Priyanka Chopra to star alongside Orlando Bloom in survival thriller film Reset starting this August

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Priyanka Chopra just hit play on her boldest Hollywood move yet.

And she's bringing Orlando Bloom along for the ride.

This August, cameras roll on Reset — a survival thriller she's not just starring in… she's producing it too.

The plot? Pure goosebumps. 🌲

A woman wakes up alone in the middle of the wilderness.

No memory. No map. No idea how she got there.

Civilization is days away.

Survival is the only language left.


🎬 But here's the bigger story

Priyanka isn't waiting for Hollywood to write her a great part anymore.

She's writing them herself.

At Cannes Lions, she got refreshingly real about why she launched her own production house.

👉 "When I came to America, I wanted more work which had me as a lead… parts I don't think a lot of studios imagined an Indian actor doing."

So she stopped asking.

And started building.


⚡ The mindset that's powering all of this

Her words hit different:

  • 🔥 "I'm very ambitious, and if I'm said no to, I want to do it even more."
  • 🧠 "There's a glass ceiling set for most women in entertainment. You just have to do it yourself."
  • 💬 "I can make mistakes. I'm human. I don't get everything right."

That last one is the quiet superpower.

Vulnerability as strategy.


🌊 And she's not slowing down

Right now, she's deep inside one of the most ambitious Indian films ever attempted — SS Rajamouli's Varanasi, opposite Mahesh Babu, hitting Dolby Cinema worldwide in April 2027.

Think wild animal sets, mythological scale, and a director who turned RRR into a global phenomenon.

The moment that wraps?

She flies straight into the wilderness for Reset, directed by Matt Smukler.


🚀 The pattern nobody's talking about

Look closely.

A homegrown Telugu epic on one side.

A Hollywood survival thriller on the other.

Both with her as the lead.

One of them she's bankrolling herself.

This isn't an actress chasing roles anymore.

This is a producer building a runway.

A platform.

A seat at a table that never had her name on it.

And she said exactly why:

"I want to be the shoulders for entertainers and creators to jump off, because I created a platform and I know how hard it is."

Glass ceilings don't break themselves.

Sometimes you just hand someone a hammer… and start swinging.

That's all for now!