Marvel’s ‘Moon Knight’ Director Mohamed Diab & Creative Partner Sarah Goher Talk ‘Happy Birthday’ & ‘Lion’ With Mega-Star Mohamed Ramadan – El Gouna
deadline.comEXCLUSIVE: Marvel’s Moon Knight Director Mohamed Diab has revealed fresh details about his new feature Lion, starring Egyptian megastar Mohamed Ramadan in a role inspired by Ancient Rome rebel slave Spartacus. “It’s a period piece, a kind of Spartacus meets Braveheart set in 1850s Egypt,” said Diab, talking to Deadline on the fringes of Egypt’s El Gouna Film Festival.
Currently mid-way through shooting in Cairo, Lion marks Diab’s first picture back in his native Egypt since 2016 breakthrough Clash.
In between times, he made the Palestine-set drama Amira, followed by directing Moon Knight for Marvel. Diab has revealed very little about the new movie, which was originally announced under the title of Black Lion and is being billed as his most ambitious Arab-language production to date. “It’s about slavery in the 1850s.
It’s an epic film. It’s not based on a real person but inspired by true events. Slaves in Egypt at the time were kidnapped from Africa, although we don’t explain exactly where the protagonist is from,” said Diab.
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