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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 38)
Edegem, Belgium
Bilall Fallah
(1986-01-04) January 4, 1986 (age 40)
Vilvoorde, Belgium
Alma materLUCA 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[1][2] filmmakers. 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.

Career

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Of Moroccan descent,[1][3] 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.[4]

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 features Steve Aoki and Ummet Ozcan.[5]

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.[6][7] Later, in April 2022, it was announced that the duo would no longer direct the fourth Beverly Hills Cop film as previously intended.[8]

In 2022, the duo directed and executive produced episodes of the Marvel Cinematic Universe series Ms. Marvel for Disney+.[9]

Bad Boys franchise

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Main article: 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.[10][11][12]

Bad Boys for Life was theatrically released in the United States on January 17, 2020, by Sony Pictures Releasing.[13] It became a worldwide box office hit, grossing $424.6 million internationally.[14] It became both the highest-grossing film in the Bad Boys franchise and the highest-grossing film released in January.[15]

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,[16] grossing more than $200 million as of June 2024,[17] becoming the tenth-highest-grossing film of 2024.[18]

Unreleased projects

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In February 2017, Bilall Fallah and Adil El Arbi were attached to direct the pilot episode of the WGN America series Scalped,[19] which filmed in New Mexico in early April,[20] but in November, after WGN screened it, they decided to pass on the series, and it has never been released.[21]

In May 2021, it was announced that the duo would direct a film featuring Batgirl for HBO Max.[22] In August 2022, Warner Bros. Discovery made the decision to write the completed Batgirl film off for tax purposes, leaving it unreleased.[23] With a reported $90 million budget, Batgirl is one of the highest budget movies in history to be produced but not released.[23]

Filmography

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Feature film

Year Title Directors Writers Editors Notes
2014 Image Yes Yes Yes
2015 Black Yes Yes Yes
2018 Gangsta Yes Yes Yes
2020 Bad Boys for Life Yes No No
2022 Rebel Yes Yes No
2024 Bad Boys: Ride or Die Yes No No
2025 Gangstas Yes Yes Yes
7 Dogs[24] Yes No No

Short film

Year Title Directors Writers Editors
2011 Broeders Yes Adil El Arbi No
2016 Patient Zero No No Bilall Fallah
2017 Hashtag Yes Yes Yes

Television

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Year Title Directors Writers Executive
Producers 		Notes
2012 Bergica Yes Yes No
2017 Scalped Yes No No Unaired pilot
2017 Snowfall Yes No No 2 episodes
2021 Soil Yes No No 2 episodes
2022 Ms. Marvel Yes No Yes 2 episodes

Music videos

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Year Title Artist
2016 Melody Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike, Steve Aoki & Ummet Ozcan
2018 When I Grow Up Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike feat. Wiz Khalifa

References

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