{"id":33924,"date":"2023-03-22T10:03:31","date_gmt":"2023-03-22T06:03:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/me\/?post_type=articles&#038;p=33924"},"modified":"2023-03-22T10:03:31","modified_gmt":"2023-03-22T06:03:31","slug":"the-matchmaker-alula-saudi-arabia","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/me\/articles\/the-matchmaker-alula-saudi-arabia\/","title":{"rendered":"Netflix Is Releasing A Psychological Thriller That Was Entirely Shot In AlUla"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_33928\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-33928\" style=\"width: 4258px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-33928 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/me\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2023\/03\/TheMatchmaker_Netflix_DSC09703.jpg\" alt=\"The Matchmaker\" width=\"4258\" height=\"2395\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-33928\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Matchmaker.Nour Alkhadra in The Matchmaker. Cr. Courtesy of Netflix \u00a9 2023<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Netflix announces the launch of The Matchmaker, an upcoming Arabic psychological thriller filmed entirely <a href=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/me\/articles\/r3hab-releases-new-music-now-united-alula\/\">in AlUla<\/a>. The Matchmaker was directed by Abdulmohsin Aldabaan and produced by Telfaz11, and will be the first film to be shot entirely at the UNESCO World Heritage site in <a href=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/me\/articles\/islamic-arts-biennale-sothebys-saudi-arabia\/\">Saudi Arabia<\/a>.\u00a0Starring Hussam Alharthy, Nour Alkhadra, and Reem Alhabib, the series is one of the first psychological thrillers from Kingdom to be released by Netflix. It will be available on the streaming platform exclusively from April 27th. Scroll down to learn more about this exciting project.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_33961\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-33961\" style=\"width: 660px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-33961\" src=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/me\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2023\/03\/TheMatchmaker_Netflix_DSC01729.jpg?w=300\" alt=\"The Matchmaker\" width=\"660\" height=\"371\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-33961\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Matchmaker.Hossam Alharthi in The Matchmaker. Cr. Courtesy of Netflix \u00a9 2023<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The story follows Tarek portrayed by Hussam Alharthy, an IT worker who develops feelings for an Intern employed at his office played by Nour. He follows her to a resort in the middle of a desert with mysteries lurking behind its doors. At the resort, he meets a matchmaker portrayed by Reem who promises men to unite them with their ideal partner. The story unfolds when Tarek wanders outside the resort and uncovers an ancient vengeance. <!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/me\/articles\/netflix-creative-producer-training-program-in-saudi-arabia\/\">Netflix Launches Creative Producer Training Program In Saudi Arabia<\/a><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_33930\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-33930\" style=\"width: 660px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-33930\" src=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/me\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2023\/03\/The_Matchmaker_Native_00_20_14_08.jpg?w=300\" alt=\"\" width=\"660\" height=\"371\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-33930\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Matchmaker. Cr. Courtesy of Netflix \u00a9 2023<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The released images reveal a glimpse of the eerie and atmospheric mood of the film. The spectacular location of AlUla adds more enigma to the story with its incredible visual that possesses 200,000 years of unexplored history. It helps in captivating the audience while nnarating the story of Tarek&#8217;s sinister discoveries. 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The film Raven Song also went on to become the latest submission from Saudi Arabia to the Academy Awards. Hence, The Matchmaker is expected to be just as brilliant.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Netflix will premiere The Matchmaker on April 26.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":41809,"featured_media":33959,"template":"","format":"standard","categories":[349,35],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v18.5 (Yoast SEO v20.4) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>The Matchmaker: Saudi&#039;s First Thriller By Netflix Was Shot in Alula<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Matchmaker, shot entirely in AlUla, becomes Saudi Arabia&#039;s first psychological thriller to be released by streaming platform Netflix\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/me\/articles\/the-matchmaker-alula-saudi-arabia\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta 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