Priyanka Chopra walked out of Salman Khan’s Bharat recently citing personal reasons - reportedly her big fat wedding with Nick Jonas. But, The Hollywood Reporter has just confirmed that the actor has signed up for a big Hollywood film opposite none other than Chris Pratt. Priyanka will now play the female lead opposite Pratt in Universal’s Cowboy Ninja Viking.
The big budget Hollywood film is reportedly in preproduction and will be directed by Michelle MacLaren of Game of Thrones fame. According to a report in THR, “Based on the Image Comics graphic novel by A.J. Lieberman and illustrator Riley Rossmo, the story revolves around a counter-intelligence unit formed by psychotherapist Dr. Sebastian Ghislain, who transforms agents known as Triplets, a reference to multiple personalities. Pratt is playing a formidable agent with the fighting skills and personalities of a cowboy, a ninja,and a viking.”
Cowboy Ninja Viking is scheduled to release on 28 June next year.
Priyanka Chopra had just recently exited Salman Khan’s ambitious venture Bharat. The reason for Priyanka’s exit was be her rumoured big wedding with Nick Jonas.
The director of Bharat, Ali Abbas Zafar had sent out a sly tweet on Friday morning which invited a lot of reading between the lines.
(Source: The Hollywood Reporter)
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