Nour El Nabawy, Lin Yin and Kayode Akinyemi have been unveiled as key solid of Emirati director Ali F. Mostafa’s long-awaited characteristic Metropolis of Life Continuum as principal images will get underway at Dubai Studios.
The film is a sequel to Mostafa’s 2009 first characteristic Metropolis of Life, which made historical past as the primary native manufacturing to realize field success because the United Arab Emirates first started constructing a home movie and TV sector some 15 years in the past.
It’s Mostafa’s fourth characteristic in a filmography which additionally consists of From A to B, following three estranged associates who reconnect throughout a street journey from Abu Dhabi to Beirut, and dystopian drama The Worthy.
Rising Egyptian star El Nabawy, who’s represented by Cairo-based MAD Celeb, is coming off a excessive profile 2024 as one of many stars of Egypt’s hit coming-of-age soccer drama duopoly Underdogs (El Hareefa) and El Hareefa 2: El Remontada by Raouf El-Sayed which topped the native field workplace.
Earlier credit for El Nabawy, who studied appearing and theater at Santa Monica Faculty and California State College, embody 2021 Ramadan sequence The Selection 2 by Peter Mimi, and his breakout function in comedy-mystery drama We’re Coming Again, Love (Rageen Ya Hawa).
Australian actress Yin’s credit embody fantasy thrillerThe Moveable Door, alongside Christoph Waltz and Sam Neill, and office drama Utopia, whereas London-based, Austria-raised actor Akinyemi is thought for Vikings: Valhalla, Exterritorial and I Am Pilate.
Little has been revealed concerning the plot for Metropolis of Life Continuum other than the truth that the trio play Egyptian, Chinese language and Nigerian guests to Dubai over the New 12 months interval, who expertise the teeming Gulf metropolis in several methods.
Metropolis of Life Continuum additionally options Emirati solid from the unique movie together with native star Saoud Al Kaabi (Djinn) and veteran movie and TV actor Habib Ghuloom, who additionally appeared in The Worthy.
The film may also characteristic an ensemble of high-profile solid members in smaller supporting roles together with Elodie Grace Orkin (Stranger Issues), Perry Yung (Three Physique Downside), Amir El-Masry (The Crown), Alain Saadeh (Very Huge Shot), actor Kubilay Aka (Simply Associates), and Jason Flemyng (The Curious Case of Benjamin Button), who was additionally within the authentic.
Mostafa co-wrote the movie with Faisal Hashmi and Nidal Morra and can be producing the film beneath the banner of his Dubai-based firm AFM Movies.
Metropolis of Life Continuum is the primary huge characteristic movie manufacturing to movie at Dubai Studios, which primarily hosts drama and publicity shoots. It’s being billed as some of the ambition native productions to be shot in Dubai and wider Emirati area.
“Metropolis of Life Continuum is the belief of a dream that began over a decade in the past. This movie is not only about showcasing Dubai; it’s about uniting international expertise to create a common story that resonates throughout cultures,” stated Mostafa.
“We’re combining high-end cinematic strategies with the newest developments in filmmaking know-how, from cutting-edge digital camera work to progressive visible results, to carry this story to life in a very compelling manner.”
