KANDAHAR Unveils A Pair Of Stills From The New Gerard Butler Action Epic

Wrapped reportedly as of last month, filmmaker Ric Roman Waugh’s (Greenland, Angel Has Fallen, Shot Caller) new action thriller, Kandahar, has a pair of photos currently circulating online, two of which you can view above. The film marks a rare opportunity for a Hollywood production shoot in Saudi Arabia, billed as one of the first big-budgeted studio titles to shoot in the region. The cast is headlined by Gerard Butler, Ali Fazal and Navid Negahban, with a script penned by Waugh and co-writer Mitchell LaFortune. According to the official logline, Butler leads the international thriller as Tom Harris, an undercover CIA operative, stuck deep in hostile territory in Afghanistan. He must fight his way out, alongside his Afghan translator, to an extraction point in Kandahar, all whilst avoiding the elite special forces tasked with hunting them down. Kandahar is produced by Basil Iwanyk, Erica Lee and Brendon Boyea for Thunder Road, G-Base’s […]

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