A trailer for Kandahar, the first major US movie to be filmed in Saudi Arabia’s AlUla, has been released.
The upcoming action thriller was directed by Ric Roman Waugh (Angel Has Fallen, Greenland) and stars Gerard Butler, Ali Fazal, Travis Fimmel and Navid Negahban.
The film will be released in the Middle East by Eagle Films on May 26.
Kandahar filmed in AlUla, Saudi Arabia
The G-BASE, Thunder Road, Capstone Studios and MBC Studios feature reunites Butler and Waugh in the story of Tom Harris, an undercover CIA operative, stuck deep in hostile territory in Afghanistan.
After his mission is exposed, he must fight his way out, alongside his Afghan translator, to an extraction point in Kandahar, all while avoiding elite enemy forces and foreign spies tasked with hunting them down.
Saudi Arabia wants to become a hub for making and investing in films.
The program is an initiative of the IGNITE Digital Content Program.
It aims to foster a sustainable and thriving Saudi film industry by empowering the private sector with financing packages that support local content and promote filmmaking.
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