Widespread Saudi Arabian actor and stand-up comedian Ibrahim Al Hajjaj’s new comedy “Ambulance,” directed by British helmer Colin Teague (“Physician Who,” “Torchwood”), is already set for a sequel with the identical inventive crew.

“Ambulance” opened on Tuesday, changing into Imax’s first Arabic function movie launch. It marks Al Hajjaj’s follow-up to 2023 wrestling film “Sattar,” which pulled greater than $30 million, principally from native markets. It’s thought of the highest-grossing Saudi movie because the 35-year ban on the operation of economic film theaters was revoked in December 2017.

The brand new Al Hajjaj movie is a screwball comedy, following two feuding Saudi paramedics who come upon a briefcase containing Saudi Arabian Riyal 2 million ($533,300) and develop into unwittingly entangled in a high-stakes kidnapping and ransom plot. 

“Ambulance” is written by Alberto Lopez (“Rupture”) and produced by Al Hajjaj’s Home of Comedy, Saudi producer Talal Anazi’s Black Mild Operations and former MBC Studios chief Peter Smith in tandem with Muvi Studios. The modern image premiered on April 15 at Muvi Cinemas’ Imax at U Stroll in downtown Riyadh to a full home comprising press, Arab celebrities and business insiders. 

“Ambulance” will even be having its pageant premiere in competitors on the upcoming Saudi Film Competition, which is the oldest-running movie occasion within the kingdom, and is ready for wider distribution throughout the Gulf area and the Center East in coming weeks. 

Lopez mentioned he’s presently writing the “Ambulance” sequel, which will probably be produced by Black Mild and Home of Comedy with tentative plans to shoot in October and launch the movie in Saudi in April 2026.