Alnoor, Calinos team for the project of Mehmed II

Posted: Fri Oct 29 —, 2010, 8: 22 am PTDOHA--private fund of Qatar movies Alnoor Holdings and Turkish media group Calinos Holdings have joined forces to produce a draft and cinema of 75 million dollars on the life of the Ottoman Sultan Mehmed II, the partners announced Friday at Doha Tribeca Film Festival.

The deal, which will see 50 million dollars spent on a British film-jargon and combined $ 25 million towards a telefilm Arabic/Turkish 30-episode, is the largest of its kind between media families of Qatar and Turkish.

Ahmed Al Hashemi, President of Alnoor, said variety, "This is an important collaboration for us ties between Qatar and multimedia industries Turkey and bring to the screen a wonderful tale about a Muslim leader who has promoted the values of respect, tolerance and freedom".

Alnoor is also launching a trilogy of films with English $ 150 million over the life of the Prophet Mohammed with producer Barrie Osborne. Contact the newsroom varieties to mailto: news@variety.com? subject = Alnoor Calinos team for the project of Mehmed II

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