Hollywood Ventures Group, Canada’s Big Picture Cinema Group, and Morocco’s Pink Sheep Team on Casablanca-Set Thriller ‘The Final Bet’ (EXCLUSIVE)

Sep 13, 2026 9:21am PT Hollywood Ventures Group, Canada’s Big Picture Cinema Group, and Morocco’s Pink Sheep Team on Casablanca-Set Thriller ‘The Final Bet’ (EXCLUSIVE)

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'The Final Bet' Courtesy Hollywood Ventures Group

Hollywood Ventures Group (HVG), Canadian film finance and production outfit Big Picture Cinema Group, and Morocco’s Pink Sheep Productions are teaming up to bring bestselling Moroccan crime thriller “The Final Bet” to the big screen. 

The acclaimed Casablanca-set thriller by Moroccan author and award-winning screenwriter Abdelilah Hamdouchi was first published in 2001. It is touted as the first Arabic detective novel to be translated into English.

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