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Alex Proyas to Direct “The Hakim” Epic on Bahrain Shaikh

5/14/2026

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Alex Proyas will direct The Hakim, a historical epic about 19-year-old Shaikh Isa bin Ali Al Khalifa.
PG Entertainment UK is developing, producing and financing the film, which will shoot in Bahrain and London.
Peter C. Nelson and Fahar Faizaan wrote the screenplay and serve as producers.
The plot follows Shaikh Isa confronting piracy, a failing pearling trade, disaster and oil discovery, depicting power, family, faith, survival and change.

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Story summary

Alex Proyas will direct The Hakim, a historical epic about 19-year-old Shaikh Isa bin Ali Al Khalifa.
PG Entertainment UK is developing, producing and financing the film, which will shoot in Bahrain and London.
Peter C. Nelson and Fahar Faizaan wrote the screenplay and serve as producers.
The plot follows Shaikh Isa confronting piracy, a failing pearling trade, disaster and oil discovery, depicting power, family, faith, survival and change.