Empires of the Deep (partially found unreleased high-budget Chinese-American 3D action-adventure film; 2011)

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Status: Lost

Empires of the Deep is a film commissioned by chinese magnat Jon Jiang, the Chinese-American 3D co-production is co-written by Randal Frakes. The direction has passed around from Jonathan Lawrence, to Michael French until Scott Miller. Produced with a budget of over $100 million and is considered one of the most expensive joint productions between the United States and the People's Republic of China in history.^[1]

Premise

Greek mythical aqua-adventure epic based on Poseidon featuring the South China Sea, The story is centered on creatures fighting for power in the deep and unknown 80% of Earth's water also known as Oceans. Mermaids have reigned as the protectors of the Oceans since the creation of Earth but peace is ruined by betrayal and dark spirits of the deeps: the Reptils.^[2]

Availability

As of August 2023, theres only the trailer for the crowdfunding campaign 5 years later to be public shown. The vanity project of chinese magnat Jon Jiang remains unreleased, after almost one decade thru development hell, going through 4 directors, 3 main character actresses, 10 scriptwriters and with many of the acting, production and technical crews still unpaid. ^[3]