'Bad Boys' Directors Return With First Look At New Action Thriller (2025)

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'Bad Boys' Directors Return With First Look At New Action Thriller (2)

The directing duo behind the mammoth blockbuster action hits Bad Boys for Life and Bad Boys: Ride or Die, Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah, return to a world of explosions and gunfire with an all-new action outing, Seven Dogs. The first look at the project, which finds the directors heading to Riyadh, the capital of Saudi Arabia, for this tale of an Interpol agent who must join forces with a member of the titular clandestine organization, 7 Dogs, to stop a drug deal that could destabilize society.

Several first look images from Seven Dogs have now been released (you can check them out below), with Deadline also revealing details about the cast and plot for the buddy cop-esque action thriller flick. Based on an original story by Turki Alalshikh, the chairman of Saudi Arabia’s General Entertainment Authority, and directed by Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah, Seven Dogs stars Egyptian actors Karim Abdel Aziz (The Blue Elephant, Kira & El Gin, Abu Ali) and Ahmed Ezz (Kira & El Gin, The Cell, The Passage) as the main duo.

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Seven Dogs is expected to be released in 2025 and, with a budget of $40 million, has been called “a gamechanger for Saudi Arabia as its continues its drive to become the Middle East and North Africa’s biggest film and TV hub, following the lifting of its cinema ban in late 2017.” You can check out the synopsis for Seven Dogs below.

“Ezz plays Interpol officer Khalid Al-Azzazi who apprehends Ghali Abu Dawood (Aziz), a high-ranking member of the clandestine global crime syndicate known as 7 Dogs. A year later, the organization resurfaces, trafficking a dangerous new drug—Pink Lady—across the Middle East.

With time running out, Khalid reluctantly join forces with Ghali, the only person with intimate knowledge of the syndicate’s operations. Their uneasy alliance propels them on a high-stakes mission across multiple global cities as they strive to dismantle the organization and prevent the drug from flooding Arab streets.”

Will Adil El Arbi & Bilall Fallah Return for 'Bad Boys 5'?

Filmmaking duo Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah are now best known for reinvigorating the Bad Boys franchise. Bringing back Will Smith and Martin Lawrence after nearly two decades, 2020’s Bad Boys for Life finds Smith’s Miami Detective Mike Lowrey being targeted by the wife and son of a Mexican drug lord who embark on a quest for revenge. The action sequel was a massive success, both critically and financially, bringing in $419 million at the worldwide box office.

The directing duo returned to the franchise for last year’s Bad Boys: Ride or Die, which once again saw Smith and Lawrence taking to the streets of Miami – only this time they’re on the run. The movie was once again met with solid reviews, and once again saw huge success at the box office, grossing $404.2 million worldwide. All of which left fans wondering how “unreleaseable” their canceled take on Batgirl really could have been...

While a fifth Bad Boys movie has yet to be officially confirmed, Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah have expressed their interest in returning for more, with Fallah saying, "We want to make it international. We’re going to first see what this is going to do — but what we want to go around the world with them."

Source: Deadline