A Korean adaptation of psychological thriller Marrowbone is in production and being introduced to buyers at the EFM by K-Movie Entertainment.
The Secret House (working title) is based on the 2017 English-language Spanish film by Sergio G. Sanchez, which starred Anya Taylor-Joy, George MacKay, Charlie Heaton and Mia Goth, and premiered at Toronto. Sanchez is also known for writing J.A. Bayona’s The Orphanage and The Impossible.
The Korean version will mark the second feature of director Park Sang-min, whose satirical comedy I Haven’t Done Anything played New York Asian Film Festival and Tallinn in 2022.
The cast is led by...
The Secret House (working title) is based on the 2017 English-language Spanish film by Sergio G. Sanchez, which starred Anya Taylor-Joy, George MacKay, Charlie Heaton and Mia Goth, and premiered at Toronto. Sanchez is also known for writing J.A. Bayona’s The Orphanage and The Impossible.
The Korean version will mark the second feature of director Park Sang-min, whose satirical comedy I Haven’t Done Anything played New York Asian Film Festival and Tallinn in 2022.
The cast is led by...
- 2/17/2024
- ScreenDaily
At the Moment is a taiwanese series directed by Lien Yi-Chi, Ray Wu, Pin-Chuan Kao, Norris Wong, and Remii Huang.
Today, on Friday, we are introduced to this pleasant yet bittersweet and realistic Taiwanese series about the lives of individuals who, while sharing apartments, lives, spaces, and situations, have much more in common than it seems: they all want to feel that “something more” in this world that, seemingly, wants to deny it.
At the Moment is a series that excels in its photographic quality and manages a dynamic and lively pace in a series that goes beyond being a typical sitcom, putting the camera and waiting for the characters to develop: it is filmed like a cinematic piece, carefully considering each shot and framing, the positioning of light, and more, with great respect for the viewer.
Thematically, it quickly liberates itself from its romantic comedy tone and takes the...
Today, on Friday, we are introduced to this pleasant yet bittersweet and realistic Taiwanese series about the lives of individuals who, while sharing apartments, lives, spaces, and situations, have much more in common than it seems: they all want to feel that “something more” in this world that, seemingly, wants to deny it.
At the Moment is a series that excels in its photographic quality and manages a dynamic and lively pace in a series that goes beyond being a typical sitcom, putting the camera and waiting for the characters to develop: it is filmed like a cinematic piece, carefully considering each shot and framing, the positioning of light, and more, with great respect for the viewer.
Thematically, it quickly liberates itself from its romantic comedy tone and takes the...
- 11/10/2023
- by Alice Lange
- Martin Cid - TV
The concept that the West, and particularly Europe and the US are some kind of heaven, has been a prevalent one in Asia since time immemorial. At the same time, though, the people who have actually taken the leap do realize that this is not always the case, with a number of movies actually highlighting the fact, with “Everybody's Gotta Love Sometimes” being one of the latest. “My Heavenly City” also moves in the same path, presenting three stories that highlight both the good and the bad of Asians living in the US, and particularly New York City.
Heavenly City will start screening in UK cinemas on 10th November, courtesy of Trinity CineAsia
In the first story, Taiwanese Mavis Fang was supposed to be writing her doctoral dissertation but she decided to take a break to deal with “personal issues”, as she deals with loneliness, depression and a sense of not fitting in,...
Heavenly City will start screening in UK cinemas on 10th November, courtesy of Trinity CineAsia
In the first story, Taiwanese Mavis Fang was supposed to be writing her doctoral dissertation but she decided to take a break to deal with “personal issues”, as she deals with loneliness, depression and a sense of not fitting in,...
- 11/1/2023
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
Giddens Ko is responsible for some of the best works we have seen coming out from Taiwan during the last decade, with “You are the Apple of My Eye”, “Mon Mon Mon Monsters” and “The Tenants Downstairs” being the most prominent samples. For his latest work, “Miss Shampoo”, he tries his hand in an intense genre mashup that includes elements of crime, comedy, romance and drama.
Miss Shampoo is screening at New York Asian Film Festival
East Asian humor frequently has to do with hair, and so having an (assistant) hairdresser as the protagonist seems a good idea for the comedy aspect. This is Fen, who apprentices in a hair salon when, one stormy night, Tai, a wounded gang underboss, rushes into the shop, stabbed, in order to avoid his pursuers. Fen does not give him away, and Tai, who has become the boss of his gang after the former one was murdered,...
Miss Shampoo is screening at New York Asian Film Festival
East Asian humor frequently has to do with hair, and so having an (assistant) hairdresser as the protagonist seems a good idea for the comedy aspect. This is Fen, who apprentices in a hair salon when, one stormy night, Tai, a wounded gang underboss, rushes into the shop, stabbed, in order to avoid his pursuers. Fen does not give him away, and Tai, who has become the boss of his gang after the former one was murdered,...
- 7/24/2023
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
Giddens Ko directs the Taiwanese gangster comedy romance.
South Korean outfit Barunson E&a has secured international sales rights to its first non-Korean film – Miss Shampoo, a Taiwanese gangster comedy romance directed by Giddens Ko – and will launch sales at the Cannes market.
Barunson E&a, which also has Kim Jee-woon’s Cobweb playing Out of Competition at Cannes, has international sales rights to Miss Shampoo excluding theatrical rights for Taiwan, which remain with production company Machi Xcelsior Studios, Southeast Asia (Clover Films) and Hong Kong.
The film stars Daniel Hong of Bad Education alongside Vivian Sung and Kai Ko, who...
South Korean outfit Barunson E&a has secured international sales rights to its first non-Korean film – Miss Shampoo, a Taiwanese gangster comedy romance directed by Giddens Ko – and will launch sales at the Cannes market.
Barunson E&a, which also has Kim Jee-woon’s Cobweb playing Out of Competition at Cannes, has international sales rights to Miss Shampoo excluding theatrical rights for Taiwan, which remain with production company Machi Xcelsior Studios, Southeast Asia (Clover Films) and Hong Kong.
The film stars Daniel Hong of Bad Education alongside Vivian Sung and Kai Ko, who...
- 5/17/2023
- by Jean Noh
- ScreenDaily
“We 12,” a movie featuring the entire group of 12 Mirror Canto-pop stars is part of the expanding production slate of Makerville, the talent and production arm of Hong Kong telecoms and TV group Pccw.
The development is paralleled by an expansion of the production operations of Viu, Pccw’s multi-territory video streamer which recently confirmed its profitability.
Makerville is the talent agency behind Mirror, which was created in 2018 through the “Good Night Show – Kingmaker” talent show on ViuTV, a Pccw terrestrial channel. And it was able to put all the band members on stage Wednesday at a promotional event within the FilMart rights market in Hong Kong.
Few details of the “We 12” film have yet been disclosed other than its screenwriter Bobo Cheung, director Berry Ho and producer George King. Sources close to Pccw say that it is being fully-financed by the group and could be completed by the end of the year.
The development is paralleled by an expansion of the production operations of Viu, Pccw’s multi-territory video streamer which recently confirmed its profitability.
Makerville is the talent agency behind Mirror, which was created in 2018 through the “Good Night Show – Kingmaker” talent show on ViuTV, a Pccw terrestrial channel. And it was able to put all the band members on stage Wednesday at a promotional event within the FilMart rights market in Hong Kong.
Few details of the “We 12” film have yet been disclosed other than its screenwriter Bobo Cheung, director Berry Ho and producer George King. Sources close to Pccw say that it is being fully-financed by the group and could be completed by the end of the year.
- 3/15/2023
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: MakerVille, the recently launched entertainment subsidiary of Hong Kong media group Pccw, is set to make a splash at Filmart, unveiling an ambitious slate of movies and premium series, following its debut feature Mad Fate, which had its world premiere at Berlin film festival.
Lofai Lo, MakerVille’s CEO and former General Manager of Pccw’s free-to-air channel ViuTV, sat down with Deadline to talk through the slate and outline the company’s production strategy. In addition to movies with international appeal, which Hong Kong has long been known for, he aims to put local creators on the map with a slate of high-end Cantonese and Mandarin-language TV series that can travel beyond Hong Kong.
“We produce around 2,000 hours of programming a year for ViuTV, and while most is targeted at the local market, it’s allowed us to create an incubator structure where we can experiment with new ideas,...
Lofai Lo, MakerVille’s CEO and former General Manager of Pccw’s free-to-air channel ViuTV, sat down with Deadline to talk through the slate and outline the company’s production strategy. In addition to movies with international appeal, which Hong Kong has long been known for, he aims to put local creators on the map with a slate of high-end Cantonese and Mandarin-language TV series that can travel beyond Hong Kong.
“We produce around 2,000 hours of programming a year for ViuTV, and while most is targeted at the local market, it’s allowed us to create an incubator structure where we can experiment with new ideas,...
- 3/14/2023
- by Liz Shackleton
- Deadline Film + TV
Author-director Giddens Ko (“You Are the Apple of My Eye”) returned to Golden Horse Award-winning form in 2021 with “Till We Meet Again”, a movie adaptation of his best-selling novel “God of Love”. Ko cleverly refreshes the run-of-the-mill romance genre with an infusion of local mythology about life and death. Ko reimagines his underworld as a chaotic dystopian realm, more frightening for its bureaucratic red tape and glitchy It when dealing with an overpopulation of human souls awaiting either reincarnation or eternal damnation. Traditional deities like Yama the King of Hell, his ghostbuster sidekicks Ox-Head and Horse-Face as well as the usual host of demons (including cameos by Sadako and Toshio) are not who they seem.
Kai Ko turns in an endearing performance as the happy-go-lucky Ah Lun. He suffers an untimely death, has amnesia and faces a choice to either reincarnate as a snail or join the underworld’s matchmaking...
Kai Ko turns in an endearing performance as the happy-go-lucky Ah Lun. He suffers an untimely death, has amnesia and faces a choice to either reincarnate as a snail or join the underworld’s matchmaking...
- 11/27/2022
- by Suzie Cho
- AsianMoviePulse
Laha Mebow became the first woman from Taiwan to win the best director prize for ‘Gaga’.
Taiwanese family drama Coo-Coo 043 won best film and Hong Kong crime drama Limbo picked up the most prizes at the Golden Horse Awards in Taiwan on Saturday night (November 19) as Hong Kong cinema made a grand return winning nine awards.
The prizes were quite evenly distributed this year, with no single film sweeping the 59th edition of the annual ceremony, which was held at the Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall in Taipei.
Scroll down for list of winners
Chan Ching-lin’s feature debut Coo-Coo 043, set...
Taiwanese family drama Coo-Coo 043 won best film and Hong Kong crime drama Limbo picked up the most prizes at the Golden Horse Awards in Taiwan on Saturday night (November 19) as Hong Kong cinema made a grand return winning nine awards.
The prizes were quite evenly distributed this year, with no single film sweeping the 59th edition of the annual ceremony, which was held at the Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall in Taipei.
Scroll down for list of winners
Chan Ching-lin’s feature debut Coo-Coo 043, set...
- 11/20/2022
- by Silvia Wong
- ScreenDaily
The West has a tendency to lump horror from East and Southeast Asia into one basic but limiting category. Because of this, someone might write off an entire continent’s contributions to the genre based solely on a few popular movies with similar plots and executions. However, Eric Khoo’s series Folklore highlights — not to mention celebrates — the differences that make each episode’s depicted culture so unique. That’s not to say there isn’t an overall theme here. This anthology show emphasizes a commonality among its stories; every tale of terror draws from the supernatural. More specifically, each self-contained episode is based on a local custom, myth or superstition. And as the second season demonstrates with both flair and potency, defying the past and ignoring tradition has serious consequences.
Like other anthology series, there is no specific order when watching the episodes. Skipping around is surely an option,...
Like other anthology series, there is no specific order when watching the episodes. Skipping around is surely an option,...
- 10/7/2022
- by Paul Lê
- bloody-disgusting.com
Boy group singers Keung To and Anson Kong to star in two of the films.
Singapore’s mm2 Asia is ramping up production across Asia and in the US, with five films scheduled for release in 2023 as audiences return to theatres after the pandemic.
The titles include Yu Sen-i’s New York-set drama My Heavenly City and Nate Ki’s Hong Kong suspense horror Back Home. They will respectively star Keung To and Anson Kong from popular Hong Kong boy group Mirror.
Angelin Ong, general manager for North Asia at mm2 Asia, said the raft of upcoming features marked a...
Singapore’s mm2 Asia is ramping up production across Asia and in the US, with five films scheduled for release in 2023 as audiences return to theatres after the pandemic.
The titles include Yu Sen-i’s New York-set drama My Heavenly City and Nate Ki’s Hong Kong suspense horror Back Home. They will respectively star Keung To and Anson Kong from popular Hong Kong boy group Mirror.
Angelin Ong, general manager for North Asia at mm2 Asia, said the raft of upcoming features marked a...
- 7/12/2022
- by Silvia Wong
- ScreenDaily
Chinese-owned streaming platform iQiyi added its first Thai original series and two additional shows from Taiwan to its slate of content destined for markets outside mainland China.
The additions were revealed Thursday as part of the Hong Kong FilMart rights market being held virtually this year for the third time.
The Thai series is “KinnPorsche,” a ‘boys love’ action series starring Mile Phakphum Romsaithong (“Ladytwenty” and “Khamin Rak Kap Poon”) and Apo Nattawin Wattanagitiphat (“Chart Suer Pun Mungkorn” and “Pra Teap Rak Hang Jai”).
The Taiwanese productions, “Lesson in Love” and “Oh No! Here Comes Trouble” are both set in high school. “Lesson in Love” stars Edward Chen (“Your Name Engraved Herein”) as a student who harbors feelings for a teacher played by Ann Hsu (“The Victims’ Game” and “Tag Along”). The cast also features Hsueh Shih Ling, aka rapper MC40.
Fantasy comedy, “Oh No! Here Comes Trouble,” stars Tseng...
The additions were revealed Thursday as part of the Hong Kong FilMart rights market being held virtually this year for the third time.
The Thai series is “KinnPorsche,” a ‘boys love’ action series starring Mile Phakphum Romsaithong (“Ladytwenty” and “Khamin Rak Kap Poon”) and Apo Nattawin Wattanagitiphat (“Chart Suer Pun Mungkorn” and “Pra Teap Rak Hang Jai”).
The Taiwanese productions, “Lesson in Love” and “Oh No! Here Comes Trouble” are both set in high school. “Lesson in Love” stars Edward Chen (“Your Name Engraved Herein”) as a student who harbors feelings for a teacher played by Ann Hsu (“The Victims’ Game” and “Tag Along”). The cast also features Hsueh Shih Ling, aka rapper MC40.
Fantasy comedy, “Oh No! Here Comes Trouble,” stars Tseng...
- 3/17/2022
- by Rebecca Souw
- Variety Film + TV
Singapore-based distributor and producer Clover Films has partnered with Taiwan’s Machi Xcelsior Studios for the worldwide theatrical rights (except Taiwan and South Korea) to Giddens Ko’s “Till We Meet Again.”
The film is a fantasy romance starring Kai Ko (“You Are The Apple Of My Eye”), Gingle Wang (“Detention”) and Vivian Sung (“Our Times”) that recently garnered eleven nominations at the Golden Horse Film Awards.
The producers will retain the rights in Taiwan. Hive Filmworks will be handling the theatrical rights in Korea. The movie, produced for a budget of $3.5 million, has been dated for release on 24 November in Taiwan.
Clover has long been a leading distributor of commercial Asian movies in both Singapore and Malaysia. It has also produced several titles in the same two territories. Taking the vastly wider package of rights outside the producer territory (and Korea) is a new step.
“We are not aiming...
The film is a fantasy romance starring Kai Ko (“You Are The Apple Of My Eye”), Gingle Wang (“Detention”) and Vivian Sung (“Our Times”) that recently garnered eleven nominations at the Golden Horse Film Awards.
The producers will retain the rights in Taiwan. Hive Filmworks will be handling the theatrical rights in Korea. The movie, produced for a budget of $3.5 million, has been dated for release on 24 November in Taiwan.
Clover has long been a leading distributor of commercial Asian movies in both Singapore and Malaysia. It has also produced several titles in the same two territories. Taking the vastly wider package of rights outside the producer territory (and Korea) is a new step.
“We are not aiming...
- 10/9/2021
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
The CAAMFest presented among its short film program also the second film by Taiwanese director Keff. As in “Secret Lives of Asians at Night” (2019), he focuses again on characters living in the shadow of society. “Taipei Suicide Story” is a love story and, at the same time, a cynical reflection on contemporary times. The middle-length short won the Grand Jury Prize Award and the Audience Award at this year’s Slamdance Festival.
The entrance of the hotel is not spectacular. No one can tell what kind of place it is exactly. Yet, its concept is unique. People come here to die. They book a room and have the choice between several suicide methods. The staff provides the necessary tools, be it razor blades, drugs for an overdose or a rope for a hanging. Some of the methods are more popular than others, also for the staff that needs to clean up after the guest.
The entrance of the hotel is not spectacular. No one can tell what kind of place it is exactly. Yet, its concept is unique. People come here to die. They book a room and have the choice between several suicide methods. The staff provides the necessary tools, be it razor blades, drugs for an overdose or a rope for a hanging. Some of the methods are more popular than others, also for the staff that needs to clean up after the guest.
- 5/15/2021
- by Teresa Vena
- AsianMoviePulse
Fantasy adventure, which also stars Vivian Sung and Gingle Wang, is adapted from the director’s novel God Of Love.
Taiwanese director Giddens Ko is reuniting with actor Kai Ko in a new whimsical romance, Till We Meet Again, which is being positioned as a summer blockbuster by producer-distributor Machi Xcelsior Studios.
The film also stars popular actresses Vivian Sung (Our Times) and Gingle Wang (Detention). Kai Ko starred in Giddens Ko’s You Are The Apple Of My Eye, which was a huge hit in Taiwan and across the region in 2011.
Till We Meet Again is adapted by Ko,...
Taiwanese director Giddens Ko is reuniting with actor Kai Ko in a new whimsical romance, Till We Meet Again, which is being positioned as a summer blockbuster by producer-distributor Machi Xcelsior Studios.
The film also stars popular actresses Vivian Sung (Our Times) and Gingle Wang (Detention). Kai Ko starred in Giddens Ko’s You Are The Apple Of My Eye, which was a huge hit in Taiwan and across the region in 2011.
Till We Meet Again is adapted by Ko,...
- 3/16/2021
- by Silvia Wong
- ScreenDaily
Midi Z was born in 1982 in Burma as a son of a cook and a doctor. At the age of 16, he moved to Taiwan and in 2011 he renounced his Burmese citizenship. In the same year he shot, directed and produced his first feature film “Return to Burma”, a story about the shift in his home country after the presidential elections of 2010. Over the course of his career, he has made five feature films and three documentaries, which have screened at international festivals. Among the awards Midi Z has received are a Taipei Film Award for Best Director and the Fedeora Award for Best Film at the Venice International Film Festival for his fourth feature “Road to Mandalay”. His most recent feature “Nina Wu” has received much critical acclaim and has been released in many countries.
On the occasion of the cinematic release of “Nina Wu” in Germany in September 2020 we...
On the occasion of the cinematic release of “Nina Wu” in Germany in September 2020 we...
- 8/1/2020
- by Rouven Linnarz
- AsianMoviePulse
Psychological thriller “Nina Wu” by Taiwan-based Burmese writer and director Midi Z, was premiered in the “Un Certain Regard” section of Cannes Film Festival. Midi Z has proven before to be a fine and meticulous storyteller, enriching his narration with nuances, planting small significant details. This personal style well fits “Nina Wu” and its Hitchkockian development.
Nina Wu (Ke-Xi Wu) left Taichung 8 years ago following, like many girls, her dream of an acting career in the big city of Taipei. Despite her efforts, in all those years Nina has collected only a handful of minor roles as extra in indie movies or commercials and she’s resorted to moonlighting as a cam-girl. One day, the long-awaited audition arrives; it’s for a Cold War era spy-noir movie, “Romance of the Spies” and Nina’s agent warns her that she must be prepared to perform a full frontal nudity and explicit sex scenes.
Nina Wu (Ke-Xi Wu) left Taichung 8 years ago following, like many girls, her dream of an acting career in the big city of Taipei. Despite her efforts, in all those years Nina has collected only a handful of minor roles as extra in indie movies or commercials and she’s resorted to moonlighting as a cam-girl. One day, the long-awaited audition arrives; it’s for a Cold War era spy-noir movie, “Romance of the Spies” and Nina’s agent warns her that she must be prepared to perform a full frontal nudity and explicit sex scenes.
- 3/28/2020
- by Adriana Rosati
- AsianMoviePulse
"I don't care if it's natural or not. This is a movie." Film Movement has debuted the official Us trailer for Nina Wu, made in Taiwan by a Myanmar-born filmmaker. It premiered in the Un Certain Regard section at the Cannes Film Festival last year. After toiling for years in bit-parts, aspiring actress Nina Wu finally gets her big break with a leading role in a spy thriller set in the 1960s. The part, which calls for nudity and explicit sex scenes, is made all the more challenging thanks to the director's unending belittlements. Can Nina fight against the odds in life and stand undefeated? Or is it just real life that no one can escape from endless hardships? The mesmerizing, stylized thriller is reminiscent of Mulholland Drive and Black Swan lead by an incredible lead performance. Also stars Vivian Sung, Yu-Chiao Hsia, Li-Ang Chang, ...
- 2/28/2020
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Eight years after her move to Taiwan, Nina Wu (Wu Ke-Xi) finally gets the audition she needs to jump-start her career: “Romance of the Spies,” a 1960s-era spy noir. To her discomfort, after exclusively working on short films and small projects, this glamorous new role calls for full frontal nudity and explicit sex scenes, including a threesome. As Nina acclimates to the bizarre world of the film set, in which comfort and safety are deprioritized in favor of art, she also grapples with family illness, the return of an old flame (Vivian Sung), and the mysterious recurrence of a menacing figure who haunts her dreams (Kimi Hsia).
Continue reading ‘Nina Wu’: Midi Z’s Lukewarm Take On The #MeToo Era Film Set [Cannes Review] at The Playlist.
Continue reading ‘Nina Wu’: Midi Z’s Lukewarm Take On The #MeToo Era Film Set [Cannes Review] at The Playlist.
- 5/21/2019
- by Caroline Tsai
- The Playlist
In the world of film buffs, (teen) rom coms are considered among the films with the lowest quality as a genre, since they are usually tear-jerkers that aim at benefitting from their protagonists’ looks and popularity more than anything else, in order to become commercial successes. And although I do not object to the aforementioned, I have to admit that I have a soft spot for these movies, and since “Take Me to the Moon” is a great sample of the category, I feel no shame in stating that I really enjoyed it. Let us take things from the beginning, though.
Take Me to the Moon screened at 8th Annual San Diego Asian Film Festival Spring Showcase
In a story that combines the teen rom-com with time travelling, we meet Cheng-hsiang in 2017, a corporate employee who feels that something is missing in his life. When his work brings him to Japan,...
Take Me to the Moon screened at 8th Annual San Diego Asian Film Festival Spring Showcase
In a story that combines the teen rom-com with time travelling, we meet Cheng-hsiang in 2017, a corporate employee who feels that something is missing in his life. When his work brings him to Japan,...
- 3/30/2019
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
The Mandarin-language film is written by and stars Wu Kexi.
The Road To Manderlay director Midi Z has wrapped the $2m psychological thriller Nina Wu which is inspired by the Harvey Weinstein scandal and the launch of the #metoo movement.
Based on a screenplay by his muse Wu Kexi, the star of Midi Z’s four previous features, Nina Wu is a Mandarin-language psychological thriller and the first film by the Myanmar-born, Tawian-based filmmaker to shoot in Taiwan.
Wu plays a young woman who moves to the city to realise her dreams in the entertainment industry but is struck by...
The Road To Manderlay director Midi Z has wrapped the $2m psychological thriller Nina Wu which is inspired by the Harvey Weinstein scandal and the launch of the #metoo movement.
Based on a screenplay by his muse Wu Kexi, the star of Midi Z’s four previous features, Nina Wu is a Mandarin-language psychological thriller and the first film by the Myanmar-born, Tawian-based filmmaker to shoot in Taiwan.
Wu plays a young woman who moves to the city to realise her dreams in the entertainment industry but is struck by...
- 11/29/2018
- by Silvia Wong
- ScreenDaily
Celebrated indie director Midi Z has begun post-production on “Nina Wu,” a fictional film inspired by the Harvey Weinstein scandal and the #MeToo movement. Adopting the tone of a psychological thriller, the film examines the difficulties faced by women working in the film industry.
Z, whose real name is Chao Te-yin, was born in Myanmar of Chinese parents, but renounced his Burmese citizenship in 2011 and took Taiwanese nationality instead. After previous films that include “Return to Burma,” “Road to Mandalay,” and Myanmar-set documentary “14 Apples,” “Nina Wu” is Z’s first feature made in Taiwan.
The film was written by actress Wu Ke-Xi, and stars Wu, Vivian Sung and Kimi Hsia. The story involves an aspiring actress who is humiliated by a director, abandoned by her agent and hampered by an assistant. Having fled to the country, she is confronted with a series of mysterious incidents which seem to be connected...
Z, whose real name is Chao Te-yin, was born in Myanmar of Chinese parents, but renounced his Burmese citizenship in 2011 and took Taiwanese nationality instead. After previous films that include “Return to Burma,” “Road to Mandalay,” and Myanmar-set documentary “14 Apples,” “Nina Wu” is Z’s first feature made in Taiwan.
The film was written by actress Wu Ke-Xi, and stars Wu, Vivian Sung and Kimi Hsia. The story involves an aspiring actress who is humiliated by a director, abandoned by her agent and hampered by an assistant. Having fled to the country, she is confronted with a series of mysterious incidents which seem to be connected...
- 11/29/2018
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
Hello Mr. Billionaire continued its domination at China's box office with $66 million in its second weekend, pushing the comedy well past the locally symbolic 1 billion yuan mark ($146 million) for a massive 10-day cume of $296 million.
The film, loosely based on Universal's 1985 Richard Pryor vehicle Brewster's Millions, has overcome mixed reviews and negative social media commentary, as well as a new controversy surrounding its lead actress Vivian Sung.
A clip has emerged of the Taiwanese-born Sung claiming that her "favorite country [was] Taiwan." The clip comes from a 2015 interview, was unearthed last week,...
The film, loosely based on Universal's 1985 Richard Pryor vehicle Brewster's Millions, has overcome mixed reviews and negative social media commentary, as well as a new controversy surrounding its lead actress Vivian Sung.
A clip has emerged of the Taiwanese-born Sung claiming that her "favorite country [was] Taiwan." The clip comes from a 2015 interview, was unearthed last week,...
Hello Mr. Billionaire continued its domination at China's box office with $66 million in its second weekend, pushing the comedy well past the locally symbolic 1 billion yuan mark ($146 million) for a massive 10-day cume of $296 million.
The film, loosely based on Universal's 1985 Richard Pryor vehicle Brewster's Millions, has overcome mixed reviews and negative social media commentary, as well as a new controversy surrounding its lead actress Vivian Sung.
A clip has emerged of the Taiwanese-born Sung claiming that her "favorite country [was] Taiwan." The clip comes from a 2015 interview, was unearthed last week,...
The film, loosely based on Universal's 1985 Richard Pryor vehicle Brewster's Millions, has overcome mixed reviews and negative social media commentary, as well as a new controversy surrounding its lead actress Vivian Sung.
A clip has emerged of the Taiwanese-born Sung claiming that her "favorite country [was] Taiwan." The clip comes from a 2015 interview, was unearthed last week,...
Total box office in July reached new heights with $912m.
Just halfway through the summer holidays, a second Chinese blockbuster was born. Following the huge success of Dying To Survive, Hello Mr Billionaire raked in $127.3m from its three-day opening weekend in the period of Jul 23-29, not far from the former’s four-day debut on $190.1m.
Mainly thanks to these two strong titles, along with Skyscraper, Hidden Man and new opener Detective Dee: The Four Heavenly Kings, the total box office in July reached new heights with $912m, representing a new record for the month of July of all time.
Just halfway through the summer holidays, a second Chinese blockbuster was born. Following the huge success of Dying To Survive, Hello Mr Billionaire raked in $127.3m from its three-day opening weekend in the period of Jul 23-29, not far from the former’s four-day debut on $190.1m.
Mainly thanks to these two strong titles, along with Skyscraper, Hidden Man and new opener Detective Dee: The Four Heavenly Kings, the total box office in July reached new heights with $912m, representing a new record for the month of July of all time.
- 7/30/2018
- by Silvia Wong
- ScreenDaily
The blockbuster opens 21% bigger than its predecessor.
Taking full advantage of the three-day Dragon Boat Festival holidays which began on Saturday, Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom raided the Chinese box office with $121.7m from its three-day opening weekend.
This represented the fourth highest three-day debut for an imported film and Universal’s second highest debut in China, behind The Fate Of The Furious. As its opening was about 21% bigger than that of its predecessor, it is expected to break a new record for the popular franchise.
Opening one week ahead of its North American premiere, Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom’s strong...
Taking full advantage of the three-day Dragon Boat Festival holidays which began on Saturday, Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom raided the Chinese box office with $121.7m from its three-day opening weekend.
This represented the fourth highest three-day debut for an imported film and Universal’s second highest debut in China, behind The Fate Of The Furious. As its opening was about 21% bigger than that of its predecessor, it is expected to break a new record for the popular franchise.
Opening one week ahead of its North American premiere, Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom’s strong...
- 6/18/2018
- by Silvia Wong
- ScreenDaily
On the occasion of his film, Take Me to the Moon, screening at the 8th Annual San Diego Asian Film Festival Spring Showcase, we speak with Hsieh Chun-Yi about the film, the 90’s, Chang Yu-sheng, Vivian Sung and Jasper Liu, rom-coms and other topics
Can you tell us about the path that led you to filmmaking? Did you have any studies in the field?
I studied in New York University Tisch School of Arts Asia, the campus is in Singapore. I graduated in 2012.
“Take Me to the Moon” combines the teen rom-com with time travelling. How did this approach came about?
The script writer is Birdy Fong. He is a huge fan of Chang Yu-sheng. He wrote this script several years ago and it won the Silver Prize in The 9th “Filming Taipei” Screenplay Competition in 2014.
The main theme of this story is about following your dreams and first love.
Can you tell us about the path that led you to filmmaking? Did you have any studies in the field?
I studied in New York University Tisch School of Arts Asia, the campus is in Singapore. I graduated in 2012.
“Take Me to the Moon” combines the teen rom-com with time travelling. How did this approach came about?
The script writer is Birdy Fong. He is a huge fan of Chang Yu-sheng. He wrote this script several years ago and it won the Silver Prize in The 9th “Filming Taipei” Screenplay Competition in 2014.
The main theme of this story is about following your dreams and first love.
- 6/8/2018
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
The first trailer for Take Me to the Moon stars Vivian Sung (Our Times) and Jasper Liu and looks to be a potentially delightful high school romance. Set in Taiwan and directed by Chung-yi Hsieh, the film is inspired by the song "Take Me to the Moon," a classic by Taiwanese singer Tom Chang, according to ScreenDaily. The story revolves around six friends who are in a band together during high school. After they graduate, they go their separate ways until a 10-year reunion. But then one of them is "suddenly transported back to 1997" and "given the chance to change everyone's fate." Take Me to the Moon will open in Taiwan on December 1 and in Hong Kong via Edko Films on December 7....
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- 11/15/2017
- Screen Anarchy
Titles include fourth entry in popular local franchise Ah Boys To Men and horror comedy Vampire Cleanup Department.
Singapore-based mm2 Entertainment has unveiled its new slate of titles, including Jack Neo’s Ah Boys To Men 4 and eight other titles with Hong Kong, Taiwan and Malaysia, all scheduled for release in 2017.
The fourth instalment of the Ah Boys To Men series is about Singapore army recruits who have to juggle between work and their reservist duties. The series is Singapore’s most successful franchise with a combined local box office of more than S$22m from the first three films.
mm2’s slate also includes two Taiwan-set titles, Hsieh Chun Yi’s romantic drama Take Me To The Moon, starring Vivian Sung, and youth comedy Turn Around by DoP-turned-director Chen Tapu; two horror films, Jeffrey Chiang’s Buyer Beware and Ghost’s Net by Hong Kong directors Wong Kwok Keung, Wong Kwok Fai and [link...
Singapore-based mm2 Entertainment has unveiled its new slate of titles, including Jack Neo’s Ah Boys To Men 4 and eight other titles with Hong Kong, Taiwan and Malaysia, all scheduled for release in 2017.
The fourth instalment of the Ah Boys To Men series is about Singapore army recruits who have to juggle between work and their reservist duties. The series is Singapore’s most successful franchise with a combined local box office of more than S$22m from the first three films.
mm2’s slate also includes two Taiwan-set titles, Hsieh Chun Yi’s romantic drama Take Me To The Moon, starring Vivian Sung, and youth comedy Turn Around by DoP-turned-director Chen Tapu; two horror films, Jeffrey Chiang’s Buyer Beware and Ghost’s Net by Hong Kong directors Wong Kwok Keung, Wong Kwok Fai and [link...
- 3/13/2017
- by screenasia@yahoo.com (Silvia Wong)
- ScreenDaily
Our Times
Directed by Yu Shan Chen
Screenplay by Yung-Ting Tseng
Taiwan, 2015
Our Times is a Taiwanese comedy/romance film directed by Yu Shan Chen (Frankie Chen). The film is a sweet as honey coming of age story that will appeal to those with a love of the standard will they or won’t they rom-coms, schmaltzy drama, and slapstick humour as well as those who get a kick out of 90’s nostalgia.
Truly Lin (Joe Chen) is a sad-sack 30-something, suffering through the doldrums of life in Taipei. Truly has an unfulfilling yet demanding job, gets ragged on by her underlings, and her boyfriend is a dick. Just as the audience starts to fully grasp Truly’s lowly existence, Our Times flashes back to her high-school life in the 90’s (where Truly is played by Vivian Sung). As a high-school student, Truly is young, vibrant, and bristling with enthusiasm...
Directed by Yu Shan Chen
Screenplay by Yung-Ting Tseng
Taiwan, 2015
Our Times is a Taiwanese comedy/romance film directed by Yu Shan Chen (Frankie Chen). The film is a sweet as honey coming of age story that will appeal to those with a love of the standard will they or won’t they rom-coms, schmaltzy drama, and slapstick humour as well as those who get a kick out of 90’s nostalgia.
Truly Lin (Joe Chen) is a sad-sack 30-something, suffering through the doldrums of life in Taipei. Truly has an unfulfilling yet demanding job, gets ragged on by her underlings, and her boyfriend is a dick. Just as the audience starts to fully grasp Truly’s lowly existence, Our Times flashes back to her high-school life in the 90’s (where Truly is played by Vivian Sung). As a high-school student, Truly is young, vibrant, and bristling with enthusiasm...
- 11/10/2015
- by Victor Stiff
- SoundOnSight
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