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Sheikh Mohammed Youssef El Khereiji and 3SIX9 Studios Team on How New Saudi Outfit With Hollywood Ties Aims to ‘Appeal to Audiences Around the World’ (EXCLUSIVE)
Sheikh Mohammed Youssef El Khereiji and the 3SIX9 Studios team on the launch of their new Saudi outfit, which aims to be a bridge to Hollywood.
Based in Jeddah, with outposts in London, New York and L.A., 3SIX9 Studios is co-founded by actor and producer Daya Fernández, who serves as CEO; Inga V. Smith, who is a former VP of production at Paramount and is the company’s president; “Prison Break” star Amaury Nolasco; and Saudi businessman Sheikh Mohammed Youssef El Khereiji, chairman of Global Group of Companies, who serves as the studios’ chairman. Projects in the 3SIX9 Studios pipeline include “Bunny Run,” an action comedy written by Jayson Rothwell (“Polar”) set to shoot in Saudi Arabia in the fall; “Scotland Yank,” described as “a comedic contemporary reimagining of Sherlock Holmes” written by Mitch Klebanoff (“Dancing Ninja,” “The Journey”) that will be filmed in the U.S. and Saudi Arabia; “Patrol,” an action-horror film in the vein of “Predator”; and “No Night So Long: Double Clutch,” a TV series created by director Ilya Naishuller (“Nobody”) and Will Stewart. Inga V. Smith: Even since our Cannes announcement, I’ve already started receiving emails from former heads of studios saying, “I have a project, we were just thinking of taking advantage of the tax rebate by shooting in Saudi but didn’t know how to go about it.”
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