DUBAI: British Lebanese actress Razane Jammal took on her first lead role in an Arab production with the 2026 film “Asad,” set for release across the Middle East on May 21.
This week, the film’s poster was revealed. Drawing inspiration from classical oil paintings, the somber poster features the star-studded cast in period costumes.
Helmed by Egyptian filmmaker and Marvel’s “Moon Knight” director Mohamed Diab, Jammal stars alongside Egyptian actor Mohamed Ramadan in the period drama.
Jammal, famous for her roles in Netflix series “The Sandman” and “Paranormal,” is joined by Maged El-Kedwany, Khaled El-Sawy, Sherif Salama and Ahmed Abdelhamid in the upcoming film.
The historical action-romance is set in the 1800s, with 2,000 extras being drafted in for the production along with large-scale action sequences led by renowned stunt designer Kaloyan Vodenicharov.
In a trailer shared by Jammal last year, snippets from the film show its lead star being dragged along by a horse, as well as scenes of a budding romance between Ramadan and Jammal’s characters.
Jammal most recently starred in Season 2 of Netflix’s “The Sandman.” The second season of the show landed on the streaming platform in July in two parts, with Jammal taking to Instagram to share behind-the-scenes photographs from the shoot.
In the role that arguably shot her to stardom, Jammal played Lyta Hall in 2022’s “The Sandman,” based on the legendary graphic novels — and she reprised her role in the latest season.
In June, she launched her own children’s book, titled “Lulu and Blu.”
Published by Turning Point Books, the story was illustrated by Sasha Haddad, a Lebanese illustrator who graduated from Cambridge School of Arts in 2014.
