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  • Ali Fazal unveils teaser of his Hollywood film ‘Kandahar’ with Gerard Butler

    By ANI

    MUMBAI: Actor Ali Fazal on Thursday unveiled the official teaser of his upcoming Hollywood action thriller film ‘Kandahar’.

    Taking to Instagram, Ali shared the teaser which he captioned, “Watch the tease before the bang for my explosive action thriller, KANDAHAR. You’ll get an idea whats about to Hit and whats about a miss. Just biking through the valley here. Exclusively in theatres on May 26th.”

    Helmed by Ric Roman Waugh, the film star popular Scottish actor Gerard Butler, Navid Negahban, Ali Fazal, Travis Fimmel and Elnaaz Norouzi in lead roles.

    The film is all set to hit the theatres on May 26, 2023.

    The film’s description reads, “Tom Harris (Gerard Butler), an undercover CIA operative, is stuck deep in hostile territory in Afghanistan. After his mission is exposed, he must fight his way out, alongside his Afghan translator, to an extraction point in Kandahar, all whilst avoiding elite enemy forces and foreign spies tasked with hunting them down.”

    Ric Roman Waugh has previously helmed films including ‘Angel Has Fallen’, and ‘Felon’.

    Meanwhile, Ali Fazal will also be seen in the web series ‘Mirzapur Season 3’ which will stream on the OTT platform Amazon Prime Video.

    Apart from that, he will also be seen in ‘The Underbug’, ‘Girls will be Girls’, ‘Metro In Dino’, and in another Hollywood film ‘Afghan Dreamers’.

    MUMBAI: Actor Ali Fazal on Thursday unveiled the official teaser of his upcoming Hollywood action thriller film ‘Kandahar’.

    Taking to Instagram, Ali shared the teaser which he captioned, “Watch the tease before the bang for my explosive action thriller, KANDAHAR. You’ll get an idea whats about to Hit and whats about a miss. Just biking through the valley here. Exclusively in theatres on May 26th.”

    View this post on Instagram A post shared by ali fazal (@alifazal9) Helmed by Ric Roman Waugh, the film star popular Scottish actor Gerard Butler, Navid Negahban, Ali Fazal, Travis Fimmel and Elnaaz Norouzi in lead roles.

    The film is all set to hit the theatres on May 26, 2023.

    The film’s description reads, “Tom Harris (Gerard Butler), an undercover CIA operative, is stuck deep in hostile territory in Afghanistan. After his mission is exposed, he must fight his way out, alongside his Afghan translator, to an extraction point in Kandahar, all whilst avoiding elite enemy forces and foreign spies tasked with hunting them down.”

    Ric Roman Waugh has previously helmed films including ‘Angel Has Fallen’, and ‘Felon’.

    Meanwhile, Ali Fazal will also be seen in the web series ‘Mirzapur Season 3’ which will stream on the OTT platform Amazon Prime Video.

    Apart from that, he will also be seen in ‘The Underbug’, ‘Girls will be Girls’, ‘Metro In Dino’, and in another Hollywood film ‘Afghan Dreamers’.

  • Gerard Butler almost killed Hilary Swank on ‘P.S. I Love You’ sets, says he cut her open

    By PTI

    LOS ANGELES: Hollywood star Gerard Butler has revealed that he accidentally slashed co-star Hilary Swank’s head during the shoot of their 2007 romantic drama “P.S. I Love You.”

    Directed by Richard LaGravenese from a screenplay he penned with Steven Rogers, “P.S. I Love You” was based on the 2004 novel of the same name by Cecelia Ahern.

    It featured Butler and Swank in the lead roles of Gerry and Holly.

    While filming one of the scenes in which Butler had to dance in suspenders, the actor said he hurt Swank badly in her head and “cut her open.”

    “I had to dance like an idiot in the suspenders.

    At one point, the clip, which was a crocodile clip, got stuck in the television as I’m crawling towards her and she was right in front of me and she was laughing hysterically.

    I had to ping it, and it would go past my face. And this time I’m crawling towards the bed. It gets stuck.

    It releases, flies over my head, hits her in the head, and slashes her head.

    I cut her open,” the 53-year-old actor said, adding that the clip was “so dangerous” that the camera crew devised plastic covers as protection.

    Swank, 43, was immediately rushed to the hospital.

    “Imagine a studio, and in three seconds, everybody’s gone, and I’m just sitting there in my boxer shorts and my boots and a pair of socks and I just started crying.

    ‘I just scarred Hilary Swank!’ I almost took her eye out and I just made a fool of myself for two days and this is what I have to show for it.

    She’s off to the hospital,” Butler said during a recent appearance on “The Drew Barrymore Show.”

    The Scottish actor said Swank has forgiven him for whatever happened that day on the sets of the film.

    LOS ANGELES: Hollywood star Gerard Butler has revealed that he accidentally slashed co-star Hilary Swank’s head during the shoot of their 2007 romantic drama “P.S. I Love You.”

    Directed by Richard LaGravenese from a screenplay he penned with Steven Rogers, “P.S. I Love You” was based on the 2004 novel of the same name by Cecelia Ahern.

    It featured Butler and Swank in the lead roles of Gerry and Holly.

    While filming one of the scenes in which Butler had to dance in suspenders, the actor said he hurt Swank badly in her head and “cut her open.”

    “I had to dance like an idiot in the suspenders.

    At one point, the clip, which was a crocodile clip, got stuck in the television as I’m crawling towards her and she was right in front of me and she was laughing hysterically.

    I had to ping it, and it would go past my face. And this time I’m crawling towards the bed. It gets stuck.

    It releases, flies over my head, hits her in the head, and slashes her head.

    I cut her open,” the 53-year-old actor said, adding that the clip was “so dangerous” that the camera crew devised plastic covers as protection.

    Swank, 43, was immediately rushed to the hospital.

    “Imagine a studio, and in three seconds, everybody’s gone, and I’m just sitting there in my boxer shorts and my boots and a pair of socks and I just started crying.

    ‘I just scarred Hilary Swank!’ I almost took her eye out and I just made a fool of myself for two days and this is what I have to show for it.

    She’s off to the hospital,” Butler said during a recent appearance on “The Drew Barrymore Show.”

    The Scottish actor said Swank has forgiven him for whatever happened that day on the sets of the film.

  • Ali Fazal signs his next Hollywood project, titled ‘Afghan Dreamers’

    By Express News Service

    Last year, actor Ali Fazal was roped in to play one of the leads alongside Gerard Butler in the action film Kandahar, which is set to release in 2023. Now, Ali has signed his next international project titled Afghan Dreamers. The film is being directed by two-time Academy Award-winning director, Bill Guttentag.

    Bill is known for his Oscar-winning short documentaries, You Don’t Have to Die and Twin Towers. He has directed several documentaries including 2009’s Soundtrack for a Revolution.

    The shoot for Afghan Dreamers recently began in Morocco and it will be a 50 days schedule. The majority of the film is shot across Morocco and Budapest. 

    The film is based on the program started by Afghan tech entrepreneur Roya Mahboob in 2017 as a way to help young women develop their skills in the field of science and technology, despite the heavily patriarchal society from which they hail.

    ALSO READ | Actor-couple Richa Chadha, Ali Fazal’s debut production venture ‘Girls Will Be Girls’ goes on floors

    The role of Roya will be essayed by The Bold Type’s Nikohl Boosheri.  

    Speaking about the film, Ali said, “Excited and humbled to be sharing notes and being directed by Bill who has an impeccable body of work. Afghan Dreamers is a very important story to be told and I’m happy to be part of its cinematic retelling.”

    The film is being produced by Laura Overdeck, Samudrika Arora and Bill Guttentag.

    ALSO READ | Bigg Boss 16: Ali Fazal demands MeToo accused Sajid Khan’s removal from show

    Meanwhile, on the personal front, Ali recently married their longtime girlfriend Richa Chaddha in a private ceremony. Professionally, the actor has got Vishal Bhardwaj’s Khufiya and Fukrey 3 in the offing.

    (This story originally appeared on Cinema Express)

    Last year, actor Ali Fazal was roped in to play one of the leads alongside Gerard Butler in the action film Kandahar, which is set to release in 2023. Now, Ali has signed his next international project titled Afghan Dreamers. The film is being directed by two-time Academy Award-winning director, Bill Guttentag.

    Bill is known for his Oscar-winning short documentaries, You Don’t Have to Die and Twin Towers. He has directed several documentaries including 2009’s Soundtrack for a Revolution.

    The shoot for Afghan Dreamers recently began in Morocco and it will be a 50 days schedule. The majority of the film is shot across Morocco and Budapest. 

    The film is based on the program started by Afghan tech entrepreneur Roya Mahboob in 2017 as a way to help young women develop their skills in the field of science and technology, despite the heavily patriarchal society from which they hail.

    ALSO READ | Actor-couple Richa Chadha, Ali Fazal’s debut production venture ‘Girls Will Be Girls’ goes on floors

    The role of Roya will be essayed by The Bold Type’s Nikohl Boosheri.  

    Speaking about the film, Ali said, “Excited and humbled to be sharing notes and being directed by Bill who has an impeccable body of work. Afghan Dreamers is a very important story to be told and I’m happy to be part of its cinematic retelling.”

    The film is being produced by Laura Overdeck, Samudrika Arora and Bill Guttentag.

    ALSO READ | Bigg Boss 16: Ali Fazal demands MeToo accused Sajid Khan’s removal from show

    Meanwhile, on the personal front, Ali recently married their longtime girlfriend Richa Chaddha in a private ceremony. Professionally, the actor has got Vishal Bhardwaj’s Khufiya and Fukrey 3 in the offing.

    (This story originally appeared on Cinema Express)

  • Gerard Butler’s ‘Kandahar’ adds Nina Toussaint-White, Bahador Foladi 

    By PTI

    LOS ANGELES: Actors Nina Toussaint-White and Bahador Foladi have joined the cast of Gerard Butler-starrer “Kandahar”.

    The action-thriller is directed by Ric Roman Waugh, best known for helming films “Angel Has Fallen”, “Felon” and “Greenland”.

    “Kandahar” is based on the screenplay Waugh developed with former military intelligence officer Mitchell LaFortune.

    The story is based on Mitchell’s experiences at the Defense Intelligence Agency in Afghanistan.

    Bulter, 52, will play Tom Harris, a CIA operative working in the Middle East whose cover is blown after an intelligence leak exposes his classified mission.

    Stuck in hostile territory, Harris and his translator must fight their way out of the desert to an extraction point in Kandahar, Afghanistan, while eluding the elite special forces hunting them.

    Details of Toussaint-White and Foladi’s characters are still under wraps, reported Deadline.

    The movie will also feature Bollywood actor Ali Fazal in a pivotal role.

    “Kandahar” is being produced by Thunder Road Films, known for backing titles like “John Wick” series and “Sicario”, G-BASE and Capstone Group.

  • Ali Fazal joins Gerard Butler’s ‘Kandahar’, to begin shoot soon

    By PTI

    MUMBAI: Bollywood actor Ali Fazal has boarded the cast of Hollywood star Gerard Butler’s upcoming film “Kandahar”.

    The action-thriller is directed by Ric Roman Waugh, best known for helming films “Angel Has Fallen”, “Felon” and “Greenland” “Kandahar” is based on the screenplay Waugh developed with former military intelligence officer Mitchell LaFortune.

    The story is based of Mitchell’s experiences at the Defense Intelligence Agency in Afghanistan .

    Fazal, who has acted in international movies like “Furious 7”, “Victoria and Abdul”, expressed his excitement on being part of “Kandahar”.

    “I always look forward to new and exciting ventures. We are all set to begin production soon,” Fazal said in a statement.

    Bulter, 52, will play Tom Harris, a CIA operative working in the Middle East whose cover is blown after an intelligence leak exposes his classified mission.

    Stuck in hostile territory, Harris and his translator must fight their way out of the desert to an extraction point in Kandahar, Afghanistan, while eluding the elite special forces hunting them.

    Details of Fazal’s character are still under wraps.

    “Kandhar” is being produced by Thunder Road Films, known for backing titles like “John Wick” series and “Sicario”, G-BASE and Capstone Group.

    Fazal’s forthcoming Hollywood release is Kenneth Branagh-directed “Death on the Nile”, which also features “Wonder Woman” star Gal Gadot.

    The film will release on February 11 next year. 

  • Mike Colter joins Gerard Butler in ‘The Plane’

    By PTI

    LOS ANGELES: “Luke Cage” star Mike Colter has boarded the cast of “The Plane”, a thriller headlined by Gerard Butler.

    The Lionsgate project, expected to begin production later this month in Puerto Rico, will be directed by Jean-Francois Richet.

    “The Plane” stars Butler as Brodie Torrance, who, after a heroic job of successfully landing his storm-damaged aircraft in hostile territory, finds himself threatened by militant pirates who want to take the plane and its passengers hostage.

    As the world searches for the disappeared aircraft, Brodie must rise to the occasion and keep his passengers safe until help arrives.

    According to The Hollywood Reporter, Colter will play Louis Gaspare, a cool-headed, former military man being extradited to Canada on charges of homicide when the plane crash lands on a dangerous remote island.

    “Mike is an exciting addition to the film.

    Anyone familiar with his work knows he is a charismatic talent and a formidable force and we’re thrilled to have him board The Plane,” Richet said.

    The film is based on a book by spy novelist Charles Cumming, who has penned the script along with JP Davis and Matt Cook.

    Butler is also producing “The Plane” along with his work partner Alan Siegel under their G-BASE banner.

    Veteran filmmaker Lorenzo di Bonaventura and Mark Vahradian are also attached as producers on the film via their Di Bonaventura Pictures.

  • ‘Greenland’ sequel in development; Gerard Buttler, Morena Baccarin to reprise roles

    By Express News Service
    A sequel to 2020’s Greenland is reportedly already in the works, with leads Gerard Butler and Morena Baccarin set to reprise their roles from the first instalment. Director Ric Roman Waugh is also reported to be returning as director for the second part, as is writer Chris Sparling.

    In the first Greenland movie, Butler and Baccarin star as structural engineer John Garrity and his wife, Allison, whose family’s lives turn upside down by the sudden redirecting of a dangerous comet set to fall on Earth.

    In the upcoming sequel, the Garrity family must leave their Greenland bunker behind and navigate across a frozen landscape to find a new safe place.

    Apart from the Greenland franchise, Gerard Butler was last seen in London Has Fallen in 2017. Morena Baccarin, on the other hand, has films like The Good House and Last Looks in the pipeline.

  • Want to produce films to have some control, says Actor Gerard Butler

    By PTI
    LONDON: Hollywood star Gerard Butler says he enjoyed serving as a producer on the disaster action film “Greenland” as the stint allowed him to have control in shaping the film.

    Butler also starred in the Ric Roman Waugh directorial alongside “Deadpool” star Morena Baccarin.

    “Greenland”, which released last year, follows a family’s fight for survival in the face of a cataclysmic natural disaster.

    As the countdown to global apocalypse approaches zero, the family’s trek culminates in a desperate and last-minute flight to a possible safe haven.

    Though he is known for big-budget studio tentpoles like “Gods of Egypt” and “Geostorm”, Butler said he would like to further lend support to independent films.

    “I’m a control freak! As an actor, when you’re coming up, you beg for roles, and you’re lucky to get one and then you suddenly find yourself in a position where movies are being made, because you’re involved.

    “So if that’s the case, you say, ‘I want to produce it, I want to have some control, I want to help shape this film.’ Not the studio movies, like ‘Gods of Egypt’ or ‘Geostorm’. But all the other ones, in the independent world,” Butler told Total Film magazine.

    Chris Sparling has penned the script for “Greenland”, produced by Thunder Road Films.

    “I get a chance to develop, be involved with script, choose the director. It’s more responsibility, but you’re more involved in the process. And I love that,” Butler added.

    “Greenland”, which hails from STX Films, was among the handful of movies that released in the US theatres after the coronavirus-forced shutdown ended.