World War II espionage drama “Operation Doolittle,” a China-U.S. co-production starring Edward Zhang, Casper Van Dien and Jeff Fahey, is heading to the Busan International Film Festival‘s Asian Contents & Film Market, where Cappu Films is presenting it to buyers as worldwide sales agent.
\n\nThe nine-part series, made up of 60-minute episodes, also stars Ning Chang (“Girls,” “The Soul”). Zhang’s credits include “Legend of the Demon Cat,” Van Dien’s include “Starship Troopers” and “Sleepy Hollow,” and Fahey has appeared in “Alita: Battle Angel” and “Lost.”
\n\nThe show spins a fictional intelligence story around the Doolittle Raid of 1942. It opens as an American intelligence officer, carrying secret plans for the bombing, is downed over a Japanese-occupied island near China’s southern coast. A Chinese agent working undercover inside the Japanese army teams up with a local military doctor to retrieve the plans, shield the operation and clear the way for Doolittle and his airmen to reach China.
\n\nCharacters speak English, Chinese and Japanese. The drama mixes battlefield action with a tale of conflicted allegiances and the dangers of undercover work in hostile territory.
\n\nZhao Jun, a longtime Chinese TV writer and producer, penned the series. Directing duties are shared by China’s…
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