From Kyle Hopkins in Anchorage
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Anchorage Daily News Posted: February 15, 2012 - 3:15 pm
A big-budget military thriller about an American submarine captain's attempt to rescue the Russian president will soon be pre-approved for filming in Alaska, the state says.
The Relativity Media film, currently called "Hunter Killer," is in the planning stages. Antoine Fuqua (“Training Day,” “Shooter") is expected to direct with Gerard Butler (“300”) in talks to star, Variety reports. A producer for the film has described the movie as a $50 million to $100 million project. In other words: Two or three times the size of "Big Miracle."
The state film office received the producers' request to pre-qualify "Hunter Killer" for the Alaska film incentive about a month ago, said Wanetta Ayers, director of the state Economic Development Division. The state will likely approve the application soon, she said. “It would be the largest incentive ever awarded under the program."
The "Hunter Killer" script is based on the novel “Firing Point,” by George Wallace and Don Keith, according to Variety: “(The) story follows an untested submarine captain who must work with a Navy SEAL team to rescue Russia's president, who's taken prisoner during a military coup.
The two sides team to stop a rogue Russian general from igniting WWIII." Butler was in talks to play the commander of the USS Toledo, the trade magazine reported.
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