The Frog () is an Iranian crime and mystery TV series incorporating magical realism, written, edited and directed by Houman Seyyedi and produced by Ali Asadzadeh, produced in 2020âÂÂ2021. It is Houman Seyyedi's first episodic project, the first episode of which was supposed to be released on December 15, 2020, but was delayed by a court order. Eventually, the first episode aired on December 23, 2020.
On Chaharshanbe Suri, three friends named Ramin (Saber Abr), Farid (Ashkan Hassanpour), and Javad (Shahrooz Del Afkar) after stealing the weapon of a wounded officer, rob Noori (Navid Mohammadzadeh), Ramin's childhood classmate, who has become a rich and mysterious man...
The Frog is the first series directed by Houman Seyyedi and is also Navid Mohammadzadeh's first series. Filming started in 2019 and was stopped due to the outbreak of the Coronavirus, filming finished in the summer of 2020 and 15 episodes were produced. The filming of the Frog took about two years.
Negotiations were held for the release of the series on Netflix, but no agreement was reached, and the series was finally released on Namava (an Iranian streaming service). The first episode of the series is an open interpretation of La Haine. 48 hours after the release of the first episode, the series set a record with 40 million views in Iranian home video.
Massoud Farasati criticized the series in Haft program and said:
Brian OâÂÂShea, CEO of The Exchange: