Bait
Synopsis
Official Selection Sundance Film Festival 2026 - World premiere
Details
- Year
- 2026
- Type of project
- TV / Episodic
- Running time
- 72 min
- Director
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Tom George, Bassam Tariq
- Executive Producer
- Riz Ahmed, Allie Moore, Ben Karlin
- Screenwriter
- Riz Ahmed (created by), Dipika Guha (writer), Karen Joseph Adcock (writer), Azam Mahmood (writer), Fatima Farheen Mirza (writer), Prashanth Venkataramanujam (writer)
- Director of Photography
- Dan Atherton, Frank Lamm
- Principal cast
- Riz Ahmed, Guz Khan, Sheeba Chaddha, Sajid Hasan, Aasiya Shah
- Showrunner
- Riz Ahmed, Ben Karlin
Categories
Production Status
Production Company
US, UK co-production
Jax Media (US), Left Handed Films (UK)
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