MADD Presents RU & More in Cannes

MADD Entertainment is at MIPCOM with a number of new Turkish series, including RU, the latest drama from Medyapım.

RU is an eight-episode series about a young boy and his romance with a married woman 20 years his senior. It debuted on the Gain platform in May.

MADD held an event in Cannes to discuss the series, with Medyapım president Fatih Aksoy and RU lead actress Meryem Uzerli, as well as MADD managing director Ateş İnce.

Portrait of a Scandalous Family is based on the true story of the Şakir Paşa dynasty, an illustrious Ottoman family shattered by scandal only to give rise to some of the 20th century’s greatest artists. The cast includes Vahide Gördüm (Bitterlands, Mother), Meryem Uzerli (Magnificent Century), Fırat Tanış (Farah, Evermore) and Devrim Yakut (Dirty Laundry, Chrysalis). The series is written by Hande Altaylı (Woman, Mercy) and helmed by Bahadır Karataş, who directed RU. The new drama from Medyapım premieres this fall on Türkiye’s NOW network.

Far Away is the story of Alya Albora, who arrives in the border town of Albora, a small village on Mardin’s Syrian border. She has come from Canada with her son, Deniz, to bury her husband, and that’s when she meets his family for the first time. The Ay Yapım production is adapted from the international hit series Al Hayba by Cedars Art Production (Sabbah Brothers) and written by Gülizar Irmak (Ömer, Time Goes By). It features Ozan Akbaba (The Father, Kuzey Güney), Sinem Ünsal (A Miracle, My Little Girl), Gonca Cilasun (Street Birds), Müfit Kayacan (A Fairy Tale, Brave and Beautiful) and Alper Çankaya (The Family, Our Father). The series is in production and will launch soon on Kanal D.

The slate also features the ongoing series Land of Love, The Good & the Bad, Leyla, Here Comes the Sun and Blooming Lady.