Empires of the deep

Empires of the Deep is an unreleased Chinese-American 3D co-production film commissioned by Chinese magnate Jon Jiang to compete with Cameron's Avatar, and co-written by Randal Frakes. The direction has onto multiple directors, notable passed around from Jonathan Lawrence, to Michael French until Scott Miller respectively. The film is produced with a budget of over $100 million and is considered one of the most expensive joint productions between the United States and China in history and objectively the most expensive film to ever go unreleased to the public.

Greek mythical aqua-adventure epic based on Poseidon featuring the South China Sea, The story is centered on creatures fighting for power in the deep and unknown 80% of Earth's water also known as Oceans. Mermaids have reigned as the protectors of the Oceans since the creation of Earth but peace is ruined by betrayal and dark spirits of the deeps: the Reptils.

As of August 2023, there's only trailers for the crowdfunding publicly available. The vanity project of the Chinese magnate Jon Jiang remains unreleased, after almost one decade thru development hell, going through 4 directors, 3 main character actresses, 10 scriptwriters and with many of the acting, production and technical crews, with most reportedly being unpaid for their work.

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