EXCLUSIVE: Jamie Bacon (White Traces, Brighton) and Pradeep Khadka (Promenade Geet 3, Prakash) will star in sci-fi flick Eklo from British-Nepalese director Pradeep Shahi.
The filmmakers say Eklo would be the first science fiction flick to come back out of Nepal. Shahi is at present in Cannes along with his newest movie, The Final Ritual, which has Scatena and Rosner Movies hooked up.
Eklo takes place in a futuristic model of Earth by which a lethal viral epidemic compelled humanity to flee the planet in 2030. Sixty years later, British house company astronaut Zach (Bacon) is on a reconnaissance missions and crash-lands within the Himalayan area of Nepal along with his accomplice. They discover their environment and uncover a hidden metropolis of caves nestled among the many mountains, the place they encounter a mysterious determine (Khadka), who’s the legendary guardian of the Himalayan area.
Bacon can be signed on as a producer, as he and Shahi look to construct connections between the Nepalese and British movie industries and hope to promote Nepal as a powerful taking pictures location choice in Asia.
He’s recognized for his function in Netflix collection White Traces and a supporting function in Steven cookson characteristic movie Brighton. He has additionally appeared in The Hoarder and BBC drama Father Brown, and can seem within the community’s present Mr Loverman, which debuts at Tribeca subsequent month. He has additionally wrapped filming on Pleasure Gharoro-Akpojotor’s debut characteristic Dreamers, which is being made with BBC Movies.
Khadka broke out a decade in the past in his function in Prem Geet. He has since develop into considered one of Nepali movie’s most bankable stars and in 2022 led Prem Geet 3, which grew to become the primary Nepalese movie to safe a country-wide launch in India and was distributed worldwide. The movie Kabaddi 4: The Remaining Match to develop into Nepali cinema’s highest-grossing movies worldwide on the time.
Bacon is represented by United Brokers.