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Legendary filmmaker Ridley Scott (Alien, Black Rain, Blade Runner) is in-talks to produce Amman Mission (or Goodbye, Kuwait in Chinese) for China’s Zhejiang Talent Television and Film Co.
According to THR, Amman Mission is an action-thriller based on the evacuation of Chinese nationals in 1990 during the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait. Budgeted at $35 million, the film will be shot in the Chinese regions of Ningxia and Xinjiang, as well as in Kuwait.
The same source adds that Scott has read the first draft of the script and is awaiting a revised version. Scott’s name is on the promotional poster, which details how 4,885 Chinese evacuated Kuwait within 48 hours. “One motherland,” it also states, recalling the Chinese patriotism in recent mega blockbusters like Wolf Warriors 2 and Operation Red Sea.
We’ll keep you updated on Amman Mission. Stay tuned!
Wow, what were 4,885 Chinese nationals doing in Kuwait in 1990?