Adil El Arbi (born June 30, 1988) and Bilall Fallah (born January 4, 1986) are

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film and television directors of Moroccan descent. The duo, collectively billed as Adil & Bilall, are known for writing and directing the feature films ''Image'' (2014), ''

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'' (2015), and ''

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'' (2018), as well as directing ''

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'' (2020), the third installment of the ''Bad Boys'' franchise starring

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and

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Career

Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah met during their film studies at the ''Hogeschool voor Wetenschap en Kunsten'' in

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, 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, ''

'' (2015) and ''Patser'' (2018), also received positive reception. They directed the first two episodes in the TV series '' Snowfall'', which aired on July 5 and 12 in 2017, as well as

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's music video "When I Grow Up", which features American rapper

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. Besides directing ''

'', the duo were also attached to direct '' Beverly Hills Cop IV'', the fourth installment of the ''Beverly Hills Cop'' film series, in which Eddie Murphy is set to reprise his role. The duo also directed and executive produced ''

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'' for

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. In May 2021, it was announced that the duo would direct a film based on '' Batgirl'' for

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. In April 2022, it was announced that the duo will no longer direct '' Beverly Hills Cop IV''. In August 2022, after Warner Bros. Discovery made the decision to write the film off for tax purposes, it was announced that the movie ''Batgirl'' would not be released. With a reported $90 million budget, ''Batgirl'' is one of the highest budget movies in history to be produced, but not released.

Filmography

Short film Feature film Television

References

External links

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