Filming in October: Sylvester Stallone and Jackie Chan Team Up in Ex-Baghdad

Sylvester Stallone and Jackie Chan team up in the military action flick "Ex-Baghdad". The feature film will be produced by Chan's SR Media production company. This is the first time the two actors will star opposite of each other in a film.

The $80 million action thriller will be directed by Scott Waugh (Act of Valor and Need For Speed). Jackie Chan will star as a private security contractor who uncovers a conspiracy surrounding a Mosul-based oil company. He will team up with a former Marine, played by Stallone, to save the day. Filming to take place on location in US, Beijing and Abu Dhabi starting on or around October 2017. Scroll down for production details.

Project Synopsis:

When a China-run oil refinery is attacked in Mosul, Iraq, a Chinese private security contractor (Jackie Chan) is called in to extract the oil workers. He learns, however, that the attackers’ real plan is to steal a fortune in oil, and teams up with an American former Marine (Sylvester Stallone) to stop them. SR Media P: +86 10 84186300 F: +86 10 84186672 E: ******.********@**********.com / Join FTIA for Full Access Additional production contact information available to Film & Television Industry Alliance Members. Join FTIA and get full access to more than 1,500 major film and tv projects currently in pre-production and active development.