site.btaBulgarian Actress Maria Bakalova to Star in Sylvester Stallone’s Balboa Productions Film

Bulgarian actress Maria Bakalova, who was an Oscar nominee in 2021 for her role in Borat Subsequent Movie Film, is set to star in the action-comedy My Masterpiece for Sylvester Stallone and Braden Aftergood’s Balboa Productions, Variety announced on Friday. 

Cassandra Brooksbank will make her feature directorial debut from a script by Jason Hellerman. The Veterans and CAA Media Finance will introduce the film to buyers at Cannes this week. According to the official description, My Masterpiece follows a hitwoman hellbent on dismantling an unfair system within her industry, but she gets stuck on the second floor of an office building after she takes vengeance on a corporate overlord. That means she has to fight her way through fellow murderers and her past to ensure justice prevails. If all goes well, this might just be her masterpiece.

Production is expected to begin in fall 2023 in Canada. 

After her breakthrough role in Borat Subsequent Movie Film, Bakаlоva has had starring roles in the comedy Bodies Bodies Bodies and the coming-of-age drama Fairyland. She also  became one of the newest additions to the Marvel cinematic universe as the voice of Cosmo the Spacedog in The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special and Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3.