Action film franchise Commando to be adapted into Disney+ Hotstar web-series

The action film franchise Commando, which saw Vidyut Jammwal in the role of Para SF Captain Karan Singh Dogra, is soon to be adapted into an OTT web-series for Disney+ Hotstar.

But maker Vipul Shah is planning to cast a fresh face to portray the character in the upcoming OTT series.

Commenting on the creation of the all-new show which also marks his second association with Disney+ Hotstar, Shah, a director and producer, said, “It's an absolute pleasure and joy to extend the action franchise Commando into the OTT world. The franchise has been very special because we launched the supremely talented Vidyut Jammwal and it went on to become one of the most successful action franchises."

"It will be very exciting as this is going to be another experiment with the same franchise, which has never happened in India. Commando as a film only has Vidyut Jammwal but OTT will launch a new Commando. Moreover, action is a genre that is pretty unexplored on OTT in India so in that sense, it will be a new thing for the OTT, so it will be fun to do that. I am super thrilled to associate with Disney+ Hotstar after Human as they are an amazing team with great vision," he added.

All the three films in the franchise — Commando: A One Man Army (2013), Commando 2: The Black Money Trail (2017) and Commando 3 (2019) — starred Jammwal. 

Disney+ Hotstar's content head Gaurav Banerjee is also excited to team up with Shah to reimagine the film franchise as a web-series.

Meanwhile, Jammwal was last seen in Khuda Haafiz: Chapter 2, the sequel to the 2020 film Khuda Haafiz, which was released directly on Disney+ Hotstar.