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Action film star Tony Schiena (left) with Information Minister Khieu Kanharith following the press conference announcing the planned film.
A NEW production company has begun pre-production on a feature film to be shot in Cambodia with an estimated budget of US$70 million.
Thomas Magyar, the film’s executive producer, said yesterday that the movie, The Great Khmer Empire, would be set in the Angkorian period and aim to rival historic epics such as Hollywood films Troy and Alexander.
“This is a big movie. The estimated budget is $70 million,” he said.
Producers planned to approach Angelina Jolie to play the female lead, and John Cena, a seven-time World
Wrestling Entertainment champion and actor, to play the male lead.
Magyar, who is also CEO of the International Bodyguard and Security Services' Association in South East Asia, said the film would be produced by the company Parable Studio Green Asia, a collaboration among filmmakers from Cambodia, Hungaria and Hollywood.
He said that although the company had not yet secured all of the necessary funding for the project, he expected the film to be completed within the next three years.
Action star Tony Shiena in the 2004 movie Wake of Death
The announcement came at a press conference at the Ministry of Information and attended by American actor and world karate champion Tony Schiena. According to the International Movie Data Base, Schiena is known as “the bad boy of karate” due to “his unorthodox training methods and aggressive fighting style”.
It was unclear yesterday exactly what role Schiena would play in the production of The Great Khmer Empire, but he stressed that he intended to “help in whatever way I can”. Schiena said he also planned to work on environmental, anti-human trafficking and other projects during his stay in the Kingdom. ...read the full story in tomorrow’s Phnom Penh Post or see the updated story in online from 3PM UTC/GMT +7 hours.
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