Xie Miao, the star of “The Furious,” will take the lead in a martial-arts crime thriller set in the United States for Stars Collective. The project places the actor at the centre of an action-led story with an American setting.

Stars Collective is also pursuing a separate screen project drawn from nonfiction. It has secured an option on “Fortunate Sons: The 120 Chinese Boys Who Came to America, Went to School, and Revolutionized an Ancient Civilization” and is developing an adaptation with Oscar winner Donna Gigliotti.

Gigliotti’s credits include “Silver Linings Playbook,” “Hidden Figures” and “Shakespeare in Love.” The book adaptation and the Xie vehicle represent distinct strands of the company’s development work: a nonfiction-based screen project and a martial-arts crime thriller.

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The supplied material does not identify the thriller’s title, director, supporting cast, budget, production timetable or release plans. It also provides no further details about Xie’s character or the story.

Editor’s note: The available material supports only a brief report. Additional project details would require further sourcing.