‘The Mauritanian’ Producer Set To Adapt Fatin Abbas’s Novel ‘Ghost Season’ Into Feature Film
By Zac Ntim, Melanie Goodfellow June 23, 2025 1:29am EXCLUSIVE: Smashing Dandelions, the new production company founded by The Mauritanian writer and producer Michael Bronner and Bhakti Shringarpure, has set plans to adapt Ghost Season, the novel by Sudanese-American writer Fatin Abbas, into a feature film. South Sudanese documentary filmmaker Akuol de Mabior […]
Sabrina Elba Joins Cast of Lula Ali Ismaïl’s ‘Nuur’ for Scythia Films
Sabrina Elba will join the cast of “Nuur.” The upcoming feature from director Lula Ali Ismaïl (“Dhalinyaro”) is being produced by Scythia Films, the banner behind the Oscar-nominated “The Apprentice.” Elba joins previously announced cast members Omar Abdi (“The Gravedigger’s Wife”) and Hamza Fouad (“Riverdale”). The film is adapted from the novel “The Youth of […]
Lula Ali Ismaïl Directing ‘Nuur,’ Omar Abdi, Hamza Fouad Starring in Scythia Films, Good Question Media Production
Scythia Films, the production banner behind “The Apprentice,” has tapped Lula Ali Ismaïl to direct “Nuur,” the story of an academically gifted 17-year-old boy growing up in Dixon, a Somali community in Toronto. Omar Abdi, who appeared in “The Gravedigger’s Wife,” and Hamza Fouad, best known for his work in “Riverdale” and “Arrow,” are attached […]