Deadline studies that Priyanka Chopra Jonas is ready to star alongside Mahesh Babu within the new film from RRR director S.S. Rajamouli. Not a lot is understood concerning the venture, solely that Rajamouli shall be writing and directing.
The film may even have U.S. distribution by means of Variance, so we’ll have the ability to witness no matter larger-than-life epic Rajamouli has in retailer for us.
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RRR follows a fearless warrior on a dangerous mission who comes face-to-face with a steely cop serving the British forces in pre-independent India. The movie is one thing to behold: a three-hour explosion of sound, sweat, and spectacle the place each emotion is dialled as much as eleven and the motion by no means lets up. It was an enormous success, not simply in India, however worldwide as nicely. It even received an Oscar for Finest Authentic Music (Naatu Naatu), and there was discuss of a sequel.
“Each time a movie succeeds, as writers, me, my father, my cousin, we sit and we talk about whether or not it may be taken ahead,” Rajamouli stated. “We normally have some good concepts as a result of we’re excessive on the success of the movie. The identical factor occurred with RRR. There have been some good concepts, however not a compelling one. Then, after coming to the U.S. and seeing the response, I used to be speaking about my experiences to my father, and abruptly my cousin got here up with an concept. I believed, ‘Wow, this can be a nice concept — this must be developed right into a script!’ So, I requested my father to jot down a script based mostly on that unbelievable concept, and now he’s within the means of creating it. As soon as it turns into a full script, we’ll look into tips on how to take it ahead.“
Chopra Jonas was final seen starring alongside Idris Elba and John Cena in Heads of State, an motion comedy which follows the UK Prime Minister and US President who’re pressured to work collectively once they turn out to be the targets of a overseas adversary.
She may even be returning for the second season of Citadel, starring alongside Richard Madden. The brand new season was initially scheduled to debut on Prime Video this fall however has been delayed to endure some artistic retooling. Sadly, the motion franchise hasn’t been the winner that Amazon hoped it will be, and the assorted spinoff exhibits have been formally scrapped.
