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OPERATION WILD To Pit Chinese And Indian Talent Together For Renny Harlin’s Large Scale Action Adventure

Director Renny Harlin will helm Operation Wild, according to Patrick Frater at Variety detailing a new three-film co-development deal made during events over at the Shanghai International Film Festival. The deal was made between leading Indian entertainment company, B4U, and Extraordinary Entertainment, Harlin’s shared production banner with Kung Fu Yoga producer DJ Parmar. Brian Brightly is penning Operation Wild which is described as a large-scale action adventure centered on “two elite combat warriors from China and India who lead covert forces to shut down a global wildlife-poaching criminal organization.” Casting details are unknown while the report does suggest prominent Chinese and Indian actors will be brought aboard. “These films will highlight the emotional bond and cultural values that are common between the people of China and India,” said B4U CEO Ishan Saksena. “The enormous success of co-production films like ‘Kung Fu Yoga’ and other Indian films has helped pave the way for Indian content in China. […]

Renny Harlin’s Sci-Fi Epic, SOLARA, Signals New China/HK Film Venture

Lee B. Golden III

Renny Harlin is stacking up on work having based himself in China for the last four years. The celebrated Die Hard 2 director is now adding Chinese tentpole sci-fi epic adventure, Solara, to the roster in partnership with Daljit DJ Parmar per the launch of their Beijing and Hong Kong-based production and finance company, Extraordinary Entertainment Limited. The film centers on an international team that joins forces to save Earth from a global catastrophe that can destroy mankind. Harlin will direct and produce with Kung Fu Yoga producer Parmar, from a script by Creighton Rothenberger and Katrin Benedikt (London Has Fallen, Expendables 3, Olympus Has Fallen). “We are thrilled to announce this partnership with our combined experience in China matched with our shared global vision to focus on the tremendous opportunity to develop home-grown IP across all platforms for the China market. Solara is an exciting example where we have […]