A Renny Harlin Film

October 24, 2009 - Val Kilmer is off globetrotting again. This time he's in Russia working on a new film also starring Andy Garcia.  The film will depict the latest chapter in a cultural battle between Russia and Georgia that took place in August 2008. 

The movie, titled Georgia, tells the story of an American journalist, portrayed by British actor Rupert Friend , who arrives in Georgia after a stint in Iraq to pursue a scoop that there may be an armed conflict in the Caucasus. Media from Georgia, report Val will be playing the role of a Dutch journalist covering the war.

According to the local production manager, Tamuna Liluashvili, the film will help the international community “know what really happened and make sure it doesn’t happen again”. 

Kilmer shared with us that he was excited to work with Finnish director, Renny Harlin who has directed blockbuster films such as Die Hard 2 and Cliffhanger. This will be the second film that Harlin and Kilmer have worked together on.  In 2004 Harlin directed Kilmer in the thriller, Mindhunters.

This film is due out in the Spring of 2010  

Tales of an Ancient Empire

Editors Note: Kilmer's name is no longer one of the actors listed on the TALES official wesbiste, the following statement was made 12-27-09, regarding this change:

"Val Kilmer's appearance in TALES has not yet been resolved. We removed his name for that reason." Cynthia Curnan, Writer/Exec Prod "Tales of an Ancient Empire"

It is being reported that Kilmer has signed on to play the part of 'Rollo' in the new action film Tales of an Ancient Empire.

Along with Kilmer, Steven Seagal is in the final stages of signing on.  Kilmer's buddy Curtis '50 Cent' Jackson is also in negotiations to play the part of 'Tariq', which would make this the second film Val and 50 Cent have been in together.  Their first film was Streets of Blood also starring Sharon Stone, where they met and became great friends. Kilmer and Jackson are currently filming Guns.

The film is expected to be finished and have its industry premiere at AFM, which runs November 4th-11th this year.

In addition to DVD sales, the distributor Pyun is in talks with is eying a limited theatrical run with the initial cities likely to include Austin, Chicago, San Diego, San Francisco, Honolulu, Seattle, and Atlanta.