EXCLUSIVE: Turkey is getting its first set of superheroes. Cast has been set on Altay, a series for streaming platform TRT Digital that will kick off plans for a Turkish superhero universe in the mould of Marvel.
The show has gone into production ahead of a 2023 launch, with T World Entertainment attached. Several high profile Turkish stars have been cast, including Cem Özer, Batuhan Bayar, Aslı Sümen, Beste Kökdemir , Elif Doğan , Cemil Büyükdöğerli, Çetin Sarıkartal, Toprak Sergen and Muhammet Uzuner, who starred in Nuri Bilge Ceylan’s Cannes Film Festival Grand Prize-winning movie Once Upon a Time in Anatolia.
Bobby Roth (Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD, Lost, Criminal Minds) is Supervisor Director on the project. Altay is being billed as the first superhero series and universe from Turkey, inspired by the golden age of Eastern science.
Using the Marvel and DC bluepring, the plan is to expand the universe with future series, though these will be inspired different cultures and will be set in a variety of countries.
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