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

The mastermind behind RRR, the unimaginable blast of a Tollywood blockbuster that precipitated a global 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 manner the world over in his subsequent movie, seemingly probably 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 have a look at the film, which admittedly is such a tease; we’re left somewhat confounded however excited by it. I imply, a bike revs up on some historical ruins, with pans that don’t reveal Babu’s search for the movie. The anticipation is killing us as a result of, in between pictures of areas of an epic scale, smooth 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 might be a globetrotting motion journey. It’s going to be a sort of James Bond or Indiana Jones movie with Indian roots,” the director stated in a quote shared by The Hindustan Times. That’s positively the vibe we bought from this teaser, and we’re already seated if we’re getting a kick-ass Bond-meets-Jones spy hero, served in an RRR-model 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 primarily based 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 referred to as Globetrotter touts a primary reveal in November of 2025, and we hope that’s on a global 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 be taught extra.

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