Saudi Arabia’s first Hollywood-style tentpole movie “ Desert Warrior ” is finally set to bow, following a long gestation, with a Zurich Film Festival world premiere on Sept. 28.

The period action epic with a hefty $150 million budget is helmed by British director director Rupert Wyatt (“Rise of the Planet of the Apes”) and features a top notch international cast led by “Captain America” star Anthony Mackie , Ben Kingsley, and Aiysha Hart (“Mogul Mowgli,” “Colette”).

The Zurich gala will be attended by the film’s talents, according to a statement.

Shot in 2021 in a scenic desert area around the site of the futuristic city of NEOM “Desert Warrior,” which is set in at a pre-Islamic 7th century Arabia when Saudi was made up of rival, feuding tribes forever at each other’s throats, has

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