Ahmed Ezz plays hacker in new movie ‘Younes’

CAIRO - 5 January 2018: The famous Egyptian actor Ahmed Ezz started shooting his new movie entitled “Younes,” according to el-Watan News.

During an interview published on el-Watan News website Friday, Ezz revealed that he will play in the movie the role of one of the hackers named Younes, who suddenly transforms from an ordinary individual, leading a mediocre life, to the hero of many important incidents.

Ezz also stated that he started shooting his new soap opera, “Abou Omar el Masry” at the same time, which will screen during Ramadan 2018.

"The series revolves around a peaceful lawyer who transforms into a dangerous terrorist due to circumstances," told el-Watan News. The series is based on a successful novel written by the acclaimed Egyptian novelist Ezz el-Din Shoukry, which bears the same name.

Besides Ezz, the soap opera stars Arwa Gouda, Fathy Abdel Wahab, Dina el-Sherbiny and Ahmed el-Awady, among others. The script for the series is written by Mariam Naoum and directed by Ahmed Khaled Moussa.

Ezz latest movie was “El Khaleya” (The cell). His movie not only achieved the highest revenues in 2017, but is also the highest grossing movie in the history of Egyptian cinema. The movie made about LE 55 million.

The movie highlights the continuous efforts exerted by security forces to combat terrorism, as well as the obstacles, and the sufferings they face as a result of their tough work. The movie focuses on a special operation’s officer played by Egyptian megastar Ahmed Ezz.

He stops more than one terrorist operation and arrests various terrorist cells. “El-Khaleya” starrs Ezz, Samer el-Masrie, Mohamed Mamdouh and Amina Khalil. The movie’s script is written by Salah el-Geheny, while Tarek el-Erian wrote the story and directed the movie. The film includes a duet song between famous singers Assala and Mahmoud Elesseily. “El-Khaleya” is considered a high-budget action movie.

Amr Salah, an officer from the special operations sector in the Ministry of Interior, was killed on October 20 during confrontations between police forces and terrorists in an oasis in the Western Desert. He had participated in “El-Khaleya” by training Ezz and fellow actors on police exercises shown in the movie.

Salah also appeared in a few scenes in the film as an actor. He appeared in one scene changing clothes in the locker room, another in a raid, the scene with the armored vehicle, as well as in most of the scenes with Ezz in the camp.