Orlando in full bloom

The upcoming thriller S.M.A.R.T. Chase, featuring English actor Orlando Bloom and stars such as teenage actor Wu Lei, actress Xiong Dailin, veteran actor Ying Da, actress Liang Jing and Taiwan model-actress Hannah Quinlivan, will open in Chinese mainland theaters during this year's National Day holiday week. [Photo provided to China Daily]

The movie, set in Shanghai, is about a missing Chinese antique.

In the film, Bloom plays a private security agent leading his team, known as S.M.A.R.T. (Security Management Action Recovery Team), to locate the treasure.

Han Wei, president of Bliss Media and the movie's executive producer, says: "We've seen many Hollywood blockbusters hit Chinese screens. It makes us proud to see a Chinese movie go abroad now."

The Shanghai-based firm has close business ties with Hollywood, having previously distributed Mel Gibson's Hacksaw Ridge in China and co-financing the biographical drama Jackie starring Natalie Portman.

The producers say that the movie's overseas distribution rights have been sold to 45 countries and areas. And it will open across the Chinese mainland during this year's National Day holiday week from Oct 1 to 7.

For Bloom, 40, this film is his first role in a Chinese movie.