I'm sure Shimmy will be happy to see it being done in India, but that doesn't mean it should be done, period.
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Douglas to Film New 'Romancing' Sequel in India
BOMBAY (Reuters) - Oscar-winner Michael Douglas (news) has signed up Indian film producers to shoot a sequel to the films that helped make him a big-screen star two decades ago.
Douglas, 61, will produce and star in "Racing the Monsoon," which will revolve around a diamond robbery in India and follow up on the pair of 1980s hits, "Romancing the Stone" and "Jewel of the Nile," India's Percept Picture Company said Tuesday.
Aishwarya Rai, a successful Bollywood actress who is now trying to crack Hollywood, is likely to play the female lead.
"This will be a Hollywood film, inspired by India, which will be shot here with a mostly Indian cast," said Shailendra Singh, managing director of Percept, which will co-produce the film with privately owned Sahara One Motion Pictures.
The film will be directed by Steven Carr, who shot "Daddy Daycare" and "Doctor Doolittle 2." Production is due to start by the end of 2005.
"Romancing the Stone" was a 1984 action film starring Kathleen Turner and Douglas. "Jewel in the Nile" featured the same pair a year later.
Douglas, who went on to take the Oscar for best actor for "Wall Street" a few years later, has since starred in "Basic Instinct" and "Traffic," among other movies.