A B Corp, the home banner of Amitabh Bachchan has entered a joint venture with Anil Ambani's Reliance Big Entertainment for film production.
"Four directors have been shortlisted for projects which will go on the floor begining 2008-end. A few other projects are at the consideration stage and will be announced shortly," Wing commander P Ramesh, CEO of A B Corp told PTI.
The four directors shortlisted are Chandraprakash Dwivedi, Rohan Sippy, Sujoy Ghosh and Balki.
Ramesh said that Reliance Big Entertainment and A B Corp are equal partners in the film production in terms of creative input and finance.
Asked whether the Bachchans would be acting in the film, Ramesh said, "Bachchan senior will feature in Dwivedi and Ghosh's films while Abhishek will act in Sippy's film. Both Abhishek and Amitabh will be seen together in Balki's film."
Ghosh is also considering Abhishek for his next project, he added.
In the subsequent movies to follow under A B Corp-Reliance Big Entertainment, the decision to cast Bachchans would be taken as per the demands of the script, Ramesh said.
Reliance Big Entertainment has recently announced that it will provide development funds to eight leading creative firms in Hollywood.
The tie-ups include the film production companies belonging to Hollywood icons like Steven Spielberg, Nicholas Cage, Brad Pitt, Tom Hanks, George Clooney, Jim Carrey among others.
The investment ranges from $1 million to $40 million per film. There will be 30 scripts in the next two years out of which ten will go into production, says a Reliance Big Entertainment spokesman.
The company has already announced a slate of 69 films in different languages which are in various stages of pre-production and will go on floors soon and some others which are slated for release this year.