John turns producer

Considering nobody’s ready to put money on him, John Abraham is turning producer for his untitled dream project.

Whether its recession or John being no longer bankable, Studio 18 has backed off from producing his dream film. The film was to be directed by John’s good friend Sabal Shekhawat and at the last moment the production house backed out citing financial reasons. A source close to the actor revealed, “When John heard the script he was completely in awe, the film is a spy thriller and Sabal wanted the film to be on the lines of Mission Impossible. This, however, had the production costs hitting the roof.”

Sabal Shekhawat is a renowned ad filmmaker and is the man behind John’s break in the modelling industry. “Studio 18 wanted Sabal to cut down some of the costs, but Sabal did not want to compromise with the quality of the film. This being the reason behind them backing out of the project. They’ve termed it as a recessionary decision, saying during such times, it’s impossible for them to put in such finances for a film,” the source added.

A friend of the actor said, "John wants to do a franchise film, like The Bourne series by Matt Damon- an intelligent spy thriller. He has not been given a chance to explore this genre, and as everybody from Neil to Saif are doing such films, he does not want to miss the bus."

John, however, wasn’t going to let of such as opportunity considering his contemporaries are all raking in international recognition with multi-budget flicks. John has decided to produce the film himself and confirmed to the press, ‘Studio or no studio, the film will be made. I have complete faith in Sabal and at no point, will I let him down. I will always stand by him like I do with my directors. There is no question of the film not happening; it is very much on course.’

Let's hope the optimistic John has a good first innings in the producing world!