The First Have a look at S.S. Rajamouli’s Subsequent Movie Is a Motorbiking, Spiked-Ball-Swinging Thriller

The mastermind behind RRR, the unbelievable blast of a Tollywood blockbuster that triggered a world craze, S.S. Rajamouli, is making his cinematic return. And whereas it’s not for the long-gestating sequel talk for RRR, the filmmaker guarantees a brand new icon set to hurry his method internationally in his subsequent movie, seemingly doubtlessly referred to as Globetrotter, starring Telugu film star Mahesh Babu.

In a clip posted to S.S. Rajamouli’s Instagram, we get an excellent mysterious first take a look at the film, which admittedly is such a tease; we’re left just a little confounded however excited by it. I imply, a motorbike revs up on some historic ruins, with pans that don’t reveal Babu’s search for the movie. The anticipation is killing us as a result of, in between photographs of places of an epic scale, modern motion, and a large swinging spiked ball (Indiana Jones‘ boulder discovered rolling itself again into its cave), the title playing cards promise a “new magnum opus driving quickly” and a full trailer we are able to’t appear to seek out! Don’t go to YouTube to attempt; you’ll discover a ton of AI-generated “notion” idea dupes masquerading as the real thing.

Again in 2022, throughout promotion for RRR, Rajamouli described the upcoming image as such: “My subsequent movie with Mahesh Babu will likely be a globetrotting motion journey. It’s going to be a sort of James Bond or Indiana Jones movie with Indian roots,” the director mentioned in a quote shared by The Hindustan Times. That’s undoubtedly the vibe we received from this teaser, and we’re already seated if we’re getting a kick-ass Bond-meets-Jones spy hero, served in an RRR-type multi-style seven-layer-cake deal with of a film. The paper additionally famous that Rajamouli’s father, KV Vijayendra, was penning the script. RRR was based mostly on a household story idea that mashed up two historic cultural Indian legends performed by N.T. Rama Rao Jr. and Ram Charan, however right here they channel motion spectacle that additionally feels a bit prefer it has Mission Impossible franchise potential.

The poster for what’s often called Globetrotter touts a primary reveal in November of 2025, and we hope that’s on a world scale.

Keep tuned right here at io9 for extra updates on Globetrotter… if that’s what the movie is even referred to as by the point we study extra.

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