A NEW production company has begun pre-production on a feature film to be shot in Cambodia with an estimated budget of US$70 million.

Producers planned to approach Angelina Jolie to play the female lead, and John Cena, a seven-time World Wrestling Entertainment champion and actor, to play the male lead.

Brooke Lewis and Vong Sokheng from The Phnom Penh Post just said.

Xinhua News Agency also published another story.

Jet Li, Angelina Jolie targeted for new movie in Cambodia

PHNOM PENH, Sept. 22 (Xinhua) — A famous Chinese action movie star Jet Li (Chinese name: Li Lianjie), and American movie actress Angelina Jolie are expected to be included in a new movie to be produced in Cambodia.

In a press conference held on Wednesday in Phnom Penh, Thomas Magyar, a project manager for the planned movie, and Tony Schiena, a project coordinator and a Hollywood star said the film they had planned to produce will be named as “Great Khmer Empire.”