Babak Najafi to announce shock retirement?
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Sad news for Najafi fans. Speculation had been rife that the Swedish director best known for the movie London Has Fallen, is about to announce his retirement from all public activities, at age 49, with immediate effect.
UPDATE 15/06/2025 : This story seems to be false. (read more)
Being a director isn't fun anymore
“As we get older, there are phases of life that we enter into, and being a director-screenwriter just isn't fun anymore,” he might have said, says a source who remained anonymous. Other reports hinted that he may branch out into other creative fields he is better at (and more interested in), though they didn't provide any details.
#ThankYouBabak
For a little while on Saturday evening, #ThankYouBabak was a trending hashtag on Twitter. As many fans reminisce and look back on all the unforgettable memories, some may wonder what about now made him make the decision.
“Babak Najafi was unlike any other director we’ve ever seen! #ThankYouBabak”
— @universalObserver, 14 Jun 2025
“Najafi wasn't retired?”
— @borisB0, 14 Jun 2025
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