Hollywood is probably not a serious power at San Diego Comic-Con this 12 months, however India positive is. In a 12 months the place most main American studios have been pressured to skip the conference with out actors to look on panels, or writers to write down upcoming motion pictures, the Indian manufacturing firm Vyjayanthi Movies stepped in and selected the conference as the place to disclose it’s upcoming mega sci-fi blockbuster.
This blockbuster has, up till Comic-Con, been solely known as “Project K.” Billboards asking “What is Project K?” could be seen round San Diego. Fans sporting “What is Project K?” shirts have been seen strolling round the conference middle. And then, lastly, on a panel in Hall H, it was revealed. “Project K” is Kalki 2989-AD, a brand new sci-fi film from director Nag Ashwin starring a few of the largest names in Indian cinema like Prabhas, Amitabh Bachchan, Deepika Padukone, Kamal Haasan, and Disha Patani. Here’s the teaser:
Which, even in case you don’t know these very well-known actors, appears like a whole lot of enjoyable. And the crew behind the film is aware of this. After the international success of movies like RRR, the movie’s producers realized that motion pictures on the scale of Kalki 2989-AD are now not only for audiences in India. There’s worldwide crossover attraction and, being because it’s being touted as considered one of the first Indian movies of this measurement to full embrace science fiction on this stage, they felt there was nothe place higher than San Diego Comic-Con to first reveal it to the world.
And guess what? It labored. Consider Kalki 2989-AD to be formally on our radar, even when the individuals concerned have been very, very tight lipped about any plot specifics. Or possibly it was simply the males in black armor strolling round Hall H that had them scared.
The movie is scheduled for launch subsequent 12 months.
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