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Vol.1 Issue 26, December 2020 ELITE
Paranormal
Noha Mohamed
Since its launch on November 5, the first Since he was a young boy, he was attached to
Egyptian series of Netflix original the novel like many of his generation, and the
productions has managed to grab attention events of the novel revolved in his imagination,
and create a state of happiness and and he always dreamed of directing such a
surprise, while since Netflix's announcement different work, until he got his property rights
in 2006 and from there it all started, so he
of the contract and the start of filming on its worked on drawing it as a director for all those
Facebook page, a state of joy and nostalgia, years, until it was ready and he proceeded to
especially for fans of the novel prevailed. face the most prominent work challenges that
And with the release of the official trailer for are represented in the production requirements
the series, everyone awaited the day of the as these requirements are only available in the
show with great passion and enthusiasm. type of Ramadan series, until he signed the
contract with Netflix with the enthusiasm of the
It is "Paranormal" of the late godfather as it producer Mohamed Hefzy, who was from the
was called "Ahmed Khaled Tawfiq", an icon beginning step by step with his friend Amr
in the fields of horror literature, fantasy and Salama, supported him to complete the journey
science fiction, it's he who made young and to achieve this risk, whatever the cost.
people read, and one of his dreams was to There is no doubt that the hero of the work
see one of his works embodied in an artistic will be among the first fans of Dr Rifaat
work and this was what the director "Amr Ismail, but it was not expected that the
Salama" promise to him and he confirmed choice would fall on "Ahmed Amin", who
that he would fight for the emergence of the dazzled everyone with his performance
"Paranormal" novels as a series in the best despite being a comedian and the distance of
form, and he kept his promise. Indeed, Dr the character of Dr. Refaat from his real life
Ahmed Khaled Tawfiq had read a few copies full of joy and spontaneity, which explains
that were written before his death and was the amount of preparations Amin underwent
happy with them, but on the contrary, after and it took him a whole year to reach this
his departure, Amr was keen to add some level which has been praised by the public,
and yet critics agreed on his creativity in
modifications to satisfy him more. perfectly demonstrating his tragic side.
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