New Saudi-U.S. Outfit WeirdBunch Launches With Aim to Make Marvel-Like Content With a Middle-East Flavor (EXCLUSIVE)
variety.comNick Vivarelli International Correspondent A new studio called WeirdBunch Entertainment, which aims to make Marvel-like content with a Middle-Eastern flavor, is being launched by a group of industry execs with offices in Saudi Arabia and Los Angeles.
WeirdBunch brings together prominent Saudi puppeteer, producer and podcaster Ammar Al-Sabban, who worked on the Arabic adaptation of “Sesame Street”; Marvel comics writer B.
Earl; Keith Fay, who is a former director of original series at Cartoon Network; and Saudi entrepreneur and financier Abdullah Al-Sabban.
The first original IP being announced by WeirdBunch is titled “The Legend of Soloman,” created by Ammar Al-Sabban and “featuring Saudi Arabia’s first superhero family,” as a statement puts it. “Legend of Soloman” tells the tale of Soloman, “a gifted but rebellious teen superhero who seems to be in constant conflict with his traditional, overbearing father,” according to the provided synopsis.
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