Anthony Mackie, Aiysha Hart to star in Rupert Wyatt’s Saudi-set ‘Desert Warrior’

By PTI

LOS ANGELES: “The Falcon and The Winter Soldier” star Anthony Mackie and “Mogul Mowgli” actor Aiysha Hart have boarded the solid of actioner “Desert Warrior”.

British filmmaker Rupert Wyatt, greatest identified for “Rise of the Planet of the Apes”, will direct the film.

Production on the movie is underway in NEOM, a futuristic metropolis being constructed within the Tabuk province of northwestern Saudi Arabia, reported Variety.

Oscar winner Ben Kingsley, “The A-Team” actor Sharlto Copley and Ghassan Massoud (“Kingdom of Heaven”) additionally spherical out the solid of the big-budget interval epic set in seventh century Arabia.

The story takes place at a time when Saudi Arabia was made up of feuding tribes eternally at loggerheads.

The stage is ready for an epic confrontation when Arabian princess Hind (Hart) refuses to develop into the concubine of the ruthless Emperor Kisra (Kingsley).

MBC Studios, the manufacturing arm of outstanding Middle East broadcaster MBC Group, has teamed up with American producer Jeremy Bolt and Stuart Ford’s AGC Studios on the movie.

“Desert Warrior” is being touted as Saudi Arabia’s first tentpole film and native MBC’s largest manufacturing so far.

The shoot is predicted to proceed for 3 extra months, an announcement stated.

Zeinab Abu Alsamh, MBC Studios KSA common supervisor, referred to as the movie “a testament to our ambition towards producing premium content for global audiences” and underlined that it’s “a tale of adventure, with a fierce female hero at the forefront of the story”.

“Attracting a production of the scale of ‘Desert Warrior’ as our first feature film highlights the confidence the film industry has in our ability to deliver a seamless production experience,” added Wayne Borg, managing director of media industries at NEOM.