By PTI
MUMBAI: Bollywood actor Ali Fazal has boarded the forged of Hollywood star Gerard Butler’s upcoming movie “Kandahar”.
The action-thriller is directed by Ric Roman Waugh, greatest identified for helming movies “Angel Has Fallen”, “Felon” and “Greenland” “Kandahar” relies on the screenplay Waugh developed with former navy intelligence officer Mitchell LaFortune.
The story relies of Mitchell’s experiences on the Defense Intelligence Agency in Afghanistan .
Fazal, who has acted in worldwide motion pictures like “Furious 7”, “Victoria and Abdul”, expressed his pleasure on being a part of “Kandahar”.
“I always look forward to new and exciting ventures. We are all set to begin production soon,” Fazal mentioned in an announcement.
Bulter, 52, will play Tom Harris, a CIA operative working within the Middle East whose cowl is blown after an intelligence leak exposes his categorised mission.
Stuck in hostile territory, Harris and his translator should struggle their method out of the desert to an extraction level in Kandahar, Afghanistan, whereas eluding the elite particular forces looking them.
Details of Fazal’s character are nonetheless beneath wraps.
“Kandhar” is being produced by Thunder Road Films, identified for backing titles like “John Wick” collection and “Sicario”, G-BASE and Capstone Group.
Fazal’s forthcoming Hollywood launch is Kenneth Branagh-directed “Death on the Nile”, which additionally options “Wonder Woman” star Gal Gadot.
The movie will launch on February 11 subsequent yr.
