Netflix Show Dollar Starring Adel Karam and Amal Bouchoucha
Netflix is Launching a Brand-New Show and, We, Literally, Cannot Wait to Watch It
Netflix fans get ready because a brand-new show is making its way to the streaming giant this August.
Entitled DOLLAR, Netflix's first ever Lebanese Original series stars Adel Karam (the show marks his second Netflix appearance) and Algerian-Lebanese actress, Amal Bouchoucha.
The "fast-paced" Arabic drama series sees advertising mastermind, Tarek (Adel Karam), tasked with coming up with a million-dollar idea for the launch of a new bank. The catch? Tarek has that idea and is only willing to share it with is CEO. The problem? The bank's hard-hitting young CFO, Zeina (Amal Bouchoucha), is on to him and is trying to figure his plan before things get out of control.
"I'm truly excited to be working with Netflix on our new series DOLLAR and am confident that the show will appeal to Netflix's audiences worldwide. This project is an exciting one, bringing together themes of suspense and drama that showcase Amal Bouchoucha's onscreen talents, as well as Adel Karam's versatility beyond the comedy that he is known and loved for," says the series director Samer Berkawi, who has won countless awards for his work on Al Hayba and Half Day.
The series is set launch on August 8 and will be subtitled in 20 languages to 148 million members in over 190 countries.