New Delhi, Feb 23 (IANS) Late British actor Alan Rickman’s final film as an actor, “Eye in The Sky”, will release in India on March 18.
Rickman, who carved out a niche for himself with his distinctive screen presence and voice, was best known for playing Professor Severus Snape in the Harry Potter film series and terrorist Hans Gruber in “Die Hard”. He died on January 14, earlier this year at the age of 69.
Directed by Gavin Hood, the film also stars Helen Mirren, Aaron Paul, Barkhad Abdi among others, read a statement.
“Eye in The Sky” follows a secret drone mission headed by Katherine Powell (Helen Mirren) who plays a Britain based military officer set out to stop terrorists in Kenya from conducting further suicide bombing missions. However, things go haywire when a 9-year-old girl enters the kill zone and the officer and her team have to make a tough choice to tackle this sensitive situation.
The film will be released in India by Pictureworks.