Dhafer L'Abidine will star in the Arabic version of Prison Break

An Arabic adaptation of the hit television series Fox Prison Break will begin shooting next year with the Tunisian player Dhafer L'Abidine (Sex and the City 2).

The actor was chosen to star in fiction as Michael Scofield , the main role played by Wentworth Miller in the original series.

L'Abidine (photo top right of Miller) is a former professional football player and an Arab international star. He gained prominence in  Tunisia  for its role of  Dali  in the popular television series  Maktoub , and is known in Egypt and the Middle East for his work in series like  Niran Sadiqa (Friendly Fire) issued by Middle East Broadcasting Center (MBC)  and Egyptian social drama  Fark Taoukit. Dhafer  also presented a version of the program  The Cube  television to  Dubai.

Headquartered in London, L'Abidine also participated in several British series like  Spooks, Strike Back and Wallender well as the Transporter series.

"I am very happy to be part of the Arabic version of a series of exciting and classic TV," he said enthusiastically actor in a statement.

Based on the story of the original, the remake of Arab Prison Break  is being produced by Fadi Fahim and has the Egyptian director Hussein Menbawy . The series will be broadcast on  OSN, chain based in  Dubai  which is the most-watched broadcasts of payment.

Arab Prison Break is not the first adaptation that has the series already had a version in Russia, released in 2010 and also we should not forget that  FOX announced a "renaissance" of the original, recounting with  Wentworth Miller and Dominic Purcell  as protagonists.