u2019re attracting top talent and creating dynamic content.\u201d<\/p>\n

Robert Kne\u017eevi\u0107<\/strong>, a\u00a0Sesame Street\u00a0veteran who was responsible for the recent reboot of the beloved Iftah Ya Simsim, and co-founder and executive producer of Vision Entertainment, said: \u201cWe\u2019re taking a holistic brand-building approach to the project.\u00a0 The television series is just the start.\u00a0 We\u2019re creating a 360-degree brand experience with live shows, digital content, mobile games, products and merchandizing, even a feature film is in the works. The region is ripe for a truly locally-inspired consumer brand.\u201d<\/p>\n

Image Nation Abu Dhabi recently released the landmark documentary television series\u00a0History of the Emirates\u00a0<\/em>on local and international channels around the UAE\u2019s 48th<\/sup>\u00a0National Day. The series is currently airing in 50 countries around the world on\u00a0National Geographic.<\/p>\n

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Academy Award-winning media and entertainment company\u00a0Image Nation Abu Dhabi\u00a0and Saudi Arabia-based Vision Entertainment, a company specializing in creating locally-inspired content, have announced a new creative partnership to produce an animated television series. The Arabic language television series about dates \u2013 the traditional Arab fruit \u2013 will showcase the rich cultural and historic treasures of Saudi […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":18427,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18426","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18426","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18426"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18426\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18429,"href":"https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18426\/revisions\/18429"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18427"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18426"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18426"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18426"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}