Ahmed El Tohamy Emerges as a Dominant Force in Kemet: Year One, the 9186 BC Prehistoric Epic Set for Global Release

Desert Eagle Films unleashes a formidable new presence within Kemet: Year One as Ahmed El Tohamy steps into a commanding, central antagonist role in the large-scale prehistoric epic set in 9186 BC, ahead of its global theatrical release in Spring 2026. Set nearly ten millennia before pharaohs, pyramids, or written history, the film ventures further back in time than any regional feature to date—reconstructing a brutal, lawless Egypt where survival dictated morality and power was seized through dominance, belief, and raw instinct.

Kemet: Year One explores humanity at its most primal—before order, before law, before mercy. In this unforgiving world, Ahmed El Tohamy embodies one of the film’s most dangerous and decisive forces: a figure whose presence defines the narrative’s central conflict and whose influence reshapes the fate of everyone around him. This is not an antagonist driven by chaos or madness, but by absolute conviction—an inevitable product of a world where authority is earned through fear, control, and survival.

El Tohamy’s character operates as the film’s darkest gravity, pulling every confrontation, decision, and consequence into his orbit. He is methodical, dominant, and relentless—an embodiment of power before ethics, leadership before law, and violence before civilization. His menace is not loud or theatrical; it is controlled, calculated, and deeply unsettling, making him a true counter-force to the film’s protagonists and the most formidable threat within the story.

This role marks one of the most transformative and demanding performances of Ahmed El Tohamy’s career, revealing him in a way audiences have never seen before. Stripped of modern comforts, dialogue-driven exposition, or moral framing, his performance relies on physical authority, psychological pressure, and presence alone. In Kemet: Year One, silence becomes threat, stillness becomes intimidation, and every movement carries consequence.

El Tohamy’s portrayal reflects the film’s uncompromising commitment to realism and character-driven storytelling at an epic scale. Nothing about this antagonist is symbolic or exaggerated—he is terrifying because he is believable, because he belongs to the world he inhabits, and because his power feels earned rather than imposed.

Kemet: Year One is co-produced by Desert Eagle Films and BUC Studios, representing a first-of-its-kind collaboration that bridges professional filmmaking with academic research and real-world execution. Mounted as a fully independent production and shot entirely on location in Egypt, the film was built through handcrafted environments, practical construction, and anthropological grounding—rejecting digital shortcuts in favor of physical truth.

The film’s theatrical distribution across the MENA region is led by Empire Entertainment, positioning Kemet: Year One for one of the most ambitious regional releases ever undertaken by an independent epic, ahead of its broader global rollout.

As the project advances through final post-production and accelerates its international momentum, Ahmed El Tohamy’s emergence as the film’s central antagonist stands as a defining creative milestone. His presence hardens the film’s dramatic spine and elevates its threat level—cementing Kemet: Year One as a brutal, uncompromising cinematic experience.

Kemet: Year One is not myth.

It is not legend.

It is the story of power before order—and the forces that shaped humanity before history learned how to write itself.

Kemet: Year One

Global Theatrical Release | Spring 2026