DUBAI: Sony Pictures this week released the first trailer for “The Equalizer 3,” starring French Tunisian actress Sonia Ben Ammar alongside lead stars Denzel Washington and Dakota Fanning.
The trailer was first presented by Sony on Monday night at CinemaCon, an annual four-day event in Las Vegas. On Tuesday, the trailer dropped on YouTube for fans.
The film, which will be in theaters on Sept. 1, is the third in an action series centered on Washington’s vigilante character Robert McCall.
Since giving up his life as a government assassin, McCall (Washington) has struggled to reconcile the horrific things he has done in the past and finds a strange solace in serving justice on behalf of the oppressed.
Finding himself surprisingly at home in southern Italy, he discovers his new friends are under the control of local crime bosses. As events turn deadly, McCall knows what he has to do: become his friends’ protector by taking on the mafia.
Directed by Antoine Fuqua, the first film in the series was released in 2014 and earned more than $194 million worldwide, spurring a 2018 sequel that grossed over $190 million worldwide.
Ben Ammar, who plays a character called Chiara, is joining the cast which includes actors Eugenio Mastrandrea, Remo Girone, Daniele Perrone, Andrea Scarduzio, Andrea Dodero and Gaia Scodellaro.
The part-Arab star has joined the ever-growing list of rising Arab stars working their way up the ladder in Hollywood.
The 23-year-old recently made her Hollywood debut in the fifth instalment of the “Scream” franchise, which hit theaters in 2022.
With French Tunisian heritage, Ben Ammar was the first Arab main character in a “Scream” film.
“I’m just really happy to be a part of it and represent my roots and I’m excited for people to watch it,” Ben Ammar previously told Arab News.
Although “Scream” marked Ben Ammar’s first high-profile Hollywood gig, it is not the Paris-born actress’ first foray into the film industry.
Ben Ammar, who is the daughter of Tunisian film director Tarek Ben Ammar — the executive producer of “The Equalizer 3” — and Polish-born actress Beata, previously starred in Guillaume Canet’s French-language film “Jappeloup,” as well as the stage musical “1789: Les Amants de la Bastille.”
