Screenwriter and producer Omurzak Tolobekov said that in New York there is an agreement with American film producers regarding the filming of the feature film Manas. About this edition vb.kg he himself said.
According to him, an American producer of Turkic origin, Mevlut Akkaya, is participating in the talks on behalf of groups of filmmakers from the United States.
“Akaya films” produces several popular international films. The highest-grossing one was $170 million and grossed $400 million.
Negotiations with American film producers took place following watching the film “Semetey son of Manas” and getting acquainted with the script of the film “Manas”.
The film is going to be shot with the participation of world movie stars. The budget of the film is planned from 40 to 100 million dollars.
The agreement is expected to be signed in the next few days. It remains only to approve the script with additions and cuts within the framework of the requirements of international contemporary cinema. Simply put, the Americans asked to slightly adapt the script of the film to fit their format. Therefore, their screenwriter will make his additions.
In addition to American and Chinese, Pakistani and Indian film studios are expected to join the project,” Tolobekov said.
Also, the creator of the film “Semetey – the son of Manas” said that in the near future the shooting of the film “Migrants of America” will begin in the United States.
“Our compatriots in the United States suggested this idea to me. They say that a film has already been made regarding the life of a Kyrgyz student in the states, but in general there is nothing regarding migrants. Therefore, I wrote the script, and together with the filmmakers of Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan we will shoot the film” Migrants of America “” . The picture will tell regarding the life of not only our migrants, but also regarding the Uzbek and Kazakh ones. Therefore, in addition to ours, the participation of artists from these republics is also planned. God willing, we will start filming within a month,” he added.