Of
Moroccan descent, 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. They directed the first two episodes in the TV series
Snowfall, which aired on July 5 and 12 in 2017, 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. 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. Later, in April 2022, it was announced that the duo would no longer direct the fourth
Beverly Hills Cop film as previously intended. In 2022, the duo directed and executive produced episodes of the
Marvel Cinematic Universe series
Ms. Marvel for
Disney+.
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.
Bad Boys for Life was theatrically released in the United States on January 17, 2020, by
Sony Pictures Releasing. It became a worldwide box office hit, grossing $424.6 million internationally. It became both the highest-grossing film in the
Bad Boys franchise and the highest-grossing film released in January.
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, grossing more than $200 million as of June 2024, becoming the
tenth-highest-grossing film of 2024.
Unreleased projects In February 2017, Bilall Fallah and Adil El Arbi were attached to direct the pilot episode of the
WGN America series
Scalped, which filmed in
New Mexico in early April, but in November, after WGN screened it, they decided to pass on the series, and it has never been released. In May 2021, it was announced that the duo would direct a film featuring
Batgirl for
HBO Max. In August 2022, Warner Bros. Discovery made the decision to write the completed
Batgirl film off for tax purposes, leaving it unreleased. With a reported $90 million budget,
Batgirl is one of the highest budget movies in history to be produced but not released. == Filmography ==