The release date for Egyptian-Canadian actor Mena Massoud's first-ever Egyptian film “Fi Ez El Dohr” (In Broad Daylight) has finally been revealed after two years of delay.
The film is set to premiere in theatres on January 3, 2024.
The cast also stars Eman Elassi, Mohamed Ali Rizk, Ehab Fahmy, Ahmed Gamal Saed, Mahmoud Hegazy, and more.
“Fi Ez El Dohr” is a thriller-suspense genre that revolves around an international gang whose head is Massoud and as his gang commits crimes across the world he finds himself caught up in romance.
The film was written by Karim Sorour, and directed by Markos Adel, in his first directorial debut. It was produced by Adel Saad via brand new production company "Signal Films".
Massoud is an actor of Egyptian origin, born on September 17, 1991, in Cairo to Egyptian parents before he immigrated to Canada with his parents when he was just a few months old.
He made his international appearance in 2011 when he appeared briefly in episodes of the television series “Nikita” and “Combat Hospital”.
Massoud also starred as Jared Malik in the 2015 series “Open Heart”, and Tarek Kassar in the Amazon Prime series “Jack Ryan”. However, the actor drew attention with his role as Aladdin in Disney's 2019 remake of the 1992 original film, which nominated him for a Teen Choice Award.
It also featured Naomi Scott, Will Smith, Billy Magnussen, Alan Tudyk, Nasim Pedrad, Marwan Kenzari, Numan Acar, Frank Welker, Navid Negahban, Navid Negahban, Ocean Navarro, Kamil Lemieszewski, Sophie Carmen-Jones, and Adam Collins.
In the same year, he was cast in the main role of "Ethan Hart" in the Hulu original series "Reprisal", as well as appeared as Chaz in the thriller film "Strange but True", and starred as Kamal in the drama film" Run This Town". In 2019, he arrived in Egypt to participate in the third edition of the El-Gouna Film Festival (GFF). During an interview with actress Amina Khalil on the fringe of the festival, Massoud expressed his desire to star in an Egyptian film.
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