Summer 2007

Fox Star Studios are coming up with its new futuristic Sci-Fi thriller, Babylon A.D., inspired by a French novel 'Babylon Babies' by Maurice Georges Dantec. Lead actors are Vin Diesel, Michelle Yeoh and prominent French actress, Melanie Thierry. Other notable actors in the movie include Lambert Wilson and Mark Strong The movie has been directed by Mathieu Kassovitz ('Gothika', Cannes-winning 'La Haine' fame), one of the leading film makers to emerge from France in the last ten years, and the adapted screenplay has been co-written by Kassovitz and Eric Besnard over a period of five years.

Babylon A.D. is a futuristic thriller about genetic manipulation set in the not-too-distant future. Vin Diesel has given a powerful performance as a ruthless mercenary. There in the film, he is a killer for hire in a bleak and starkly oppressive world who takes on an assignment which will change him forever and alter the course of history. He has to smuggle an exceptional young woman (Melanie Thierry) and her guardian (Michelle Yeoh) from a convent in Eastern Europe to New York City. The stakes couldn’t be higher and the risks are enormous. Set in the future, the planet is an effective war zone.

Kassovitz has hired the best action teams and stunt coordinators to make the action sequences look completely out of this world. Adding to the charm is the fact that Vin Diesel ('xXx', 'Fast And The Furious fame') is an established action hero in Hollywood and Michelle Yeoh ('Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon', ' The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor', 'Sunshine' fame), an international star in her own right is an acclaimed martial arts performer.

The Indian distributor of the film, Fox Star Studios, is a joint venture between International production house Twentieth Century Fox and Asian media company Star to produce local language films in Asia for worldwide distribution and for the distribution of movies produced by Fox Studios, USA. The joint venture has been set up with a vision to become a one-stop shop that encompasses film acquisition, development, marketing, production and distribution in India. Apart from producing Bollywood and Indian regional films, Fox Star Studios India will also build a national theatrical distribution footprint which is supposed to enhance capabilities in the home entertainment and digital media platforms in India while also leveraging Fox Theatrical Network's global distribution strength across 44 countries worldwide.

Fox Star Studios' Babylon Ad Actor Vin Diesel

Fox Star Studios' Babylon Ad Actor Vin Diesel