First photos for Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah Saudi-shot motion thriller have been unveiled because the manufacturing shoots outdoors the capital of Riyadh.
The $40M undertaking from the Dangerous Boys for Life directorial duo is being hailed as a gamechanger for Saudi Arabia as its continues its drive to develop into the Center East and North Africa’s greatest movie and TV hub, following the lifting of its cinema ban in late 2017.
Egyptian stars Karim Abdel Aziz (The Blue Elephant, Kira & El Gin, Abu Ali) and Ahmed Ezz (Kira & El Gin, The Cell, Welad Rizk) headline the thriller.
Karim Abdel Aziz (Left) and Ahmed Ezz (Proper) on location at Alhisn Large Time Studios
The film is being shot at Alhisn Large Time Studios in Riyadh, considered one of MENA area’s greatest movie and tv manufacturing amenities, with further filming at Riyadh Boulevard. Riyadh will function a stand-in for a number of worldwide cities, together with Mumbai and Shanghai.
It’s produced by Jeddah-based leisure firm Sela, with Ivan Atkinson (The Gents, Wrath of Man) lead producing.
The thriller is predicated on an unique story by Turki Alalshikh, chairman of Saudi Arabia’s Common Leisure Authority.
Alalshikh has been instrumental in driving his nation’s sporting and leisure ambitions, and not too long ago masterminded the boxing partnership with UFC and WWE dad or mum firm, the TKO Group.
Ezz performs Interpol officer Khalid Al-Azzazi who apprehends Ghali Abu Dawood (Aziz), a high-ranking member of the clandestine international crime syndicate often called 7 Canines. A yr later, the group resurfaces, trafficking a harmful new drug—Pink Girl—throughout the Center East.
With time operating out, Khalid reluctantly be part of forces with Ghali, the one particular person with intimate information of the syndicate’s operations. Their uneasy alliance propels them on a high-stakes mission throughout a number of international cities as they attempt to dismantle the group and forestall the drug from flooding Arab streets. Amid escalating tensions and looming.
Adil & Bilall on set of Seven Canines
Belgian directorial duo Adil & Bilall are finest recognized internationally as the administrators of of the third and fourth instalments of the Dangerous Boys franchise: Dangerous Boys for Life (2020) and Dangerous Boys: Journey or Die (2024) which collectively grossed over $830M at world field workplace.
Their different credit embrace 2018 Belgium set breakout Gangsta, and its current sequel Gangstas and 2022 drama Insurgent a couple of Muslim Belgian household coping with the specter of radicalisation at residence and in Syria.
Seven Canines is slated for a late 2025 launch.
