His large-scale adaptation of the novel DIAMOND DUST set records in the Egyptian box-office in 2018. Hamed has just finished shooting the sequel, THE BLUE ELEPHANT 2, which was not based on a novel this time around. The starstudded film will be presented as a project in Cannes Market’s Frontiers section for fantasy film. Honoured with a tribute dinner by America Abroad Media in Washington DC in November, Marwan’s influence is reflected by the more than 250,000 fans on his Facebook official page.