Profile Movie Cast, Plot and Everything to Know

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Last modified: Apr. 10, 2021

Profile

Release Date: Friday, May 14, 2021 Limited

A journalist risks her life by infiltrating militant extremist groups online.

Director: Timur Bekmambetov

Starring: Valene Kane • Shazad Latif

N/A Thriller N/A

3.44 / 5.0

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Plot – What's the story about?

Plot: Follows an undercover British journalist in her quest to bait and expose a terrorist recruiter through social media, while trying not to be sucked in by her recruiter and lured into becoming a militant extremist herself.

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Who stars in Profile – Cast List

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Valene Kane
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Shazad Latif
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Who is making Profile – Crew List

A look at Profile behind-the-scenes crew and production team. The film's director Timur Bekmambetov last helmed Ben Hur and Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter.

Director: Timur Bekmambetov
Screenwriters: Britt Poulton
Timur Bekmambetov
Olga Kharina
Producers: Timur Bekmambetov
Olga Kharina

Studio: Focus Features
Production Companies: —

Production – What we know about the Profile

Key Facts

Inspired by the 2015 nonfiction bestseller In the Skin of a Jihadist by a French journalist who now has round-the-clock police protection and has changed her name to Anna Érelle.
Profile premiered at the Berlin Film Festival in 2018, receiving rave critics’ reviews and an Audience Award, and took the same prize at SXSW later that year.
The unconventional thriller plays out entirely on a computer screen in the Screenlife format, pioneered by Bekmambetov. As a producer, his big break came with his Screenlife films Unfriended, which was picked up by Universal and grossed about $65 million worldwide — on a budget of $1 million, and Debra Messing and John Cho-led Searching picked up by Sony Pictures and making $75 million on an even smaller budget.

Movie Filming Timeline: Production Status Updates

Mar 2021

Completed

Changed Profile movie production status. The movie is ready for release.

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Additional Information

Parent Rating: N/A Not available
Runtime: N/A
Tagline: Not available
Also known as: Not available
Language: English

Profile Trailers and Clips

Profile

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Profile Release Date: When was the film released?

Profile was released in limited movie theaters on Friday, May 14 , 2021. There were 13 13 other movies released on the same date, including Spiral: From the Book of Saw, Above Suspicion and Finding You. As a limited release, Profile was shown in select movie theaters in major markets.

The estimated home release date for Profile is currently being determined. Stay tuned!