Gerard Butler Action Thriller ‘Kandahar’ Acquired by Open Road for U.S. Distribution
thewrap.comannounced in 2020, “Kandahar” follows Tom Harris (Butler), an undercover CIA operative stationed in hostile territory in Afghanistan.
When his mission is exposed, he and his Afghan translator (Navid Negahban) must fight their way past foreign spies and enemy forces on their way to an extraction point in Kandahar.“Kandahar” sees Butler reteam with his “Angel Has Fallen” and “Greenland” director Ric Roman Waugh.
He wrote the script with Mitchell LaFortune, based on LaFortune’s own experiences serving as a military intelligence officer during the Edward Snowden leaks.The cast also includes Ali Fazal, Travis Fimmel and Bollywood star Elnaaz Norouzi.The film is a joint production by G-BASE, Thunder Road, Capstone Studios and MBC Studios.
Producers are Butler for G-BASE, Thunder Road’s Basil Iwanyk, Brendon Boyea, Alan Siegel, Capstone’s Christian Mercuri, MBC Studios’ Ali Jaafar and Scott LaStaiti.
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