Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah

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Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah
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Fallah (left) and El Arbi (right), 2018
BornAdil El Arbi
(1988-06-30) June 30, 1988 (age 36)
Edegem, Belgium
Bilall Fallah
(1986-01-04) January 4, 1986 (age 38)
Vilvoorde, Belgium
Alma mater LUCA School of Arts, Brussels
Occupations
  • Film directors
  • screenwriters
  • film editors
Years active2010–present

Adil El Arbi (born June 30, 1988) and Bilall Fallah (born January 4, 1986) are Moroccan-Belgian film and television directors. The duo, collectively billed as Adil & Bilall, are known for writing and directing the feature films Image (2014), Black (2015), and Gangsta (2018), as well as directing both Bad Boys for Life (2020) and Bad Boys: Ride or Die (2024), the third and fourth installments of the Bad Boys franchise starring Will Smith and Martin Lawrence.

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Career

Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah met during their film studies at the Hogeschool voor Wetenschap en Kunsten in Schaerbeek, Brussels, Belgium. During their studies, the first project that they directed was a short film named Broeders (2011), which was appreciated by critics; their later films, Black (2015) and Patser (2018), also received positive reception. [1]

They directed the first two episodes in the TV series Snowfall , which aired on July 5 and 12 in 2017,[ citation needed ] as well as fellow belgians and friends Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike's music videos, such as "When I Grow Up", which features American rapper Wiz Khalifa, and ''Melody'', which instead features Steve Aoki and Ummet Ozcan. [2]

The duo were attached to direct the fourth installment of the Beverly Hills Cop film series, in which Eddie Murphy was to reprise his role. [3] [4] Later, in April 2022, it was announced that the duo would no longer direct the fourth Beverly Hills Cop film as previously intended. [5]

In 2022, the duo directed and executive produced episodes of the Marvel Cinematic Universe series Ms. Marvel for Disney+. [6]

Bad Boys franchise

The duo are perhaps best known internationally for directing both Bad Boys for Life (2020) and Bad Boys: Ride or Die (2024), the third and fourth installments of the Bad Boys franchise starring Will Smith and Martin Lawrence. [7] [8] [9]

Bad Boys for Life was theatrically released in the United States on January 17, 2020, by Sony Pictures Releasing. [10] It became a worldwide box office hit, grossing $424.6 million internationally. [11] It became both the highest-grossing film in the Bad Boys franchise and the highest-grossing film released in January. [12]

Bad Boys: Ride or Die premiered at Coca-Cola Arena in Dubai on May 22, 2024, and went on to become a box office success worldwide as well, [13] grossing more than $200 million as of June 2024, [14] becoming the tenth-highest-grossing film of 2024. [15]

Unreleased projects

In February 2017, Bilall Fallah and Adil El Arbi were attached to direct the pilot episode of the WGN America series Scalped , [16] which filmed in New Mexico in early April, [17] but in November, after WGN screened it, they decided to pass on the series, and it has never been released. [18]

In May 2021, it was announced that the duo would direct a film featuring Batgirl for HBO Max. [19] In August 2022, Warner Bros. Discovery made the decision to write the completed Batgirl film off for tax purposes, leaving it unreleased. [20] With a reported $90 million budget, Batgirl is one of the highest budget movies in history to be produced but not released. [20]

Personal life

Both men are of Moroccan descent. [21] [22]

Filmography

Short film

YearTitleDirectorsWritersEditors
2011BroedersYesAdil El ArbiNo
2016Patient ZeroNoNoBilall Fallah
2017HashtagYesYesYes

Feature film

YearTitleDirectorsWritersEditors
2014ImageYesYesYes
2015 Black YesYesYes
2018 Gangsta YesYesYes
2020 Bad Boys for Life YesNoNo
2022 Rebel YesYesNo
2024 Bad Boys: Ride or Die YesNoNo

Television

YearTitleDirectorsWritersExecutive
Producers		Notes
2012BergicaYesYesNo
2017 Snowfall YesNoNo2 episodes
2021SoilYesNoNo2 episodes
2022 Ms. Marvel YesNoYes2 episodes

Unreleased and music videos

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References

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  2. ↑ "Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike ft. Wiz Khalifa - When I Grow Up (Official Music Video)". YouTube . June 22, 2018.
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  20. 1 2 "'Irredeemable' 'Batgirl' movie gets 'shelved' by Warner Bros. despite $70M price tag: source". New York Post. August 2, 2022. Retrieved August 3, 2022.
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