Dubai [UAE]/ Vancouver (British Columbia) [Canada], July 28 (ANI): 99 Kids Holdings Co. at the moment introduced that OSN+, the area’s main premium streaming service, will grow to be the unique regional streaming dwelling of THE 99, the multi-award-winning, Arab-created superhero sequence that’s the brainchild of Kuwaiti scientific psychologist and social entrepreneur Dr. Naif Al-Mutawa.
Under the partnership, OSN+ will solely stream the remastered 4K version of Season One and debut Season Two for the very first time within the Middle East throughout the 22 nations it serves for an preliminary six-month unique window. OSN+ may even maintain unique first rights to Season Three when it launches in 2027.
THE 99 was the primary youngsters’s IP from the Arab world to go international, showing in 70 nations and 16 languages in its unique run. Featuring a globally recognised forged of heroes every drawn from a special tradition — together with Noora, the lead Emirati hero — the sequence celebrates common values comparable to tolerance, empathy, caring, kindness, understanding, positivity, braveness and compassion.
The sequence has been recognised by the United Nations, the World Economic Forum, the Young Presidents’ Organisation and world leaders. At the 2010 Presidential Summit on Entrepreneurship, U.S. President Barack Obama singled out Dr. Al-Mutawa and THE 99 for his or her contribution to bettering dialogue between Muslim societies and the United States. In 2012, THE 99 made its debut on the New York Film Festival, adopted by a viewing underneath the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmed Al-Sabah, the late Ruler of Kuwait. In January 2015, Dr. Al-Mutawa acquired the Islamic Economy Award within the Media class for THE 99 from His Highness Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai. An extra honour got here within the type of a crossover comedian guide sequence with DC the place the 99 heroes labored with Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman and the remainder of the Justice League.
Co-produced by Endemol (now Banijay), THE 99 was written by business veterans together with Stan Berkowitz (Batman, Superman) and Fabian Nicieza (X-Men, co-creator of Deadpool), pairing world-class storytelling craft with a distinctly regional voice.
Teresa Rio, VP Marketing, OSN+ and Anghami, mentioned, ‘We’re happy to welcome THE 99 to OSN+ and to be the primary streaming platform to carry Season Two to audiences throughout the area.’
Dr. Naif Al-Mutawa, creator of THE 99, mentioned, ‘All heroes begin and finish their journeys in the identical place after enduring a sequence of setbacks, surviving life-and-death experiences, assembly a mentor, making mates and enemies, and returning with an elixir. There have been moments when it appeared to others that the story of THE 99 had ended. I by no means believed that. I believed the characters had merely been ready for the suitable time to return and declare their rightful place among the many world’s best superhero franchises. Today, that point has come.’
Beyond the relaunch of the unique 52 remastered episodes, THE 99 is being rebooted with an all-new slate of content material, together with a 3rd season of the animated sequence, new comics, and new video video games — extending the franchise throughout platforms for a brand new technology of followers within the area and worldwide.
THE 99 was the primary Islam-inspired comedian and animated sequence to characteristic superheroes reflecting common values recognisable throughout cultures, and the primary youngsters’s IP from the Arab world to go international.
99 Kids Holdings Co. is a twin Canada/UAE firm rebooting THE 99 as a multi-platform, values-driven leisure franchise with the ambition to grow to be a top-10 international youngsters’s IP. It is producing all new 99 tales by way of comics, video video games and a 3rd animated season.
OSN+ is the area’s main premium streaming service. Led by partnerships with main studios together with HBO, NBC Universal, MGM, Sony and extra OSN+ delivers the newest content material concurrently with the US, together with critically acclaimed sequence and flicks in addition to world-class Arabic content material and OSN+ Originals. OSN+ could be accessed by means of all gadgets, together with main TV platforms, iOS, Android and the net. Find out extra and stream at .
OSN Group is the main premium leisure supplier servicing 22 nations throughout MENA. The Group delivers world-class content material by means of its key divisions: OSN+, OSNtv and Anghami, alongside devoted B2B choices in each market. As the unique dwelling for HBO and Warner Bros. Discovery content material within the area, OSN Group is understood for broadcasting the newest international hits — together with Western, Arabic and Turkish content material — concurrently with the US. OSN combines international studio partnerships with unique native productions and the area’s main music streaming service. (ANI)
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