Disney’s Korean superhero thriller Moving heads the nominations for this year’s Asia Content Awards at Busan International Film Festival with nods in six categories, followed by Tencent Video’s The Long Season with five nods.
Moving picked up nominations for best creative, best writer (Kang Full), three acting categories and best visual effects. Crime thriller The Long Season was also nominated for best creative, along with best director (Xin Shuang), two acting categories and best visual effects.
Netflix’s The Glory and Delete, from Thailand’s Gdh 559 Company, also scored highly, racking up four nominations apiece (see full list below).
Busan’s awards to recognise streaming and TV content, now known as the Asia Content Awards and Global Ott Awards, recently joined forces with the International Ott Festival, hosted by Korea’s Ministry of Science and Ict and Busan Metropolitan City, to open up its nominations to global content.
Moving picked up nominations for best creative, best writer (Kang Full), three acting categories and best visual effects. Crime thriller The Long Season was also nominated for best creative, along with best director (Xin Shuang), two acting categories and best visual effects.
Netflix’s The Glory and Delete, from Thailand’s Gdh 559 Company, also scored highly, racking up four nominations apiece (see full list below).
Busan’s awards to recognise streaming and TV content, now known as the Asia Content Awards and Global Ott Awards, recently joined forces with the International Ott Festival, hosted by Korea’s Ministry of Science and Ict and Busan Metropolitan City, to open up its nominations to global content.
- 9/12/2023
- by Liz Shackleton
- Deadline Film + TV
Rebecca Lim, the Singaporean star of “This Land Is Mine,” “The Pupil” and the Asian adaptation of “The Bridge,” will lead the cast in creepy thriller “Confinement.” The film is to be directed by Kelvin Tong from February next year.
The story involves a pregnant painter who moves into her dream home and hires a confinement nanny. As the woman begins her one month in confinement, inexplicable incidents start mounting in the house, threatening both her and her young baby.
The production is led by Singapore-based distributor and producer Clover Films in partnership with Chinese streaming firm iQiyi and with the support of Singapore Film Commission. The project was unveiled on the first day of the Asia TV Forum and market in Singapore.
Estimated total budget is S1.2 million. Hong Kong’s Celestial Tiger Entertainment and Singapore-listed media conglomerate G.H.Y Culture & Media are on board as investors and will take presenter credits.
The story involves a pregnant painter who moves into her dream home and hires a confinement nanny. As the woman begins her one month in confinement, inexplicable incidents start mounting in the house, threatening both her and her young baby.
The production is led by Singapore-based distributor and producer Clover Films in partnership with Chinese streaming firm iQiyi and with the support of Singapore Film Commission. The project was unveiled on the first day of the Asia TV Forum and market in Singapore.
Estimated total budget is S1.2 million. Hong Kong’s Celestial Tiger Entertainment and Singapore-listed media conglomerate G.H.Y Culture & Media are on board as investors and will take presenter credits.
- 12/6/2022
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
Mirror singer and actor Anson Lo has joined the cast of Bizhan Tong’s upcoming action thriller Chungking Mansions. Billed as Hong Kong’s biggest zombie film ever, the Phoenix Waters Productions pic, in co-production with Amm Global and Salon Films Japan, has also added Hong Kong-Canadian actresses Selena Lee and Jeannie Chan, Korea’s Choi Si-Hun and Hong Kong actor Louis Cheung.
They join previously announced cast members including Japanese action star Rina Takeda and Singapore’s Desmond Tan and Rebecca Lim.
Chungking Mansions tells the story of a disparate group of people from across the globe who must climb the iconic Chungking Mansions building amidst a zombie outbreak in Hong Kong. Centered around an American seeking to rescue his pregnant wife, the action moves between people of all nationalities across the city who are undergoing their own journeys to survive.
Lo, who became the most Googled Hong Kong...
They join previously announced cast members including Japanese action star Rina Takeda and Singapore’s Desmond Tan and Rebecca Lim.
Chungking Mansions tells the story of a disparate group of people from across the globe who must climb the iconic Chungking Mansions building amidst a zombie outbreak in Hong Kong. Centered around an American seeking to rescue his pregnant wife, the action moves between people of all nationalities across the city who are undergoing their own journeys to survive.
Lo, who became the most Googled Hong Kong...
- 3/14/2022
- by Nancy Tartaglione
- Deadline Film + TV
Upcoming action thriller to be sold at Filmart.
Hong Kong singer Anson Lo has joined the cast of Bizhan Tong’s upcoming zombie thriller Chungking Mansions, which is being discussed with buyers at Filmart Online this week.
Lo is a member of popular boyband Mirror and previously starred in hit Bl series Ossan’s Love.
Further additions to the cast include Hong Kong-Canadian actresses Selena Lee and Jeannie Chan, Korean star Choi Si-Hun, and Hong Kong actor Louis Cheung. Davika Hoorne, known for Pee Mak, Thailand’s highest grossing film of all time, also joins the cast, taking over a...
Hong Kong singer Anson Lo has joined the cast of Bizhan Tong’s upcoming zombie thriller Chungking Mansions, which is being discussed with buyers at Filmart Online this week.
Lo is a member of popular boyband Mirror and previously starred in hit Bl series Ossan’s Love.
Further additions to the cast include Hong Kong-Canadian actresses Selena Lee and Jeannie Chan, Korean star Choi Si-Hun, and Hong Kong actor Louis Cheung. Davika Hoorne, known for Pee Mak, Thailand’s highest grossing film of all time, also joins the cast, taking over a...
- 3/14/2022
- by Michael Rosser
- ScreenDaily
Anson Lo, part of Hong Kong pop sensation Mirror, has joined the cast of “Chungking Mansions,” an ambitious zombie film that is currently in advanced preparation.
Alongside Lo, Hong Kong-Canadian actresses Selena Lee and Jeannie Chan, Korean star Choi Si-Hun, and Hong Kong actor Louis Cheung join the previously announced Japanese action star Rina Takeda and Singaporean actors Desmond Tan and Rebecca Lim.
Davika Hoorne, who previously starred in “Pee Mak,” Thailand’s highest grossing film of all time, will also join. She takes over a role previously assigned to Angel Locsin as the assistant to the American protagonist’s pregnant wife.
Directed by banker turned producer and director Bizhan Tong (“The Escort”), the film tracks a diverse group of people who, following a zombie attack, try to break into Chungking Mansions. The labyrinthine building was made famous in Wong Kar-wai’s “Chungking Express” and is arguably the richest cultural...
Alongside Lo, Hong Kong-Canadian actresses Selena Lee and Jeannie Chan, Korean star Choi Si-Hun, and Hong Kong actor Louis Cheung join the previously announced Japanese action star Rina Takeda and Singaporean actors Desmond Tan and Rebecca Lim.
Davika Hoorne, who previously starred in “Pee Mak,” Thailand’s highest grossing film of all time, will also join. She takes over a role previously assigned to Angel Locsin as the assistant to the American protagonist’s pregnant wife.
Directed by banker turned producer and director Bizhan Tong (“The Escort”), the film tracks a diverse group of people who, following a zombie attack, try to break into Chungking Mansions. The labyrinthine building was made famous in Wong Kar-wai’s “Chungking Express” and is arguably the richest cultural...
- 3/14/2022
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
Megaton Entertainment, an indie distribution and film sales firm, has picked up a pair of titles from Hong Kong production entities Amm Entertainment and Phoenix Waters. It is launching them at the American Film Market (AFM) this week.
Megaton is pre-selling “Chungking Mansions,” which it bills as the biggest zombie film in Hong Kong cinema history, and also as “ ’The Raid’ with zombies.” Directed by banker turned producer and director Bizhan Tong (“The Escort”), the film tracks a diverse group of people who, following a zombie attack, try to break into Chungking Mansions.
The building was made famous in Wong Kar-wai’s Chungking Express and is possibly the richest cultural melting pot in the predominantly Chinese city. Wong is reputed to have called it a “mass-populated and hyperactive place.”
Currently in pre-production, the film is set to employ a suitably diverse cast including: Japan’s Rina Takeda (“Attack on Titan...
Megaton is pre-selling “Chungking Mansions,” which it bills as the biggest zombie film in Hong Kong cinema history, and also as “ ’The Raid’ with zombies.” Directed by banker turned producer and director Bizhan Tong (“The Escort”), the film tracks a diverse group of people who, following a zombie attack, try to break into Chungking Mansions.
The building was made famous in Wong Kar-wai’s Chungking Express and is possibly the richest cultural melting pot in the predominantly Chinese city. Wong is reputed to have called it a “mass-populated and hyperactive place.”
Currently in pre-production, the film is set to employ a suitably diverse cast including: Japan’s Rina Takeda (“Attack on Titan...
- 11/2/2021
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
Japanese Action Star Rina Takeda Among Cast In Talks For Hong Kong Zombie Movie ‘Chungking Mansions’
Exclusive: Japanese action star Rina Takeda, Korean actress and model Go Joon-hee, Hong Kong actress Wiyona Yeung, and Singaporean actors Desmond Tan and Rebecca Lim are in discussions to join Hong Kong zombie movie Chungking Mansions.
Chungking Mansions tells the story of a disparate group of people from across the globe who must climb the iconic Chungking Mansions building amidst a zombie outbreak in Hong Kong.
The action-thriller will film primarily in English – the lead character is an American desperately striving to save his wife and child who are holed up in Chungking Mansions – but we’re told the film will feature a number of languages including Japanese, Cantonese, and Korean to reflect the multi-cultural nature of both the production and Chungking Mansions itself.
Go Joon-hee would play a high profile model attending the launch of a new fashion campaign when the outbreak occurs. Wiyona Yeung plays a wellness guru...
Chungking Mansions tells the story of a disparate group of people from across the globe who must climb the iconic Chungking Mansions building amidst a zombie outbreak in Hong Kong.
The action-thriller will film primarily in English – the lead character is an American desperately striving to save his wife and child who are holed up in Chungking Mansions – but we’re told the film will feature a number of languages including Japanese, Cantonese, and Korean to reflect the multi-cultural nature of both the production and Chungking Mansions itself.
Go Joon-hee would play a high profile model attending the launch of a new fashion campaign when the outbreak occurs. Wiyona Yeung plays a wellness guru...
- 9/6/2021
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: U.S. and international management firm Bohemia Group is partnering with Singapore’s top artist management company, The Celebrity Agency, and their roster of talent.
The partnership will see Bohemia rep actors including Zoe Tay (Unbeatables), Rebecca Lim (The Bridge), Desmond Tan (Derek), Chantalle Ng (My Star Bride), Zhang Ze Tong (A Jungle Survior) and James Seah (C.L.I.F 5).
The Celebrity Agency is under the umbrella of Singapore’s national media network and largest content creator, Mediacorp, which distributes across four languages with six channels and 11 radio stations across three million households.
Susan Ferris, founder of Bohemia Group explained: “This move is part of an ongoing objective to build a global network representing the best talent around the world. We are excited to be partnering with Mediacorp. This latest addition to our global family connects us to some incredible artists, and we are thrilled they have joined our curated family of talent.
The partnership will see Bohemia rep actors including Zoe Tay (Unbeatables), Rebecca Lim (The Bridge), Desmond Tan (Derek), Chantalle Ng (My Star Bride), Zhang Ze Tong (A Jungle Survior) and James Seah (C.L.I.F 5).
The Celebrity Agency is under the umbrella of Singapore’s national media network and largest content creator, Mediacorp, which distributes across four languages with six channels and 11 radio stations across three million households.
Susan Ferris, founder of Bohemia Group explained: “This move is part of an ongoing objective to build a global network representing the best talent around the world. We are excited to be partnering with Mediacorp. This latest addition to our global family connects us to some incredible artists, and we are thrilled they have joined our curated family of talent.
- 2/22/2021
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Malaysian based production company Double Vision dominated the National Level categories to become the production house with the most national wins across the board at the recent 2020 Asian Academy Creative Awards, Asia Pacific’s most prestigious award for creative excellence.
Its second season of the cross-border crime drama “The Bridge” and its reboot of one of Malaysia’s most iconic and longest-running sitcoms, “Kopitiam: Double Shot”, swept across 10 categories and Double Vision will now represent Malaysia to compete against 15 other countries at the regional level awards at the end of the year.
“The Bridge Season 2” which the first Asian adaptation of the original Swedish-Danish production of Hans Rosenfeldt’s Nordic noir crime television series captured national wins in the categories for Best Drama Series, Best Adaptation Of An Existing Format, Best Original Screenplay (Choong Chi-Ren), Best Actor In A Leading Role (Bront Palarae) and Best Actress In A Leading Role...
Its second season of the cross-border crime drama “The Bridge” and its reboot of one of Malaysia’s most iconic and longest-running sitcoms, “Kopitiam: Double Shot”, swept across 10 categories and Double Vision will now represent Malaysia to compete against 15 other countries at the regional level awards at the end of the year.
“The Bridge Season 2” which the first Asian adaptation of the original Swedish-Danish production of Hans Rosenfeldt’s Nordic noir crime television series captured national wins in the categories for Best Drama Series, Best Adaptation Of An Existing Format, Best Original Screenplay (Choong Chi-Ren), Best Actor In A Leading Role (Bront Palarae) and Best Actress In A Leading Role...
- 10/17/2020
- by Rouven Linnarz
- AsianMoviePulse
The first season of the Asian version of “The Bridge” was a very rewarding title that adapted the original quite well in an oriental setting. The second season, however, is on a whole other level, both as a production, as it adds an Indonesian axis to the Malaysian and Singaporean ones, and as a story, which is much more complex and intriguing.
“The Bridge Season 2” is available on Vue and HBO Asia
The story begins one year after the events of the first season and the rather dramatic ending to “The Truth Terrorist”-case. When a yacht registered in Singapore drifts ashore in Johor, the police are notified that inside lie the members of a family, all of which are murdered in ritualistic fashion, including the children. Serena’s division begins to handle the case but soon Indonesian authorities also get involved, with the presence of Salim, who is on...
“The Bridge Season 2” is available on Vue and HBO Asia
The story begins one year after the events of the first season and the rather dramatic ending to “The Truth Terrorist”-case. When a yacht registered in Singapore drifts ashore in Johor, the police are notified that inside lie the members of a family, all of which are murdered in ritualistic fashion, including the children. Serena’s division begins to handle the case but soon Indonesian authorities also get involved, with the presence of Salim, who is on...
- 9/5/2020
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
Multi-territory streaming platform Viu, and regional pay-tv operator HBO Asia Monday begin airing a second localized season of Endemol Shine Group’s crime series “The Bridge.” The Asian adaptation of Nordic noir “The Bridge” is produced by Viu in association with HBO Asia.
The 10-part Asian second season is directed by returning directors Tj Lee and Jason Chong, alongside Zahir Omar.
The new season will be uploaded one episode at a time in Viu’s 16 markets, and on HBO Asia’s network of channels and services across 24 Asian territories. These include HBO Go, HBO and HBO On Demand.
“This second season of ‘The Bridge’ introduces an Indonesian dimension to the Singapore/Malaysia adaptation which escalates the stakes and production value of the established series, making it bigger and better,” said Jessica Kam, head of HBO Asia original production, WarnerMedia Entertainment Networks & Sales, Southeast Asia, Pacific and China, in a prepared statement.
The 10-part Asian second season is directed by returning directors Tj Lee and Jason Chong, alongside Zahir Omar.
The new season will be uploaded one episode at a time in Viu’s 16 markets, and on HBO Asia’s network of channels and services across 24 Asian territories. These include HBO Go, HBO and HBO On Demand.
“This second season of ‘The Bridge’ introduces an Indonesian dimension to the Singapore/Malaysia adaptation which escalates the stakes and production value of the established series, making it bigger and better,” said Jessica Kam, head of HBO Asia original production, WarnerMedia Entertainment Networks & Sales, Southeast Asia, Pacific and China, in a prepared statement.
- 6/15/2020
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
Based on the homonymous Scandinavian noir crime series, which has already been remade in British-French, American and Russian settings, it was high time for an Asian adaptation, with the two countries involved this time being Malaysia and Singapore, in the first Malaysian TV show to be aired on HBO Asia .
The lights go out over the second link bridge between Malaysia and Singapore one night, while someone seems to have hacked all the camera systems, leaving no trace of how a body ended up exactly halfway between the two countries. Soon after the discovery, it is revealed that the split-in-half body actually belongs to two different women, leading up to a co-investigation between the international crime divisions of the two countries. Megat represents Malaysia and Serena Singapore, in a highly incompatible duo that is tasked with solving the murder. Megat is a father of three children, a daughter from his previous marriage,...
The lights go out over the second link bridge between Malaysia and Singapore one night, while someone seems to have hacked all the camera systems, leaving no trace of how a body ended up exactly halfway between the two countries. Soon after the discovery, it is revealed that the split-in-half body actually belongs to two different women, leading up to a co-investigation between the international crime divisions of the two countries. Megat represents Malaysia and Serena Singapore, in a highly incompatible duo that is tasked with solving the murder. Megat is a father of three children, a daughter from his previous marriage,...
- 5/29/2019
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
Rlje Films (Nasdaq: Rlje) will release 100 Yards on Digital and DVD on March 5, 2019. The film stars Sean Patrick Flanery (“Dexter”), Steven Brewis (“Tabloid”), Danielle Rayne (“Switched at Birth”) and Rebecca Lim (“The Pupil”). The film is the directorial debut of screenwriter Ross Campbell who co-directed with Dale Fabrigar (Lonely Boy). Rlje Films will release 100 Yards on DVD for an Srp of $27.97.
In 100 Yards, Rich Porter (Steven Brewis) had it all: talent, good looks and a bright future playing quarterback for an American football team…then tragedy struck. His mother goes missing while volunteering in a remote area of the Philippines, and Rich’s attempts to find her are in vain. Giving in to despair, he receives more bad news when he is diagnosed with cancer. Then, at the hospital, a young boy with the same condition and a compassionate nurse do their best to bring hope back to the ailing Rich.
In 100 Yards, Rich Porter (Steven Brewis) had it all: talent, good looks and a bright future playing quarterback for an American football team…then tragedy struck. His mother goes missing while volunteering in a remote area of the Philippines, and Rich’s attempts to find her are in vain. Giving in to despair, he receives more bad news when he is diagnosed with cancer. Then, at the hospital, a young boy with the same condition and a compassionate nurse do their best to bring hope back to the ailing Rich.
- 2/11/2019
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
HBO Asia has boarded a local remake of The Bridge. The pan-regional pay-tv broadcaster has struck a deal with Pccw and Vuclip-backed Svod service Viu to launch the adaptation, which takes place between Malaysia and Singapore in a raft of countries.
It will launch the ten-episode show on November 26, day-and-date, with Viu in Brunei, Cambodia, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Macau, Maldives, Mongolia, Myanmar, Palau, Papua New Guinea, the Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam.
The Asian version is produced by Double Vision and stars Bront Palarae, Rebecca Lim, Cheryl Samad and Tony Eusoff. The Bridge will be directed by Lee Thean-jeen and Jason Chong.
The deal, with Endemol Shine Group, marks the fifth local version of the crime drama, following remakes set in the U.S./Mexico, UK/France, Germany/Austria and Russia/Estonia.
Viu’s 10-episode version of the show will be set between Malaysia and...
It will launch the ten-episode show on November 26, day-and-date, with Viu in Brunei, Cambodia, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Macau, Maldives, Mongolia, Myanmar, Palau, Papua New Guinea, the Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam.
The Asian version is produced by Double Vision and stars Bront Palarae, Rebecca Lim, Cheryl Samad and Tony Eusoff. The Bridge will be directed by Lee Thean-jeen and Jason Chong.
The deal, with Endemol Shine Group, marks the fifth local version of the crime drama, following remakes set in the U.S./Mexico, UK/France, Germany/Austria and Russia/Estonia.
Viu’s 10-episode version of the show will be set between Malaysia and...
- 8/28/2018
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
An Asian adaptation of Endemol Shine’s Nordic detective series “The Bridge” is to be set up as an original production for Hong Kong-based streaming platform Viu. It will be shown across much of Asia in association with HBO Asia.
Viu is working with Malaysian production company Double Vision to deliver a Malaysia-Singapore localized, ten-episode adaptation of “The Bridge.” The retread sees a body found on the border of two countries, forcing an investigator from each country to work together to solve the case.
The Asian series will star Bront Palarae, Rebecca Lim, Cheryl Samad and Tony Eusoff. It will be directed by Lee Thean-jeen and Jason Chong.
The deal means that the Asian version will be available on multiple and overlapping platforms in the region. Viu, which is backed by Pccw and Vuclip, will play it on its channels, while HBO Asia, which has a 23 country footprint in the region,...
Viu is working with Malaysian production company Double Vision to deliver a Malaysia-Singapore localized, ten-episode adaptation of “The Bridge.” The retread sees a body found on the border of two countries, forcing an investigator from each country to work together to solve the case.
The Asian series will star Bront Palarae, Rebecca Lim, Cheryl Samad and Tony Eusoff. It will be directed by Lee Thean-jeen and Jason Chong.
The deal means that the Asian version will be available on multiple and overlapping platforms in the region. Viu, which is backed by Pccw and Vuclip, will play it on its channels, while HBO Asia, which has a 23 country footprint in the region,...
- 8/28/2018
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
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