MGM has landed domestic and Amazon international rights to the Guy Ritchie-directed, Jake Gyllenhaal-starring untitled action-thriller set amidst the Afghan war.
Filming is due to get underway on January 24th in Alicante, Spain on the $55 million budget project in which Gyllenhaal plays Sgt. John Kinley, a soldier on his last tour of duty in Afghanistan when he is teamed with local interpreter Ahmed to survey the region.
When their unit is ambushed on patrol, Kinley and Ahmed are the only survivors, and with enemy combatants in pursuit, Ahmed risks his life to carry an injured Kinley across miles of grueling terrain to safety.
On U.S. soil, Kinley learns that Ahmed and his family were not given passage to America as promised. Determined to protect his friend and repay his debt, Kinley returns to the warzone to retrieve Ahmed and his family before local militias reach them.
Ritchie will direct from a script he co-wrote with his “The Gentlemen” and “Wrath of Man” scribes Ivan Atkinson and Marn Davies. The plan is for a U.S. theatrical release first followed by an international release in many major markets on Amazon Prime Video.
Source: Deadline
