Actress May Elghety to star in Disney animated series 

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Elghety is also currently filming a British movie called “Due Dating” alongside actors Danielle Scott, Jade Asha and Alex Crockford “Kizazi Moto: Generation Fire” is a 10-part anthology DUBAI: Egyptian actress May Elghety is set to star in a Disney’s upcoming animated sci-fi series “Kizazi Moto: Generation Fire” that follows futuristic stories across Africa, she announced this week. For the latest updates, follow us on Instagram @arabnews.lifestyle “Super excited and honored to be a part of this!! ‘Kizazi Moto: Generation Fire’ coming to you very soon,” she wrote to her fans on Instagram. The Disney+ original, inspired by Africa’s diverse histories and cultures, is set to premiere this year, according to Variety magazine. It is a 10-part anthology that is set to “brings together a slate of rising animation talents from six African nations to produce action-packed sci-fi and fantasy stories that will present bold visions of advanced technology, aliens, spirits and monsters imagined from uniquely African perspectives,” according to Variety. Oscar-winning director Peter Ramsey of “Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse” will serve as the executive producer. Cape Town-based animation house Triggerfish, which received the prestigious MIFA Animation Industry Award in Annecy in 2022, will be the lead studio for the series. The production teams feature a slew of African artists including Egyptian director Ahmed Teilab, who has joined the series’ writing and directing team. Elghety is currently filming a British movie called “Due Dating,” alongside actors Danielle Scott, Jade Asha and Alex Crockford. The movie, expected to be released in 2023, is directed by Daniel Pacquette and written by Jade Asha. Elghety is an award-winning actress born to parents Mohamed Elghety and Mona Barouma, who are both writers and TV presenters. The 24-year-old actress started her career as a child. In 2013, She landed a lead role in “El-Kaserat,” a controversial TV series depicting the illegal act of child marriages in upper Egypt. Her performance landed her the Best Upcoming Actress award at the Arab Drama Festival. She later starred in productions like “Clash” in 2016, “High School Girls” in 2020, “Taye’a” in 2018, “Every Week Has A Friday” in 2020 and “MAMA,” which premiered at the Cairo International Film Festival in 2022.

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