EXCLUSIVE: Jackie Chan and Sylvester Stallone are teamed to star in Ex-Baghdad, a timely action thriller that Scott Waugh has been set to direct. It is an $80 million budget action film that becomes one of the biggest budget films to come out of China. Chan will serve as a producer through his company SR Media, with Qi Jianhong and Talent International’s Esmond Ren. SR Media and Talent International will also finance the film. Hans Canosa is also producing.
The film is a two-hander that matches up global action stars Chan and Stallone for the first time. When Stallone decided not to continue with The Expendables, this was the film he looked forward to doing instead.
When a China-run oil refinery is attacked in Mosul, Iraq, a Chinese private security contractor (Chan) is called in to extract the oil workers. He learns, however, that the attackers’ real plan is to steal a fortune in oil, and teams up with an American former Marine (Stallone) to stop them. The script is by Arash Amel. CAA reps Chan and Amel, WME Stallone and UTA reps Waugh, who helmed 6 Below, Act Of Valor and Need For Speed.
McGooby on May 12nd, 2017 at 08:52 UTC »
$60 million of that budget is for arthritis medicine.
Yarzeda on May 12nd, 2017 at 07:15 UTC »
I'd love to see this movie 20 years ago.
XVermillion on May 12nd, 2017 at 05:56 UTC »
So the director is the guy that did Need For Speed and Act Of Valor? Could be ok I guess. I just hope he lets Jackie do his own thing for the action scenes: when you tell him it's your way or the highway you get The Protector and when Jackie gets free reign we get Police Story.