MBC Studios Schedules 2026 Release for Hana Alomair's Thriller 'Traveller's Hell'
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Melanie Goodfellow
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Summary
MBC Studios has announced a 2026 release for Hana Alomair's 'Traveller's Hell,' a thriller about a young woman who unknowingly picks up a serial killer on a remote mountain road. The film is a landmark production as the first feature for pioneering Saudi director Alomair and a female-driven genre story for the studio. Alomair previously co-wrote and directed 'Whispers,' one of Netflix's first original series with Saudi Arabia following the country's opening in 2017.
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It is a landmark production for MBC Studios, both for its female driven genre storyline and as the first feature for pioneering Saudi director Alomair.
She previously co-wrote and directed Whispers, one of Netflix's first original series with Saudi Arabia in the wake of the country opening up in 2017.
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