Priyanka Chopra has been hogging the headlines ever since her so-called romance with Nick Jonas has been plastered all over the place. The biggest most recent news has been the one where she walked out of Salman Khan's ambitious Bharat, where she was the female lead. Director Ali Abbas Zafar, in his tweet confirming her exit, hinted at her marriage to Nick Jonas. However, people close to her and who has known her working style, didn't believe that the National-award winning actress would walk out of a big film mere days before the shoot, just to get married. While speculations are still on. something happened that makes us wonder if Nick Jonas was even the reason for her exit from Bharat. It might have something to do with Chris Pratt.

Yes, the very Chris Pratt who mesmerised us in the TV series Parks and Recreation and of course, in big-ticket movies like Guardians of the Galaxy series, Avengers: Infinity War and the Jurassic World series. As per a report in The Hollywood Reporter, Priyanka Chopra has been signed as the main female lead in Chris Pratt's upcoming movie, Cowboy Ninja Viking. It is touted as a big budget movie that is directed by Michelle MacLaren of Game of Thrones fame.

As per THR, Cowboy Ninja Viking is about - "Based on the Image Comics graphic novel by AJ Lieberman and illustrator Riley Rossmo, the story revolves around a counter-intelligence unit formed by psychotherapist Dr Sebastian Ghislain, who transforms agents known as Triplets, a reference to multiple personalities. Pratt is playing a formidable agent with the fighting skills and personalities of a cowboy, a ninja, and a Viking." Priyanka will play his romantic interest. Apparently, many A-list actresses were vying for the role, however, Priyanka's screentest with Pratt made everyone involved happy.

The movie is scheduled to release on June 28, 2019, which you can say is quite close to the release of Bharat, that is coming out on Eid 2019.

Known in the West for her lead role in the TV series Quantico, Priyanka Chopra also acted in Hollywood movies like Baywatch, A Kid Like Jake and the upcoming Isn't It Romantic?

Meanwhile, closer home, Salman Khan and Ali Abbas Zafar have found a replacement for Priyanka Chopra in Katrina Kaif. Priyanka, meanwhile, is currently shooting for Bollywood film The Sky is Pink, that stars Farhan Akhtar and Zaira Wasim

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