Arabian Nights

March 9, 2010 by Seth
Filed under: Film

Source: THR

Liam Hemsworth, who is co-starring in Disney’s Miley Cyrus weepie “The Last Song,” is jumping into action-movie territory with “Arabian Nights.”

The actor is in negotiations to star in Inferno Entertainment’s 3D adventure directed by Chuck Russell. Inferno’s Bill Johnson is producing with Mark Ciardi and Gordon Gray of Mayhem Pictures. ROAR also is producing.

Written by Russell and Barry P. Ambrose, the period epic centers on a young commander (Hemsworth) who, after his king is murdered in a coup, joins forces with Sinbad, Ali Baba and the Genie from the magic lamp to rescue the queen, Scheherazade.

An end-of-summer shoot is being eyed.

Hemsworth, repped by ROAR, was a relative unknown who, apart from the buzz he is generating from “Song,” appeared in last year’s “Knowing.”

The deal also puts Hemsworth into territory now being tread by his brother Chris Hemsworth, who is in production as the title character in the Marvel superhero action fantasy “Thor.”

Inferno is planning a year-end shoot for “The Grey,” an action project to star Bradley Cooper and to be directed by Joe Carnahan. The company is coming off the Sundance premiere of comedy “The Kids Are All Right” and the Berlin premiere of thriller “The Experiment.”