Mumbai: Riding on waves of success after her critically and commercially acclaimed performance in Sanjay Leela Bhansali's directorial “Gangubai Kathiawadi”, Alia Bhatt is now set to make her Hollywood debut in Netflix spy thriller “Heart of Stone”.
She will be seen alongside “Wonder Woman” Gal Gadot.
The film will be helmed by Tom Harper, from a script penned by Greg Rucka and Allison Schroeder, the OTT streaming platform made the announcement on Tuesday.
“Starting our day by announcing (and SCREAMING!!!) that @aliaabhatt is going to be starring in Heart of Stone, an International spy thriller along with @gal_gadot and @jamiedornan," Netflix said.
Alia Bhatt also shared an article from Deadline Hollywood confirming the report: “EXCLUSIVE: Marking english language debut in a major studio, Bollywood star Alia Bhatt has joined Gal Gadot and Jamie Dornan in Netflix's international spy thriller 'Heart of Stone' from Netflix and Skydance”.
Gadot too, announced her association with the project by sharing a few behind-the-scene images and captioned: "Rachel Stone. Nice to meet you. Heart Of Stone."
The producer credits will be shared between Skydance's David Ellison, Dana Goldberg, and Don Granger, along with Mockingbird's Bonnie Curtis and Julie Lynn, and Pilot Wave's Gal Gadot and Jaron Varsano while Patty Whitcher, Tom Harper and Greg Rucka will handle executive production.
The details of the plot and Alia Bhatt's role in the film are currently under wraps, though according to the official statement the film revolves around Rachel Stone (Gadot) an intelligence operative, the only woman who stands between her powerful, global, peace-keeping organization and the loss of its most valuable — and dangerous — asset.
Alia is currently moving forward with a jam packed schedule and is set hit the big screen with films, including "RRR" by S.S Rajmouli, "Brahmastra" by Ayan Mukerji, "Darling" by Jasmeet K Reen and "Rocky Aur Rani Ki Prem Kahani" by Karan Johar. (UNI)
