Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) -- US filmmaker Lawrence Kasanoff, accompanied by members of Uzbekistan National Film Commission, visited Samarkand, Bukhara and Tashkent to select locations for his next film.

Kasanoff is planning to shoot a part of filming of a new Hollywood blockbuster in Uzbekistan. Uzbekistan National Film Commission assumed the responsibility for organizing the shooting process in the cities and will accompany the American film crew throughout the shooting days.

Lawrence Kasanoff is an American filmmaker who founded Lightstorm Entertainment with James Cameron and Threshold Entertainment. He is known for films such as Mortal Kombat, its sequel Mortal Kombat: Annihilation and its spin-off series Mortal Kombat: Defenders of the Realm and Mortal Kombat: Conquest and others.

As a producer or studio head, Kasanoff has been instrumental in the production of over 250 feature films.