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Kandahar is an upcoming American action thriller film directed by Ric Roman Waugh and produced by Gerard Butler who also stars in the film alongside Ali Fazal.

Kandahar
Directed by	Ric Roman Waugh
Screenplay by	Mitchell LaFortune Ric Roman Waugh
Produced by	Gerard Butler
Starring	Gerard Butler Ali Fazal
Production companies	Thunder Road Films G-BASE Capstone Group MBC Studios
Distributed by	Open Road Films
Countries	United States Saudi Arabia
Language	English

Plot

Tom Harris, an undercover CIA operative, is stuck deep in hostile territory in Afghanistan. He must fight his way out, alongside his Afghan translator, to an extraction point in Kandahar, all whilst avoiding the elite special forces tasked with hunting them down.

Cast

• Gerard Butler as Tom Harris
• Ali Fazal
• Navid Negahban
• Nina Toussaint-White
• Travis Fimmel[1]
• Bahador Foladi

Production

In June 2020, it was announced Gerard Butler would star in action film Kandahar reteaming with Angel Has Fallen director Ric Roman Waugh for Thunder Road Films from a screenplay he wrote with former military intelligence officer Mitchell LaFortune.[2] Thunder Road acquired the original screenplay from LaFortune in 2016, which is based on LaFortune’s experiences at the Defense Intelligence Agency in Afghanistan at the time of the Snowden leaks.[2]

Ali Fazal and Navid Negahban joined the cast in December 2021, with filming beginning December 2, 2021 in Saudi Arabia becoming the first big-budget U.S. feature to shoot in the country’s AlUla region.[3] Nina Toussaint-White and Bahador Foladi joined the cast later that same month.[4] Filming wrapped in January 2022.[5]

References

External links

• Kandahar at IMDb

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