American film director Chuck Russell, which is famous for his Hollywood movie ‘The Mask’, will soon be seen directing an action- adventure film titled ‘Junglee‘. The story will be about a man and an elephant. Earlier the movie is said to be directed by the filmmaker Rohan Sippy. The movie features Vidyut Jammwal in the lead.
Bollywood Analyst Taran Adarsh posted a tweet revealing the name of the director on his Twitter account along with a caption saying, “#Junglee is directed by American writer-filmmaker Chuck Russell, known for films like #TheMask, #Eraser and #TheScorpionKing.”
#Junglee is directed by American writer-filmmaker Chuck Russell, known for films like #TheMask, #Eraser and #TheScorpionKing. pic.twitter.com/wZExpRFNNS
— taran adarsh (@taran_adarsh) July 31, 2017
Actors like Priyanka Chopra and Deepika Padukone are already rocking in the Hollywood world. Now, it seems like Vidyut is all set to join the league. This is not the first time when Hindi Film industry is collaborating with Hollywood. The film is set to begin rolling from October this year.
About the movie, Vidyut said, “Being trained in Kalaripayattu since the age of three and given my love for animals, I couldn’t have asked for a better script to showcase my potential. I consider myself really fortunate to get a chance to be part of a film that has a message of global significance.”
Moreover, President of the Junglee pictures, Priti Shahani said, “Chuck was our first choice and we reached out to him thinking may be the story would appeal to him given that it raises an issue of global significance. And to our delight, Chuck agreed and he will be flying in next month to start the prep.”