Dubai-based Front Row Filmed Entertainment has set writer/director duo Amr El Daly and Jad Aouad to develop an Arabic adaptation of global box office hit Intouchables.
Front Row acquired the Arabic remake rights to the original French title which released in 2011 and made $427M worldwide. It was later notably adapted in a 2019 U.S.
version, The Upside, starring Bryan Cranston, Kevin Hart and Nicole Kidman. The Arabic version of Intouchables, which is set to begin filming in May 2022, will take place in Egypt and focuses on a wealthy paraplegic and his relationship to a small-time hood who becomes his caretaker.
The two form a strong bond despite the wide social and cultural divide between them. Egyptian/Franco-Lebanese director Jad Aouad
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