Exclusive: Sony Pictures International Productions has acquired worldwide distribution rights to The Calm Beyond, a survivalist thriller that premiered in competition at the 2020 Adelaide Film Festival. This is the feature directorial debut of the late Joshua Wong, the award-winning commercials and shorts director, who tragically lost his battle with cancer in December 2020.
From a story by Wong and Heather Gornall, and a script penned by Gornall, The Calm Beyond stars Kara Wang as Asha, one of the few survivors living in Hong Kong after climate change has devastated the city and left it a dark and dangerous place.
Before his passing, Wong said of The Calm Beyond, “while being a survival film at its core, it’s really about living with trauma and picking up the pieces of a broken life. How do you live after the storms of your life have hit?”
Wong added that...
From a story by Wong and Heather Gornall, and a script penned by Gornall, The Calm Beyond stars Kara Wang as Asha, one of the few survivors living in Hong Kong after climate change has devastated the city and left it a dark and dangerous place.
Before his passing, Wong said of The Calm Beyond, “while being a survival film at its core, it’s really about living with trauma and picking up the pieces of a broken life. How do you live after the storms of your life have hit?”
Wong added that...
- 6/28/2021
- by Nancy Tartaglione
- Deadline Film + TV
Survivalist drama was directed by Joshua Wong, who died in December 2020.
Sony Pictures International Productions has acquired worldwide rights to survivalist thriller The Calm Beyond, the feature directorial debut of the late Joshua Wong.
Kara Wang from the upcoming Top Gun: Maverick, and Goliath, stars as Asha, one of the few survivors living in Hong Kong after climate change has devastated the city.
Heather Gornall wrote the screenplay from a story by Wong. Speaking before his death from cancer last December, Wong said, “While being a survival film at its core, it’s really about living with trauma and picking...
Sony Pictures International Productions has acquired worldwide rights to survivalist thriller The Calm Beyond, the feature directorial debut of the late Joshua Wong.
Kara Wang from the upcoming Top Gun: Maverick, and Goliath, stars as Asha, one of the few survivors living in Hong Kong after climate change has devastated the city.
Heather Gornall wrote the screenplay from a story by Wong. Speaking before his death from cancer last December, Wong said, “While being a survival film at its core, it’s really about living with trauma and picking...
- 6/28/2021
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: La-based Endless Media and Hong Kong’s The Laundromatte are prepping sci-fi series Invasian, based on the short film from writer/director Joshua Wong. The English-language project’s development has been fast-tracked and plans are to shoot in Hong Kong when coronavirus stoppages have eased. Producers are Endless’ Najeeb Khuda and Gavin Lurie with Joshua Wong and Sofaye Wong of The Laundromatte. Check out the short film’s teaser below.
Invasian kicks off after a mysterious signal is transmitted through cellular devices across Hong Kong, subduing and immobilizing the population, and leaving only a group of ragtag kids — with no phones — and a bunch of technophobic senior citizens to rally together against the robot invasion.
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Invasian kicks off after a mysterious signal is transmitted through cellular devices across Hong Kong, subduing and immobilizing the population, and leaving only a group of ragtag kids — with no phones — and a bunch of technophobic senior citizens to rally together against the robot invasion.
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- 4/15/2020
- by Nancy Tartaglione
- Deadline Film + TV
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