Gerard Butler-Led “Kandahar” Set for USA – newsdubai

Open Street Movies has acquired US rights to the Gerard Butler-led and Ric Roman Waugh-directed motion thriller “Kandahar”. Navid Negahban, Ali Fazal, Travis Fimmel and Bollywood star Elnaaz Norouzi co-star.

Butler performs Tom Harris, an undercover CIA agent caught deep in enemy territory in Afghanistan. After his mission is revealed, he and his Afghan translator should battle their solution to an extraction website in Kandahar, all of the whereas avoiding elite enemy forces and international spies tasked with searching them down.

Mitchell LaFortune wrote the script primarily based on his personal experiences as a navy intelligence officer through the Snowden leaks. Waugh additionally did some script work.

G-BASE, Thunder Street, Capstone Studios and MBC Studios are backing the movie, which was one of many first main American productions to be partially shot in Saudi Arabia. A home theater efficiency is deliberate for 2023.

Supply: The Wrap