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“The Lost Princess” is a new live-action romance feature, directed by Hicham Hajji, starring Gary Dourdan, Eric Roberts, Cillian O’Sullivan, Soraya Azzabi, Robert Knepper, Luka Peros and Irma Lake, available May 13, 2025 on digital platforms:

“…’Alec Touati’, an American billionaire discovers his true destiny after stumbling upon a haunted castle and a tragic love story.

“With the help of ‘Nassim’ and ‘Hana’, he fights to protect the castle's legacy and fulfill his ancestral purpose.

“Here, he meets ‘Hana’, who shares the tragic tale of her mother’s forced marriage to a Saudi Prince and her secret love affair with the castle’s caretaker.

“As the princess’ pregnancy becomes more apparent, the couple’s love story faces dangerous consequences…”

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"I'd rather die than rot away in some golden palace." Gravitas has revealed an official trailer for an action-adventure movie called The Lost Princess, made by a Moroccan filmmaker named Hicham Hajji. It was also filmed in and around Morocco - obviously. Now ready for release on VOD starting in May - skipping theaters despite its grandiose vibes. The Lost Princess emotionally charged romance-action adventure film starring Cillian O’Sullivan, Gary Dourdan, Soraya Azzabi, Robert Knepper, Irma Lake, Melodie Casta, and Eric Roberts. A haunted castle, an Ayahuasca trip, and a forbidden love story unfold as Alec meets Hanna, who shares her mother's tragic tale of an arranged marriage and a secret affair. "Hicham Hajji has created a film that not only delivers a thrilling adventure but also touches on universal themes of love and sacrifice, making it a story that will stay with audiences long after the credits roll." This...

Exclusive: Director Hicham Hajji (Redemption Day) is teaming up with Nkosinathi Maphumulo, aka DJ Black Coffee, on feature God Is A DJ, about the electronic music space.

Hajji describes the film as “a comedy set in the world of electronic music, with a mission to unite the world. With a minority driven cast, the film aims to bring this niche music to the world through the minorities that understand it.”

The movie will follow a young Jewish man and a Moroccan Imam “who team up to form the least likely masked DJ duo — together the two overcome their mutual suspicion to take on the Edm club circuit.”

Grammy-nominated South African DJ and producer Black Coffee, who will serve as an executive producer on the feature, is one of the most prominent names in Edm. He has collaborated with Drake, Pharrell Williams, Usher and David Guetta.

Hajji founded Morocco and LA-based...

Stars: Gary Dourdan, Serinda Swan, Andy Garcia, Brice Bexter, Ernie Hudson, Martin Donovan, Robert Knepper, Samy Naceri, Don B Gig, Joey Footlik, Lilia Hajji, Joe Drago | Written by Sam Chouia, Hicham Hajji, Lemore Syvan | Directed by Hicham Hajji

When the love of his life is kidnapped and held for ransom by terrorists, war hero Brad Paxton (Gary Dourdan) races against the clock to rescue her in a daring and deadly operation that pits him against terrorists and clandestine powerful forces.

Yes, you’ve guessed it. Redemption Day is Taken in the desert… Well it would be if this film actually featured more than 10 minutes of action in its entire running time! For Redemption Day does that most heinous of crimes – be an action movie with no action.

Of course many will say this Isn’T an action movie, more a political drama about the current tension in the Middle East – throwing in Isis,...

Early January is rarely a time for exciting new releases, although this year is slightly different, as the Oscar window has shifted and streaming services offer up their awards contenders. This week, “Herself” and “Pieces of a Woman” make their way from limited theatrical runs to Amazon and Netflix, respectively. And over at Film Movement, Latvian foreign language submission “Blizzard of Souls” kicks off a weekly series of movies competing for the international feature Oscar.

Otherwise, the release calendar reflects the usual January doldrums, made all the more tepid by the lack of schlock horror movies and YA romantic weepies. It won’t surprise many to learn that theatrical releases are slim, although those willing to risk it can watch “CSI” veteran Gary Dourdan play an American war hero tasked with rescuing his pregnant wife from terrorists. By all reports, you don’t need to see this one to guess how it goes.

If “Redemption Day” were any more generic, the first thing you’d see on screen would be a bar code in place of the opening credits. It’s the handiwork of first-time feature filmmaker Hicham Hajji, making his directorial debut after years of assistant-directing gigs for Hollywood and homegrown productions in his native Morocco. And the best thing to say to say about it is, it’s certainly no worse than most other run-of-the-mill, run-and-gun action-adventures that used to proliferate on Blockbuster store shelves and which now feed the seemingly insatiable demand for VOD fare. Trouble is, it’s no better, either.

Gary Dourdan of “CSI: Crime Scene Investigation” fame offers the requisite displays of formidable physicality and authoritative intensity in the lead role of Brad Paxton, a U.S. Marine captain who’s hailed as a hero for his courage under fire during a roadside attack on a humanitarian mission in Syria,...

Even the seemingly most impossible tasks are actually within reach, no matter what obstacles people have to overcome in order to achieve those goals. That’s certainly the case for both fillmaker Hicham Hajji and the characters in his new action thriller, ‘Redemption Day.’ Since the time he was in school, the screenwriter-director was intrigued by […]

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You have to feel a little bit sorry for Gary Dourdan. The veteran actor, best known for his role on the hit CBS procedural CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, has been given a plum starring role in the new action thriller Redemption Day. And while at age 54 he’s no spring chicken for such an assignment, Dourdan reveals such a powerful, pumped-up physique and commanding screen presence it’s easy to imagine that he’s been commandeering such cinematic vehicles for years. Unfortunately, Hicham Hajji’s debut — while featuring an impressive supporting cast and admirably attempting to inject political commentary into ...

You have to feel a little bit sorry for Gary Dourdan. The veteran actor, best known for his role on the hit CBS procedural CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, has been given a plum starring role in the new action thriller Redemption Day. And while at age 54 he’s no spring chicken for such an assignment, Dourdan reveals such a powerful, pumped-up physique and commanding screen presence it’s easy to imagine that he’s been commandeering such cinematic vehicles for years. Unfortunately, Hicham Hajji’s debut — while featuring an impressive supporting cast and admirably attempting to inject political commentary into ...

Redemption Day Trailer — Hicham Hajji‘s Redemption Day (2021) movie trailer has been released by Saban Films and stars Gary Dourdan, Serinda Swan, Andy Garcia, Ernie Hudson, Martin Donovan, Samy Naceri, Brice Bexter, Joe Drago, Brahim Rachiki, Jay Footlik, and Robert Knepper. Crew Sam Chouia, Hicham Hajji, and Lemore Syvan wrote the screenplay for Redemption Day. [...]

Continue reading: Redemption Day (2021) Movie Trailer: U.S. Marine Captain Gary Dourdan travels to Morocco to Rescue His Wife...

"This one's off the books." Saban Films has released the official trailer for an intense action movie called Redemption Day, marking the feature directorial debut of Moroccan producer Hicham Hajji. Here's the pitch perfect jingoistic logline: "A US Marine infiltrates a terrorist group to save American hostages." Only thing missing is kissing the feet of the President after it's all over. After the Marine's wife is kidnapped in Morocco, he is forced back into action for a daring and deadly operation in Algeria to save the woman he loves. This stars Gary Dourdan as Captain Brad Paxton, along with Serinda Swan, Martin Donovan, Ernie Hudson, Samy Naceri, and Andy Garcia. I'm always in awe of how all these action movies are always exact copies of themselves, just rinse and repeat, same plot and same shots and everything. Oh well. Here's the official trailer (+ poster) for Hicham Hajji's Redemption Day, direct...

Voltage Pictures unveiled the first look at its political-action drama “Redemption Day,” starring Andy Garcia, Gary Dourdan and Serinda Swan and set in Morocco.

In the Moroccan-set film, Dourdan portrays a Us. Marine Captain on a rescue mission to save his wife (Swan) when she is kidnapped by a terrorist group leader (Samy Naceri). Garcia is playing the American Ambassador in Morocco and Brice Bexter is portraying a Moroccan counter-terrorisim agent. The ambassador will have to go against the maneuvers of his own government and a mysterious powerful man who will undermine his mission.

“Redemption Day” also stars Ernie Hudson, Martin Donovan, Samy Naceri and Brice Bexter. It marks the feature film and directorial debut for Hicham Hajji, the first-ever Moroccan/Arab to write, produce and direct a major Hollywood feature film.

The film is heading for the Berlin Film Market, where Voltage Pictures will handle worldwide sales. Hajji is producing through his H Films.

Will Forte (The Last Man On Earth) and It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia’s Kaitlin Olson are set to star in Flipped, a new comedy series, from Groundlings alums Steve Mallory and Damon Jones, and Funny or Die, for Jeffrey Katzenberg and Meg Whitman’s short-form video platform Quibi. Desperate Housewives alumna Eva Longoria, Arturo Castro (Alternatino) and Andy Garcia (Mama Mia: Here We Go Again) also star in the series which begins production today.

Written by Mallory and Jones, Flipped centers around chronically underemployed couple Jann (Forte) and Cricket Melfi (Olson), self-proclaimed home renovation “experts” who are more than confident they are television’s next great home design celebrity duo. Flipped follows the clueless pair as their dreams of basic cable fame and glory are derailed when they get themselves kidnapped by members of a drug cartel, and are forced to renovate their sprawling homes.