Anil Kapoor To Star In The Screen Adaptation Of Michel Faber’s Sci-Fi Novel
Anil Kapoor has been cast in the upcoming drama based on the sci-fi novel, The Book Of Strange New Things.
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By Monojit
After
Priyanka
Chopra
in
Quantico,
it's
time
for
another
Indian
actor
to
set
big
foot
in
Hollywood.
According
to
the
reports,
Slumdog
Millionaire
and
24
fame
actor
Anil
Kapoor
has
been
roped
in
for
an
important
role
in
Amazon's
upcoming
sci-fi
drama.
The
drama
has
been
inspired
and
based
on
the
Michel
Faber's
sci-fi
book
named
The
Book
of
Strange
New
Things.
Here,
the
Indian
actor
is
all
set
to
portray
the
character
ofVikram
Danesh,
the
senior
member
and
head
of
base
on
the
Oasis.
He
will
join
co-actors
like
Haley
Joel
Osment
and
Richard
Madden
in
this
drama.
The
story
revolves
round
a
priest,
who
is
sent
to
space
to
find
and
establish
new
colony
there.
But
in
the
process,
he
discovers
something,
which
not
only
puts
his
faith
to
test
but
change
the
whole
conception
of
life
as
we
know.
Kevin
MacDonald
will
helm
the
drama
with
Bridge
of
Spies
fame
Matt
Charman
in
the
production.
Apart
from
this,
Anil
Kapoor
has
also
starred
in
Mission
Impossible:
Ghost
Protocol.
But
his
international
fame
came
with
Danny
Boyle's
award-winning
movie
Slumdog
Millionaire.