Merrick again...

Yesterday we posted an article about a movie called NOMAD. With a budget of $40 million, it’s the most expensive movie ever made in Kazakhstan & will be released via The Weinstein Company. You can read that article HERE.

The Kazakh government is unhappy with the way it’s portrayed in Sacha Baron Cohen's forthcoming BORAT movie, and is hoping NOMAD will create a better impression of the nation for moviegoers everywhere. However, the project will likely confound STAR TREK fans expecting to see a thermos sized floating killbot snuffing out anything that gets in its way.

Tom wrote in with two links we thought might be of interest. You can glimpse the first few moments of NOMAD HERE. Solid enough production values, with opening title music vaguely reminiscent of passages from 1984’s DUNE. Also, Tom says there’s a trailer available through the film’s official Russian website [HERE]. I’ve been unable to load this site beyond its splash page…so I can’t comment on this.

Interestingly, the film features several actors American audiences may well recognize, including the terrific Jay Hernandez, Mark Dacascos, and Jason Scott Lee.

As some Talkbackers have pointed out, no matter how warranted the Kazakh response to BORAT – it’s difficult to imagine a period piece set hundreds of years ago will send the desired message about contemporary Kazakhstan.

What do you folks think?