Indian origin Hollywood producer Ashok Amritraj is on the verge of a professional landmark - he is set to start work on his 100th film that, at a budget of $90 million, will be his biggest venture and star Hugh Jackman.source
“The Unbound Captives”, to be directed by American actress Madeleine Stowe from her own script, will roll at the end of this year on locations in New Mexico and New Zealand. Amritraj, who runs the super-successful Hyde Park Entertainment, produced his first film “Fleshburn” in the 1980s.
“‘The Unbound Captives’ will be ready for release by end-2010,” the Chennai-born producer told IANS in an exclusive interview in Cannes. “We hope to close all international pre-sales before this edition of the Cannes Film Festival ends.”
He said: “I read the script on a plane back from India and was immediately struck by it. As soon as I got off the plane, I called Madeleine’s agent and the deal was done.”
The film, Amritraj reveals, is set in the mid 17th century. At $90 million, it will be Amritraj’s biggest film to date in terms of scale and sweep.
“We’ve assembled a truly great cast - Hugh Jackman is a huge box office draw, Rachel Weisz is being tipped for an Oscar nomination for her performance in ‘Lovely Bones’ and Robert Pattinson is coming off the runaway success of ‘Twilight’,” he said.
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