Thai production and sales company Gdh 559 has lined up a Cannes slate that includes a trio of directorial feature debuts ready for release this year, following the smash hit box office success of How To Make Millions Before Grandma Dies.
Boss Kuno’s The Paradise of Thorns is set in Thailand’s mountainous north and revolves around a gay couple who have built a life together on a durian orchard. When one of them dies suddenly, the other must fight to reclaim the fruits of his love and labour as they are not legally married.
The cast is headed...
Boss Kuno’s The Paradise of Thorns is set in Thailand’s mountainous north and revolves around a gay couple who have built a life together on a durian orchard. When one of them dies suddenly, the other must fight to reclaim the fruits of his love and labour as they are not legally married.
The cast is headed...
- 5/16/2024
- ScreenDaily
When done well, found footage horror makes for one of the most immersive and unnerving viewing experiences. The inherent naturalism tends to make the horror feel more plausible and real. Found footage horror doesn’t need a huge budget or recognizable names among the cast to induce chills, either, and the lo-fi visuals only further add to the scares.
This week’s streaming picks are dedicated to found footage horror movies that excel with the format, delivering unsettling atmosphere and scares while making the most of their immersive, lo-fi aesthetics. Here’s where you can stream them this week.
For more Stay Home, Watch Horror picks, click here.
Banshee Chapter – Screambox, the Roku Channel, Tubi
Drawing inspiration from actual government hallucinogenic drug experiments and H.P. Lovecraft’s From Beyond, Blair Erickson’s feature debut is part found footage, part faux documentary. After her friend’s sudden disappearance, journalist Anne Roland...
This week’s streaming picks are dedicated to found footage horror movies that excel with the format, delivering unsettling atmosphere and scares while making the most of their immersive, lo-fi aesthetics. Here’s where you can stream them this week.
For more Stay Home, Watch Horror picks, click here.
Banshee Chapter – Screambox, the Roku Channel, Tubi
Drawing inspiration from actual government hallucinogenic drug experiments and H.P. Lovecraft’s From Beyond, Blair Erickson’s feature debut is part found footage, part faux documentary. After her friend’s sudden disappearance, journalist Anne Roland...
- 5/6/2024
- by Meagan Navarro
- bloody-disgusting.com
Welcome to Global Breakouts, Deadline’s fortnightly strand in which we shine a spotlight on the TV shows and films killing it in their local territories. The industry is as globalized as it’s ever been, but breakout hits are appearing in pockets of the world all the time and it can be hard to keep track… So, we’re going to do the hard work for you.
This week we’re featuring Taweewat Wantha’s Thai horror pic Tee Yod (aka Death Whisperer). A smash in its home market, it set an opening day record for the year in late October and has the distinction of being the first Thai film ever released in IMAX.
Name: Tee Yod (Death Whisperer)
Country: Thailand
Producers: Major Join Film, Bec World, M Studio
Distributor: M Pictures
For fans of: Shutter, Pee Mak, supernatural horror
Following quickly in the footsteps of another 2023 Thai horror hit,...
This week we’re featuring Taweewat Wantha’s Thai horror pic Tee Yod (aka Death Whisperer). A smash in its home market, it set an opening day record for the year in late October and has the distinction of being the first Thai film ever released in IMAX.
Name: Tee Yod (Death Whisperer)
Country: Thailand
Producers: Major Join Film, Bec World, M Studio
Distributor: M Pictures
For fans of: Shutter, Pee Mak, supernatural horror
Following quickly in the footsteps of another 2023 Thai horror hit,...
- 12/6/2023
- by Nancy Tartaglione
- Deadline Film + TV
Filmmakers had called for a boycott over the rule change.
The organisers behind Thailand’s Suphannahong National Film Awards have dropped a rule that would effectively disqualify independent features from nomination following a major backlash.
A recent rule change by the National Federation of Motion Pictures and Contents Associations (Mpc) stated that theatrical releases in five regions of Thailand and a minimum of 50,000 cinema admissions were required for a film to be considered for nomination. These regions include Bangkok, Chiangmai (the north), Chonburi (the east), Nakhon Ratchasima (the northeast) and Nakhon Si Thammarat (the south).
It meant that, earlier this week,...
The organisers behind Thailand’s Suphannahong National Film Awards have dropped a rule that would effectively disqualify independent features from nomination following a major backlash.
A recent rule change by the National Federation of Motion Pictures and Contents Associations (Mpc) stated that theatrical releases in five regions of Thailand and a minimum of 50,000 cinema admissions were required for a film to be considered for nomination. These regions include Bangkok, Chiangmai (the north), Chonburi (the east), Nakhon Ratchasima (the northeast) and Nakhon Si Thammarat (the south).
It meant that, earlier this week,...
- 3/31/2023
- by Silvia Wong
- ScreenDaily
Osaka Asian Film Festival (Oaff) 2023, which began on March 10, has finished its 10-day screening run on Sunday March 19 with the World Premiere of “Side by Side”, a magical-realist mystery drama, the second film as director from prolific screenwriter Ito Chihiro. The screening at Osaka came ahead of its nationwide release on April 14.
Before it was screened, the award ceremony was held and the results for each of the categories were announced.
The results of each award are below, beginning with the Grand Prix for films in the Competition section.
Osaka Asian Film Festival 2023 Award Winners ★ Grand Prix (Best Picture Award)
This award is given to the best film among the Competition films, as selected by the jury. The winner receives 500,000 yen. The Oaff 2023 Jury, comprised of directors Ho Cheuk Tin, Hsieh Pei-ju, and journalist Tsukinaga Rie, having viewed all 14 films in competition, decided as follows:
Winner | “Like & Share” | Indonesia...
Before it was screened, the award ceremony was held and the results for each of the categories were announced.
The results of each award are below, beginning with the Grand Prix for films in the Competition section.
Osaka Asian Film Festival 2023 Award Winners ★ Grand Prix (Best Picture Award)
This award is given to the best film among the Competition films, as selected by the jury. The winner receives 500,000 yen. The Oaff 2023 Jury, comprised of directors Ho Cheuk Tin, Hsieh Pei-ju, and journalist Tsukinaga Rie, having viewed all 14 films in competition, decided as follows:
Winner | “Like & Share” | Indonesia...
- 3/21/2023
- by Suzie Cho
- AsianMoviePulse
Leading Thai production and sales company Gdh 559 is introducing comedy drama Not Friends and twin sister story You & Me & Me to buyers at Filmart, produced respectively by award-winning directors Baz Poonpiriya and Banjong Pisanthanakun.
The new films mark the first time both renowned filmmakers have acted as producer for other directors.
Baz is the director of Thai box office hit Bad Genius and Sundance award-winning One For The Road, while Banjong is the filmmaker behind acclaimed horror The Medium and Pee Mak, which became Thailand’s highest grossing-film of all time when it was released in 2013.
Not...
The new films mark the first time both renowned filmmakers have acted as producer for other directors.
Baz is the director of Thai box office hit Bad Genius and Sundance award-winning One For The Road, while Banjong is the filmmaker behind acclaimed horror The Medium and Pee Mak, which became Thailand’s highest grossing-film of all time when it was released in 2013.
Not...
- 3/13/2023
- by Silvia Wong
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: UTA has signed South Korean filmmaker Na Hong-Jin in all areas, as well as his production company, Forged Films.
The director, producer, and screenwriter is best known for his 2016 horror thriller The Wailing, which debuted at Cannes. Fox International Productions and Ivanhoe Pictures co-produced and co-financed the pic, which grossed 16.5M at open, becoming Fox’s biggest launch in Korea.
The movie centers on the arrival of a mysterious old stranger in an otherwise quiet village. As rumors begin to spread about him, the villagers drop dead one by one, grotesquely killing each other for inexplicable reasons. When the daughter of the investigating officer falls under the same savage spell, he calls for a shaman to assist in finding the culprit.
Na’s other credits include the 2008 action romp The Chaser and the 2010 thriller Yellow Sea, starring Ha Jung-woo, Kim Yoon-seok, and Lee Yoo-Mi.
More recently, Na collaborated as...
The director, producer, and screenwriter is best known for his 2016 horror thriller The Wailing, which debuted at Cannes. Fox International Productions and Ivanhoe Pictures co-produced and co-financed the pic, which grossed 16.5M at open, becoming Fox’s biggest launch in Korea.
The movie centers on the arrival of a mysterious old stranger in an otherwise quiet village. As rumors begin to spread about him, the villagers drop dead one by one, grotesquely killing each other for inexplicable reasons. When the daughter of the investigating officer falls under the same savage spell, he calls for a shaman to assist in finding the culprit.
Na’s other credits include the 2008 action romp The Chaser and the 2010 thriller Yellow Sea, starring Ha Jung-woo, Kim Yoon-seok, and Lee Yoo-Mi.
More recently, Na collaborated as...
- 12/6/2022
- by Zac Ntim
- Deadline Film + TV
While other parts of Asia have been making horror movies for decades, Vietnam had a late start. Tales of non-war horror didn’t really begin to crop up until after the 20th century. Since then, Vietnam has been trying to catch up. There is indeed a learning curve to consider when watching V-horror; it’s a fairly new genre for many filmmakers. But as someone watches Screambox‘s latest acquisition, the aptly titled and now streaming Vietnamese Horror Story, it’s evident that Vietnam has a lot to offer in terms of unique cultural frights and thrills. Vietnamese Horror Story (Chuyện Ma Gần Nhà) uses not only a familiar format, but also a digestible one; Trần Hữu Tấn‘s movie is an anthology. The first of its kind in Vietnam.
In Vietnamese Horror Story, a group of friends shares ghost stories when the power goes out during a rainy night.
In Vietnamese Horror Story, a group of friends shares ghost stories when the power goes out during a rainy night.
- 11/17/2022
- by Paul Lê
- bloody-disgusting.com
Exclusive: Since the service was made available across the Asia Pacific region in 2016, Amazon Prime Video has focused on producing content in the markets where Amazon has a strong retail membership service – India, Japan and Australia. Based in Los Angeles, Erika North, Amazon Studios’ Head of Originals, Asia Pacific, has been tasked with expanding that local content footprint into other Apac territories.
North joined Amazon in February 2020 after similar stints heading production in the region for HBO Asia and Netflix. Although she helped build out local content in Australia and New Zealand, those territories are now handled by a separate team, while she focuses on Southeast Asia and Korea. She has also taken on Japan, previously headed by James Farrell, who was promoted to head of international originals in 2018 and moved to North America. (India is also handled by a separate team in line with Amazon’s structuring of global business divisions.
North joined Amazon in February 2020 after similar stints heading production in the region for HBO Asia and Netflix. Although she helped build out local content in Australia and New Zealand, those territories are now handled by a separate team, while she focuses on Southeast Asia and Korea. She has also taken on Japan, previously headed by James Farrell, who was promoted to head of international originals in 2018 and moved to North America. (India is also handled by a separate team in line with Amazon’s structuring of global business divisions.
- 10/13/2022
- by Liz Shackleton
- Deadline Film + TV
Initial slate of five series set to be unveiled in Busan.
Hong Kong filmmaker Peter Ho-Sun Chan has launched production company Changin’ Pictures with an initial slate of five titles that includes stars Donnie Yen and Zhang Ziyi.
The company will focus on content for streaming services and plans to roll out 20 limited series across various genres in its first four years across the Asia Pacific region.
It aims to sign up leading filmmakers and fresh talent from throughout the region to create drama projects for a pan-Asian audience and aims to work with platforms and co-production partners looking to...
Hong Kong filmmaker Peter Ho-Sun Chan has launched production company Changin’ Pictures with an initial slate of five titles that includes stars Donnie Yen and Zhang Ziyi.
The company will focus on content for streaming services and plans to roll out 20 limited series across various genres in its first four years across the Asia Pacific region.
It aims to sign up leading filmmakers and fresh talent from throughout the region to create drama projects for a pan-Asian audience and aims to work with platforms and co-production partners looking to...
- 10/4/2022
- by Michael Rosser
- ScreenDaily
Hong Kong filmmaker Peter Ho-sun Chan has launched a production company to focus on streaming content, Changin’ Pictures, with a debut slate of five projects and talent including action star Donnie Yen and Chinese actress Zhang Ziyi.
The new outfit aims to “revolutionize the streaming multiverse in Asia” by signing up leading filmmakers and fresh talent from across the region to create drama series for a pan-Asian audience and beyond. Chan also intends to collaborate with platforms and potential co-production partners who want to jump into Asia’s expanding streaming market.
Changin’ Pictures plans to roll out 20 limited series across various genres from across the Asia Pacific region in its first four years.
The first two projects on the slate are Korean series, both adapted from popular webtoons: One: High School Heroes, produced by Covenant Pictures (Desperate Mr. X), about a bullied high school kid who transforms himself into a...
The new outfit aims to “revolutionize the streaming multiverse in Asia” by signing up leading filmmakers and fresh talent from across the region to create drama series for a pan-Asian audience and beyond. Chan also intends to collaborate with platforms and potential co-production partners who want to jump into Asia’s expanding streaming market.
Changin’ Pictures plans to roll out 20 limited series across various genres from across the Asia Pacific region in its first four years.
The first two projects on the slate are Korean series, both adapted from popular webtoons: One: High School Heroes, produced by Covenant Pictures (Desperate Mr. X), about a bullied high school kid who transforms himself into a...
- 10/4/2022
- by Liz Shackleton
- Deadline Film + TV
Projects starring Donnie Yen and Zhang Ziyi are among the independently produced TV series to be launched on the sidelines of this week’s Busan International Film Festival. The company responsible is Changin’ Pictures, a would-be studio being hatched by Hong Kong-based film director and producer Peter Chan Ho-sun.
Propelled by the growing recognition of Asian talent and the worldwide distribution potential of multinational SVOD platforms, Changin’ Pictures aims to be a powerhouse production hub suppling premium drama content to streaming players.
The company has raised very substantial finance from Asian sources and aims to develop and produce series which it will pitch and license to the platforms, without recourse to the Ott companies’ production funding, greenlighting and editorial constraints.
The company expects to sign up a mix of Asia’s top-billing established filmmakers and fresh talents “to create innovative drama series for Pan-Asian netizens, with an eye to cross-cultural global assimilation.
Propelled by the growing recognition of Asian talent and the worldwide distribution potential of multinational SVOD platforms, Changin’ Pictures aims to be a powerhouse production hub suppling premium drama content to streaming players.
The company has raised very substantial finance from Asian sources and aims to develop and produce series which it will pitch and license to the platforms, without recourse to the Ott companies’ production funding, greenlighting and editorial constraints.
The company expects to sign up a mix of Asia’s top-billing established filmmakers and fresh talents “to create innovative drama series for Pan-Asian netizens, with an eye to cross-cultural global assimilation.
- 10/4/2022
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
Amazon Prime Video has announced its first slate of Southeast Asian local-language originals, including a trio of situational comedy improv shows, Comedy Island, across Indonesia, Thailand and the Philippines, and projects from local talents including Joko Anwar, Kamila Andini and Banjong Pisanthanakun.
The trio of comedy shows – Comedy Island: Indonesia, Comedy Island: Thailand and Comedy Island: Philippines – all involve famous comedians and other celebrities being stranded on a paradise island and are expected to start streaming in 2023.
In Thailand, the comedians must escape from a mysterious scientist who is trying to reprogram them; in Indonesia, they’re forced to take part in bizarre, role-playing games to amuse the local inhabitants; and in the Philippines, they’re trapped on a lost island that has reappeared and are competing for a life-changing prize. Indonesia’s Base Entertainment is producing the Indonesian and Filipino versions, while Liminal Productions is producing the Thai version.
The trio of comedy shows – Comedy Island: Indonesia, Comedy Island: Thailand and Comedy Island: Philippines – all involve famous comedians and other celebrities being stranded on a paradise island and are expected to start streaming in 2023.
In Thailand, the comedians must escape from a mysterious scientist who is trying to reprogram them; in Indonesia, they’re forced to take part in bizarre, role-playing games to amuse the local inhabitants; and in the Philippines, they’re trapped on a lost island that has reappeared and are competing for a life-changing prize. Indonesia’s Base Entertainment is producing the Indonesian and Filipino versions, while Liminal Productions is producing the Thai version.
- 8/1/2022
- by Liz Shackleton
- Deadline Film + TV
Click here to read the full article.
Amazon launched localized versions of its Prime Video service on Monday in key Southeast Asian markets — Indonesia, Thailand and The Philippines. The tech giant boosted its subscriber push in the three markets by simultaneously unveiling slates of localized originals for each territory, as well as discounted introductory Amazon Prime membership offerings.
Amazon Prime Video launched in Southeast Asia in 2016, but the versions of the service available in the region have never featured the local-language interfaces, subtitling and original content offerings that are common in more developed markets.
That changes Monday in Southeast Asia’s three biggest markets, where Amazon Prime is relaunching with seven-day free trials, followed by special discounts that will last until the end of the year — 59,000 Indonesian rupiah (3.98), 149 Thai baht (4.10) and 149 Philippine pesos (2.69).
Amazon said its first Southeast Asian shows will be localized versions of its situational comedy improv format,...
Amazon launched localized versions of its Prime Video service on Monday in key Southeast Asian markets — Indonesia, Thailand and The Philippines. The tech giant boosted its subscriber push in the three markets by simultaneously unveiling slates of localized originals for each territory, as well as discounted introductory Amazon Prime membership offerings.
Amazon Prime Video launched in Southeast Asia in 2016, but the versions of the service available in the region have never featured the local-language interfaces, subtitling and original content offerings that are common in more developed markets.
That changes Monday in Southeast Asia’s three biggest markets, where Amazon Prime is relaunching with seven-day free trials, followed by special discounts that will last until the end of the year — 59,000 Indonesian rupiah (3.98), 149 Thai baht (4.10) and 149 Philippine pesos (2.69).
Amazon said its first Southeast Asian shows will be localized versions of its situational comedy improv format,...
- 8/1/2022
- by Patrick Brzeski
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Production and sales outfit to sell ‘Fast And Feel Love’ and ‘Love Destiny The Movie’.
Major Thai production and sales outfit Gdh 559 returns to Filmart Online with two new titles: romantic comedy drama Fast And Feel Love and TV drama series spin-off Love Destiny The Movie.
Presented at the virtual Hong Kong market for the first time, Nawapol Thamrongrattanarit’s Fast And Feel Love centres on a world champion of sport stacking who, when dumped by his long-time girlfriend, has to learn basic adult skills to take care of himself.
The film stars Nat Kitcharit (4 Kings), Urassaya Sperbund (Brother Of The Year...
Major Thai production and sales outfit Gdh 559 returns to Filmart Online with two new titles: romantic comedy drama Fast And Feel Love and TV drama series spin-off Love Destiny The Movie.
Presented at the virtual Hong Kong market for the first time, Nawapol Thamrongrattanarit’s Fast And Feel Love centres on a world champion of sport stacking who, when dumped by his long-time girlfriend, has to learn basic adult skills to take care of himself.
The film stars Nat Kitcharit (4 Kings), Urassaya Sperbund (Brother Of The Year...
- 3/15/2022
- by Silvia Wong
- ScreenDaily
18 of the contributors of Asian Movie Pulse from America, Oceania, Europe and Asia have voted the 25 Best Films of 2021, resulting in what we consider a great selection, particularly since the offer of titles this year was much wider, as the industry started to recover from the disaster that was 2020, particularly during the second semester. In that regard, the list includes films Malaysia, Japan, Hong Kong, Thailand, Philippines, S. Korea, Bangladesh, Indonesia, Lebanon, Iran, China and Taiwan, while crime thrillers, animations, shorts, action and documentaries have found a place.
Without further ado, here are the best Asian films of 2021, in reverse order. Some films may have premiered in 2020, but since they mostly circulated in 2020, we decided to include them, in one of the calmer votes in the history of Amp.
25. Barbarian Invasion
“Barbarian Invasion” strikes without a doubt as a very personal film for Tan Chui Mui, and consequently it strongly...
Without further ado, here are the best Asian films of 2021, in reverse order. Some films may have premiered in 2020, but since they mostly circulated in 2020, we decided to include them, in one of the calmer votes in the history of Amp.
25. Barbarian Invasion
“Barbarian Invasion” strikes without a doubt as a very personal film for Tan Chui Mui, and consequently it strongly...
- 12/13/2021
- by AMP Group
- AsianMoviePulse
Hamaguchi Ryusuke’s “Drive My Car,” Japan’s entry to the Academy Awards’ international category, looks to be the odds on favorite from Asia to win the category.
The drama with a theater world backdrop follows the trajectory of South Korean four-statuette winner “Parasite” in that it began its winning ways at Cannes and is festooned with awards en route to the Oscars. “Parasite” won the Palme d’Or, which “Drive My Car” did not, with that honor this year going to Julia Ducournau’s “Titane,” which became France’s entry to the category. It also recently won at the New York Film Critics Circle.
Nevertheless, “Drive My Car” won three awards at Cannes and has the added advantage of U.S. distribution, where it is currently on theatrical release.
The 2008 win for Takita Yojiro’s “Departures” remains Japan’s only win since the category was made competitive in 1956.
While...
The drama with a theater world backdrop follows the trajectory of South Korean four-statuette winner “Parasite” in that it began its winning ways at Cannes and is festooned with awards en route to the Oscars. “Parasite” won the Palme d’Or, which “Drive My Car” did not, with that honor this year going to Julia Ducournau’s “Titane,” which became France’s entry to the category. It also recently won at the New York Film Critics Circle.
Nevertheless, “Drive My Car” won three awards at Cannes and has the added advantage of U.S. distribution, where it is currently on theatrical release.
The 2008 win for Takita Yojiro’s “Departures” remains Japan’s only win since the category was made competitive in 1956.
While...
- 12/12/2021
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
Every year since its creation in 1956, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) invites the film industries of various countries to submit their best film for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film. The award is presented annually by the Academy to a feature-length motion picture produced outside the United States that contains primarily non-English dialogue and that was released theatrically in their respective countries between 1 January 2021 and 31 December 2021. The shortlist of fifteen finalists is scheduled to be announced on 21 December 2021. The final five nominees are scheduled to be announced on 8 February 2022.
Here are the Asian Submissions for Best International Feature Film. There are some excellent movies in this bunch and we have seen and reviewed already some of them.
Armenia
“Should the Wind Drop” by Nora Martirosyan
Azerbaijan
“The Island Within” by Ru Hasanov
Bangladesh
“Rehana” by Abdullah Mohammad Saad
Bhutan
“Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom...
Here are the Asian Submissions for Best International Feature Film. There are some excellent movies in this bunch and we have seen and reviewed already some of them.
Armenia
“Should the Wind Drop” by Nora Martirosyan
Azerbaijan
“The Island Within” by Ru Hasanov
Bangladesh
“Rehana” by Abdullah Mohammad Saad
Bhutan
“Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom...
- 11/28/2021
- by Adriana Rosati
- AsianMoviePulse
After bursting onto the scene with the classic effort “Shutter” years ago, Banjong Pisanthanakun and his sometimes partner Parkpoom Wongpoom churned out several fantastic genre fare in Thailand during the waning days of the J-Horror boom of the 2000s. After providing several efforts together before going separate ways, Banjong returns to the genre after several years, to give one of the best films of the year that will thankfully have a wide, deserving audience with its release on the Shudder streaming service.
“The Medium” is screening at Five Flavours Asian Film Festival
After a special search throughout Thailand, psychic medium Nim (Sawanee Utoomma) is chosen by a special film crew to be followed around and have her work documented. As they watch her go about her business tending to the ill residents of the area or other special requests they may have, they also manage to focus on the strained...
“The Medium” is screening at Five Flavours Asian Film Festival
After a special search throughout Thailand, psychic medium Nim (Sawanee Utoomma) is chosen by a special film crew to be followed around and have her work documented. As they watch her go about her business tending to the ill residents of the area or other special requests they may have, they also manage to focus on the strained...
- 11/26/2021
- by Don Anelli
- AsianMoviePulse
After bursting onto the scene with the classic effort “Shutter” years ago, Banjong Pisanthanakun and his sometimes partner Parkpoom Wongpoom churned out several fantastic genre fare in Thailand during the waning days of the J-Horror boom of the 2000s. After providing several efforts together before going separate ways, Banjong returns to the genre after several years, to give one of the best films of the year that will thankfully have a wide, deserving audience with its release on the Shudder streaming service.
on Amazon
After a special search throughout Thailand, psychic medium Nim (Sawanee Utoomma) is chosen by a special film crew to be followed around and have her work documented. As they watch her go about her business tending to the ill residents of the area or other special requests they may have, they also manage to focus on the strained relationship Nim has with Noy...
on Amazon
After a special search throughout Thailand, psychic medium Nim (Sawanee Utoomma) is chosen by a special film crew to be followed around and have her work documented. As they watch her go about her business tending to the ill residents of the area or other special requests they may have, they also manage to focus on the strained relationship Nim has with Noy...
- 10/31/2021
- by Don Anelli
- AsianMoviePulse
In 2004, Banjong Pisanthanakun and then-collaborator Parkpoom Wongpoom kickstarted their directorial careers with “Shutter,” a supernatural thriller so effective it’s been remade (albeit to lesser effect) abroad three times to date. Less likely to translate that widely is Pisanthanakun’s latest solo effort, “The Medium.” Marking his return to straight horror after a couple romances and one more comedically slanted genre film (“Pee Mak”), this demonic possession saga is too thoroughly Thai in milieu and details to risk being just another derivative of “The Exorcist.”
Still, cultural specificity only brings so much freshness to an overlong tale that ultimately trades in too many familiar tropes, from the victim’s evil-grinning, black-gunk-spewing
hijinks to the deployment of a found-footage construct a la “Blair Witch.” There are perhaps too many ideas here, few of them novel, and none scary enough to keep these two-hours-plus taut. A watchable mixed bag that’s already been successful on home turf,...
Still, cultural specificity only brings so much freshness to an overlong tale that ultimately trades in too many familiar tropes, from the victim’s evil-grinning, black-gunk-spewing
hijinks to the deployment of a found-footage construct a la “Blair Witch.” There are perhaps too many ideas here, few of them novel, and none scary enough to keep these two-hours-plus taut. A watchable mixed bag that’s already been successful on home turf,...
- 10/14/2021
- by Dennis Harvey
- Variety Film + TV
Supernatural Horror The Medium Comes Exclusively to Shudder October 14. From Director Banjong Pisanthanakun and Produced by Na Hong-jin, Visionary Director of The Wailing. Here’s the trailer:
A documentary team follows Nim, a shaman based in Northern Thailand, the Isan area, and encounters her niece Mink showing strange symptoms that seem to be of inheritance of shamanism. The team decides to follow Mink, hoping to capture the shaman lineage passing on to the next generation, but her bizarre behavior becomes more extreme. From director Banjong Pisanthanakun (Shutter) and producer Na Hong-jin (director of The Wailing)
The Medium is the latest feature from genre-jumping Thai director Banjong Pisanthanakun whose feature debut, the acclaimed ghost story Shutter, co-directed and co-written with Parkpoom Wongpoom, has been remade in three languages, including the 2008 Hollywood remake directed by Masayuki Ochiai.
The shamanic chiller marks the first time award-winning South Korean writer/director Na Hong-jin has...
A documentary team follows Nim, a shaman based in Northern Thailand, the Isan area, and encounters her niece Mink showing strange symptoms that seem to be of inheritance of shamanism. The team decides to follow Mink, hoping to capture the shaman lineage passing on to the next generation, but her bizarre behavior becomes more extreme. From director Banjong Pisanthanakun (Shutter) and producer Na Hong-jin (director of The Wailing)
The Medium is the latest feature from genre-jumping Thai director Banjong Pisanthanakun whose feature debut, the acclaimed ghost story Shutter, co-directed and co-written with Parkpoom Wongpoom, has been remade in three languages, including the 2008 Hollywood remake directed by Masayuki Ochiai.
The shamanic chiller marks the first time award-winning South Korean writer/director Na Hong-jin has...
- 10/9/2021
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
A documentary team follows Nim, a shaman based in Northern Thailand, the Isan area, and encounters her niece Mink showing strange symptoms that seem to be of inheritance of shamanism. The team decides to follow Mink, hoping to capture the shaman lineage passing on to the next generation, but her bizarre behavior becomes more extreme. This seems like a good match. Banjong Pisanthanakun, part of a directing duo whose films led the new wave of horror cinema out of Thailand at the turn of the century, has teamed up with Korean director Na Hong-jin, no slouch himself with hits like The Wailing, The Yellow Sea and The Chase, to make a new film called...
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- 10/1/2021
- Screen Anarchy
The creepy brilliance of Thailand and South Korea’s horror film traditions find a common vessel in The Medium, the new feature about Southeast Asian shamanism gone insane.
The film is produced by Korea’s Na Hong-jin, the visionary auteur behind The Wailing, Yellow Sea and The Chaser, and it is directed by Thai horror maestro Banjong Pisanthanakun, best known internationally for his 2004 directorial debut Shutter, which was remade in multiple languages.
The Medium follows a documentary film crew tagging along with Nim (Sawanee Utoomma), a Thai shaman, as she travels to her ancestral homeland in the northeastern Isan region of Thailand. There, the team encounters Ming (Narilya Gulmongkolpech),...
The film is produced by Korea’s Na Hong-jin, the visionary auteur behind The Wailing, Yellow Sea and The Chaser, and it is directed by Thai horror maestro Banjong Pisanthanakun, best known internationally for his 2004 directorial debut Shutter, which was remade in multiple languages.
The Medium follows a documentary film crew tagging along with Nim (Sawanee Utoomma), a Thai shaman, as she travels to her ancestral homeland in the northeastern Isan region of Thailand. There, the team encounters Ming (Narilya Gulmongkolpech),...
- 9/30/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
The creepy brilliance of Thailand and South Korea’s horror film traditions find a common vessel in The Medium, the new feature about Southeast Asian shamanism gone insane.
The film is produced by Korea’s Na Hong-jin, the visionary auteur behind The Wailing, Yellow Sea and The Chaser, and it is directed by Thai horror maestro Banjong Pisanthanakun, best known internationally for his 2004 directorial debut Shutter, which was remade in multiple languages.
The Medium follows a documentary film crew tagging along with Nim (Sawanee Utoomma), a Thai shaman, as she travels to her ancestral homeland in the northeastern Isan region of Thailand. There, the team encounters Ming (Narilya Gulmongkolpech),...
The film is produced by Korea’s Na Hong-jin, the visionary auteur behind The Wailing, Yellow Sea and The Chaser, and it is directed by Thai horror maestro Banjong Pisanthanakun, best known internationally for his 2004 directorial debut Shutter, which was remade in multiple languages.
The Medium follows a documentary film crew tagging along with Nim (Sawanee Utoomma), a Thai shaman, as she travels to her ancestral homeland in the northeastern Isan region of Thailand. There, the team encounters Ming (Narilya Gulmongkolpech),...
- 9/30/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The Slash Filmfestival, Austria's biggest and most popular destination for fantastic cinema, has announced the full lineup of its 12th edition, which is bookended by Julia Ducournau’s Titane on opening night and Valdimar Jóhannsson’s Lamb on closing night. For eleven days straight (running from September 23 until October 3), the festival will be home to an eclectic range of the year’s most exciting genre cinema, including festival highlights such as Ben Wheatley’s In the Earth, Sion Sono’s Prisoners of the Ghostland, George A. Romero’s posthumous The Amusement Park, and Banjong Pisanthanakun’s spine-chilling The Medium. Taking center stage amid current sensations is a celebration of all that came before with an expertly curated Folk Horror retrospective, courtesy of director and scholar Kier-La Janisse, whose Woodlands Dark and...
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- 9/21/2021
- Screen Anarchy
Television networks are unveiling slates of Halloween-themed content including new and classic horror films, reality competition shows, live specials and more.
Among this year’s programming options is Freeform’s annual “31 Nights of Halloween,” with up to 10 films a day including many family favorites from “Shrek” to “Casper,” plus an in-person event in Los Angeles called Freeform’s Halloween Road. Additionally, horror streaming service Shudder has kicked off “61 Days of Halloween,” with weekly film and series premieres, 24-hour jack-o-lantern stream “The Ghoul Log” and a “Halloween Hotline” where every Friday in October, subscribers can call Shudder’s head of programming Samuel Zimmerman to discuss horror favorites and receive new recommendations.
Read a full list of Halloween programming below. (More programming will be added to the list as networks announce titles.)
“Superhost” – As travel vloggers Teddy (Osric Chau) and Claire (Sara Canning) notice their internet fame dwindling, they pivot from sharing...
Among this year’s programming options is Freeform’s annual “31 Nights of Halloween,” with up to 10 films a day including many family favorites from “Shrek” to “Casper,” plus an in-person event in Los Angeles called Freeform’s Halloween Road. Additionally, horror streaming service Shudder has kicked off “61 Days of Halloween,” with weekly film and series premieres, 24-hour jack-o-lantern stream “The Ghoul Log” and a “Halloween Hotline” where every Friday in October, subscribers can call Shudder’s head of programming Samuel Zimmerman to discuss horror favorites and receive new recommendations.
Read a full list of Halloween programming below. (More programming will be added to the list as networks announce titles.)
“Superhost” – As travel vloggers Teddy (Osric Chau) and Claire (Sara Canning) notice their internet fame dwindling, they pivot from sharing...
- 9/2/2021
- by Selome Hailu
- Variety Film + TV
Recently released horror film “The Medium” won the top prize at the Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival (BiFan), which wrapped in South Korea on Sunday. The event, which ran July 8-18, 2021 was the festival’s second year as a hybrid, with both in-person and online components.
Gyeonggi Province, where the festival is held raised its disease status to Level 4 on the fifth day of the eleven-day festival. But festival organizers said that they were able to work through the mass of disease-prevention restrictions and regulations and achieve the result that they had aimed for.
“BiFan could not avoid having visitors who turned out to be positive for Covid-19. However, thanks to thorough prevention and follow-up measures, no transmission of the virus at any of the festival venues has been reported as of July 20,” organizers said.
Festival staff, including volunteers, were subject to daily Covid testing. All gatherings, including the opening and closing ceremonies,...
Gyeonggi Province, where the festival is held raised its disease status to Level 4 on the fifth day of the eleven-day festival. But festival organizers said that they were able to work through the mass of disease-prevention restrictions and regulations and achieve the result that they had aimed for.
“BiFan could not avoid having visitors who turned out to be positive for Covid-19. However, thanks to thorough prevention and follow-up measures, no transmission of the virus at any of the festival venues has been reported as of July 20,” organizers said.
Festival staff, including volunteers, were subject to daily Covid testing. All gatherings, including the opening and closing ceremonies,...
- 7/20/2021
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
“Black Widow” held on to top spot at the South Korean box office despite a challenge from the new release of local horror film “The Medium.” New release, “Space Jam: A New Legacy” made no impact.
The Disney-Marvel film saw weekend earnings of $4.09 million, a drop of 54% compared with the previous session. Since release on July 7, it has accumulated $19.2 million, putting it within $25,000 of the 2021 record currently enjoyed by “F9.”
“The Medium,” a highly-anticipated horror film that involves Thai director Banjong Pisanthanakun and Korean producer-director Na Hong-jin (“The Chaser”), came second over the weekend, earning $2.82 million.
The film was launched on Wednesday and had started brightly, initially beating “Black Widow.” Over five days it has accumulated $5.05 million.
While their screen counts were not hugely dissimilar – “Black Widow” had 1,577, against 1,402 for “The Medium” – the American film accounted for 48% of the nationwide box office market, compared with just 33% for “The Medium.”
The...
The Disney-Marvel film saw weekend earnings of $4.09 million, a drop of 54% compared with the previous session. Since release on July 7, it has accumulated $19.2 million, putting it within $25,000 of the 2021 record currently enjoyed by “F9.”
“The Medium,” a highly-anticipated horror film that involves Thai director Banjong Pisanthanakun and Korean producer-director Na Hong-jin (“The Chaser”), came second over the weekend, earning $2.82 million.
The film was launched on Wednesday and had started brightly, initially beating “Black Widow.” Over five days it has accumulated $5.05 million.
While their screen counts were not hugely dissimilar – “Black Widow” had 1,577, against 1,402 for “The Medium” – the American film accounted for 48% of the nationwide box office market, compared with just 33% for “The Medium.”
The...
- 7/19/2021
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
Asia’s largest genre film festival handed out prizes at its second hybrid edition.
Korea-Thailand horror The Medium, produced by Na Hong-jin and directed by Banjong Pisanthanakun, has won the top prize at South Korea’s Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival.
Asia’s largest genre film festival awarded its Best of Bucheon prize to the shaman horror feature, which received its world premiere at Bifan.
See full list of winners below
The Bucheon Choice: Features jury included directors Tony Kaye (American History X) and Jo Sung-hee (Space Sweepers), actress Moon Jeong Hee (Cart), and film festival programmers Meenakshi Shedde and Jarod Neece.
Korea-Thailand horror The Medium, produced by Na Hong-jin and directed by Banjong Pisanthanakun, has won the top prize at South Korea’s Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival.
Asia’s largest genre film festival awarded its Best of Bucheon prize to the shaman horror feature, which received its world premiere at Bifan.
See full list of winners below
The Bucheon Choice: Features jury included directors Tony Kaye (American History X) and Jo Sung-hee (Space Sweepers), actress Moon Jeong Hee (Cart), and film festival programmers Meenakshi Shedde and Jarod Neece.
- 7/16/2021
- by Jean Noh
- ScreenDaily
Sales agency Finecut has secured a flurry of Asian and European deals for supernatural horror film “The Medium,” which is directed by Thailand’s Banjong Pisanthanakun and produced by Korea’s Na Hong-Jin.
From Europe, buyers include France’s The Jokers Films, and Koch Films for German-speaking Europe. Within Asia the film has been licensed to Edko Films for Hong Kong and Macau, to Encore Films for Indonesia and Malaysia, Synca Creations for Japan, Golden Village for Singapore, MovieCloud for Taiwan, M Pictures for Cambodia and Laos and Lumix Media for Vietnam.
Finecut executives report that they are now in advanced negotiations for a deal covering English-speaking territories.
The rural-set picture had its world premiere at the Bucheon international Fantastic Film Festival and there won the ‘Best of Bucheon’ award. It shifted into commercial release in Korea from Wednesday, and on opening day topped “Black Widow” with a $665,000 haul.
“After...
From Europe, buyers include France’s The Jokers Films, and Koch Films for German-speaking Europe. Within Asia the film has been licensed to Edko Films for Hong Kong and Macau, to Encore Films for Indonesia and Malaysia, Synca Creations for Japan, Golden Village for Singapore, MovieCloud for Taiwan, M Pictures for Cambodia and Laos and Lumix Media for Vietnam.
Finecut executives report that they are now in advanced negotiations for a deal covering English-speaking territories.
The rural-set picture had its world premiere at the Bucheon international Fantastic Film Festival and there won the ‘Best of Bucheon’ award. It shifted into commercial release in Korea from Wednesday, and on opening day topped “Black Widow” with a $665,000 haul.
“After...
- 7/16/2021
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
Buyers keen to get the next hit in the vein of The Chaser, The Yellow Sea and The Wailing.
South Korean sales company Finecut has done a raft of deals on Korea-Thailand shaman horror title The Medium, produced by Na Hong-jin and directed by Banjong Pisanthanakun.
The film made its world premiere at the Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival (Bifan) where it won the top Best of Bucheon prize last night (July 15). It opened locally on July 14 and is sitting atop the box office chart so far with more than 253,000 admissions.
The Medium sold based on a promo reel to...
South Korean sales company Finecut has done a raft of deals on Korea-Thailand shaman horror title The Medium, produced by Na Hong-jin and directed by Banjong Pisanthanakun.
The film made its world premiere at the Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival (Bifan) where it won the top Best of Bucheon prize last night (July 15). It opened locally on July 14 and is sitting atop the box office chart so far with more than 253,000 admissions.
The Medium sold based on a promo reel to...
- 7/16/2021
- by Jean Noh
- ScreenDaily
The Korean fantastic film festival will run July 8-18.
Asia’s largest genre film festival, the Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival (Bifan) in South Korea is celebrating its 25th edition this year running from July 8-18.
Presenting envelope-pushing films to local audiences as well as providing a window on Asian genre films to the rest of the world, the festival is normally frequented by programmers and other industry professionals from around the global film festival circuit.
But this is Bifan’s second year operating in the Covid-19 pandemic as a hybrid event. International guests and all delegates participating in the festival’s industry platform,...
Asia’s largest genre film festival, the Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival (Bifan) in South Korea is celebrating its 25th edition this year running from July 8-18.
Presenting envelope-pushing films to local audiences as well as providing a window on Asian genre films to the rest of the world, the festival is normally frequented by programmers and other industry professionals from around the global film festival circuit.
But this is Bifan’s second year operating in the Covid-19 pandemic as a hybrid event. International guests and all delegates participating in the festival’s industry platform,...
- 7/5/2021
- by Jean Noh
- ScreenDaily
Leading Korean film sales company Finecut has added mystery-horror movie “Guimoon” to its pre-Cannes and Cannes Market slates. The film was specially shot in order to be released in ScreenX and 4Dx special versions, as well as conventional 2D presentations.
Now in post-production, after lensing in 8K, the film is set to be delivered by the third quarter of this year. A promo will be available in time for Cannes.
The action takes place in a community center where a mass murder took place years earlier and involves a paranormal investigator who discovers a door to another world. (The film’s current working title translates into English as “Ghost Door”.)
The film is directed by directed by Sim Deok-geun and stars Kim Kang-woo and Kim Sohye (Moonlit Winter”).
The film is presented by Jupiter Film and Cj Cgv the Cj Group company that is the largest movie theater operator in South Korea.
Now in post-production, after lensing in 8K, the film is set to be delivered by the third quarter of this year. A promo will be available in time for Cannes.
The action takes place in a community center where a mass murder took place years earlier and involves a paranormal investigator who discovers a door to another world. (The film’s current working title translates into English as “Ghost Door”.)
The film is directed by directed by Sim Deok-geun and stars Kim Kang-woo and Kim Sohye (Moonlit Winter”).
The film is presented by Jupiter Film and Cj Cgv the Cj Group company that is the largest movie theater operator in South Korea.
- 6/23/2021
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
Asia’s largest genre film festival to take place both on-and-offline.
South Korea’s Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival (Bifan) has unveiled the line-up for its 2021 edition, which will open with the world premiere of Giddens Ko’s Taiwanese film Till We Meet Again.
The 25th edition of Asia’s largest genre film festival will take place as a hybrid event of physical and online screenings for the second time as a result of the ongoing pandemic.
The festival will run from July 8-18 in venues around Bucheon and online through local streaming platform wavve. A total of 146 films, comprising 61 features and 85 shorts,...
South Korea’s Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival (Bifan) has unveiled the line-up for its 2021 edition, which will open with the world premiere of Giddens Ko’s Taiwanese film Till We Meet Again.
The 25th edition of Asia’s largest genre film festival will take place as a hybrid event of physical and online screenings for the second time as a result of the ongoing pandemic.
The festival will run from July 8-18 in venues around Bucheon and online through local streaming platform wavve. A total of 146 films, comprising 61 features and 85 shorts,...
- 6/15/2021
- by Jean Noh
- ScreenDaily
"A story about shamanism in Thailand..." An early promo trailer has debuted for a new supernatural horror film from Thailand titled The Medium, the latest from acclaimed Thai filmmaker Banjong Pisanthanakun. The film is being sold at the Cannes Market this year and is looking to get some extra buzz with this early trailer drop. The Medium is a rural horror thriller telling the story of a shaman's inheritance in the poor Isan region of Thailand. "The spirit that appears to be possessing a family member might not be the benevolent Goddess they believe it to be." Ohh that sounds very freaky. No cast is announced yet, but the film is being produced by fellow Korean filmmaker Na Hong-jin. Horror fans definitely need to keep an eye out for this. It looks utterly terrifying. Here's the promo trailer (+ poster) for Banjong Pisanthanakun's The Medium, from YouTube ...
- 6/2/2021
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
The creepy fascination for shamanism that continues to exist in modern-day Thailand and Korea will be on full display this summer in “The Medium.” The film is now confirmed for a July commercial release and may be in line for a midnight screening berth in a major festival.
Korean distributor Showbox is gearing up for the film’s outing in cinemas with the release of a first trailer. July and August are prime months for horror in Korea where local audiences believe that on-screen chills provide relief from the oppressive summer heat outside.
The rural horror thriller (aka “Rang Zong”) is the story of a shaman’s inheritance in the poor Isan region of Thailand. And where the spirit that appears to be possessing a family member might not be the benevolent goddess they believe it to be.
“The Medium” is directed by Thailand’s Banjong Pisanthanakun who rejuvenated the...
Korean distributor Showbox is gearing up for the film’s outing in cinemas with the release of a first trailer. July and August are prime months for horror in Korea where local audiences believe that on-screen chills provide relief from the oppressive summer heat outside.
The rural horror thriller (aka “Rang Zong”) is the story of a shaman’s inheritance in the poor Isan region of Thailand. And where the spirit that appears to be possessing a family member might not be the benevolent goddess they believe it to be.
“The Medium” is directed by Thailand’s Banjong Pisanthanakun who rejuvenated the...
- 6/2/2021
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
Further agreements struck for ‘Slate’, ‘Pipeline’ and ‘The Anchor’.
South Korean sales company Finecut has closed a raft of deals ahead of the EFM, led by a pick-up of crime thriller Midnight (working title) by The Jokers Films for France.
Finecut has also secured deals for action fantasy Slate, heist feature Pipeline and mystery thriller The Anchor.
Midnight marks the feature debut of director Kwon Oh-seung and follows a deadly game of hide-and-seek between a psychopathic killer and a deaf woman. It stars Jin Ki-joo (Little Forest) and Wi Ha-jun (Gonjiam: Haunted Asylum).
Slate, which premiered at Tokyo International Film Festival in November,...
South Korean sales company Finecut has closed a raft of deals ahead of the EFM, led by a pick-up of crime thriller Midnight (working title) by The Jokers Films for France.
Finecut has also secured deals for action fantasy Slate, heist feature Pipeline and mystery thriller The Anchor.
Midnight marks the feature debut of director Kwon Oh-seung and follows a deadly game of hide-and-seek between a psychopathic killer and a deaf woman. It stars Jin Ki-joo (Little Forest) and Wi Ha-jun (Gonjiam: Haunted Asylum).
Slate, which premiered at Tokyo International Film Festival in November,...
- 2/26/2021
- by Jean Noh
- ScreenDaily
’The Medium’ is directed by Banjong Pisanthanakun and produced by Na Hong-jin.
South Korean sales company Finecut has picked up international sales rights to Thai horror film The Medium (previously known as Rang-Zong), directed by Banjong Pisanthanakun and produced by Na Hong-jin.
It marks the first producing credit for the Korean director of The Chaser and The Wailing. Both of those thrillers played in Cannes official selection in 2008 and 2016 respectively, with Finecut representing them for international sales.
The Medium is in post-production and Finecut is launching sales at EFM. The film is backed and locally distributed by Showbox in South...
South Korean sales company Finecut has picked up international sales rights to Thai horror film The Medium (previously known as Rang-Zong), directed by Banjong Pisanthanakun and produced by Na Hong-jin.
It marks the first producing credit for the Korean director of The Chaser and The Wailing. Both of those thrillers played in Cannes official selection in 2008 and 2016 respectively, with Finecut representing them for international sales.
The Medium is in post-production and Finecut is launching sales at EFM. The film is backed and locally distributed by Showbox in South...
- 2/25/2021
- by Jean Noh
- ScreenDaily
Top Thai director Banjong Pisanthanakun and Korean director-turned-producer Na Hong-jin (“The Chaser”) have teamed to create new Thai horror film “The Medium.”
Now in post-production, “The Medium” is a horrifying story of a shaman’s inheritance in the Isan region of Thailand. But the goddess that appears to have taken possession of a family member turns out not be as benevolent as it first appears.
The film (aka “Rang-Zong”) was developed by Na with the backing of Korean studio Showbox. Local production is by Thailand’s Gdh 559. Co-production is by Na’s company Northern Cross, with the film marking Na’s debut as a producer.
International rights are being handled by independent sales firm Finecut, which will launch the film at Berlin’s European Film Market. Finecut previously handled two of Na’s earlier films “The Chaser” and “The Wailing,” both of which premiered in the Cannes festival’s official selection.
Now in post-production, “The Medium” is a horrifying story of a shaman’s inheritance in the Isan region of Thailand. But the goddess that appears to have taken possession of a family member turns out not be as benevolent as it first appears.
The film (aka “Rang-Zong”) was developed by Na with the backing of Korean studio Showbox. Local production is by Thailand’s Gdh 559. Co-production is by Na’s company Northern Cross, with the film marking Na’s debut as a producer.
International rights are being handled by independent sales firm Finecut, which will launch the film at Berlin’s European Film Market. Finecut previously handled two of Na’s earlier films “The Chaser” and “The Wailing,” both of which premiered in the Cannes festival’s official selection.
- 2/25/2021
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
An Asian horror dream team has formed around The Medium, a supernatural horror flick that will be co-produced by South Korea’s Showbox and Thai studio Gdh 599.
Korea’s Na Hong-jin, the visionary auteur behind The Wailing, Yellow Sea and The Chaser, will produce the film based on an original story he developed. The Medium is Na’s first effort as a producer, working under his production banner Northern Cross.
The Medium is directed by Thai horror maestro Banjong Pisanthanakun, best known internationally for his 2004 directorial debut Shutter, which was remade in multiple languages, including the 2008 Hollywood remake under the same name. In the years since,...
Korea’s Na Hong-jin, the visionary auteur behind The Wailing, Yellow Sea and The Chaser, will produce the film based on an original story he developed. The Medium is Na’s first effort as a producer, working under his production banner Northern Cross.
The Medium is directed by Thai horror maestro Banjong Pisanthanakun, best known internationally for his 2004 directorial debut Shutter, which was remade in multiple languages, including the 2008 Hollywood remake under the same name. In the years since,...
- 2/25/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
An Asian horror dream team has formed around The Medium, a supernatural horror flick that will be co-produced by South Korea’s Showbox and Thai studio Gdh 599.
Korea’s Na Hong-jin, the visionary auteur behind The Wailing, Yellow Sea and The Chaser, will produce the film based on an original story he developed. The Medium is Na’s first effort as a producer, working under his production banner Northern Cross.
The Medium is directed by Thai horror maestro Banjong Pisanthanakun, best known internationally for his 2004 directorial debut Shutter, which was remade in multiple languages, including the 2008 Hollywood remake under the same name. In the years since,...
Korea’s Na Hong-jin, the visionary auteur behind The Wailing, Yellow Sea and The Chaser, will produce the film based on an original story he developed. The Medium is Na’s first effort as a producer, working under his production banner Northern Cross.
The Medium is directed by Thai horror maestro Banjong Pisanthanakun, best known internationally for his 2004 directorial debut Shutter, which was remade in multiple languages, including the 2008 Hollywood remake under the same name. In the years since,...
- 2/25/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
France’s The Jokers Films has acquired French rights to the project, directed by Banjong Pisanthanakun.
The Wailing director Na Hong-jin is producing a Thai supernatural film, directed by Banjong Pisanthanakun, whose 2013 Pee Mak is Thailand’s highest-grossing film of all time.
Major South Korean investor-distributor Showbox announced the project today (September 23) along with news that the film has been pre-sold to The Jokers Films for France.
The film, which deals with shamanism, has the Thai working title of Rang-Zong, meaning ‘medium’.
It will be Na’s first film since his bombshell Cannes horror title The Wailing in 2016. The Korean...
The Wailing director Na Hong-jin is producing a Thai supernatural film, directed by Banjong Pisanthanakun, whose 2013 Pee Mak is Thailand’s highest-grossing film of all time.
Major South Korean investor-distributor Showbox announced the project today (September 23) along with news that the film has been pre-sold to The Jokers Films for France.
The film, which deals with shamanism, has the Thai working title of Rang-Zong, meaning ‘medium’.
It will be Na’s first film since his bombshell Cannes horror title The Wailing in 2016. The Korean...
- 9/23/2020
- by Jean Noh
- ScreenDaily
“Shutter,” the commercially successful Thai horror film that has spawned three remakes, among which an American one that received mostly negative reviews but was a huge box office success, has divided critics since it was first screened at the Bangkok International Film Festival. However, audiences around the world seem to love it and it has been heralded by many as one of the greatest Asian horror films of the 21st century. I personally believe that “Shutter” offers a few elements to be considered a cut above the rest, but ultimately fails to overcome its overabundance of clichés and lack of compelling scares.
After a long night of drinking with friends, Tun and Jane, a young couple, hit a woman with their car while returning home and they flee the scene of the accident. The following days, many bizarre happenings occur and they start noticing some strange shadows...
After a long night of drinking with friends, Tun and Jane, a young couple, hit a woman with their car while returning home and they flee the scene of the accident. The following days, many bizarre happenings occur and they start noticing some strange shadows...
- 3/30/2020
- by Lyberis Dionysopoulos
- AsianMoviePulse
Stefan Ruzowitzky, director of the Oscar-winning “The Counterfeiters,” and “The Grudge” screenwriter Stephen Susco have boarded “Alone,” a remake of the 2007 supernatural Thai thriller by Banjong Pisanthanakun and Parkpoom Wongpoom.
The new film follows conjoined twin sisters from an Asian family in Boston whose loving relationship is tested when one of them befriends a boy, leading to her demand for a surgical separation from her sibling. During the operation, the forsaken sister dies. Years later, the deceased girl’s vengeful ghost returns to haunt her twin.
Former 20th Century Fox exec Paul Higginson and Alexander van Dülmen and Stephan Wagner of Berlin-based Carte Blanche Intl. are producing the film. Budgeted at between $5 million and $10 million, “Alone” is set for a targeted 2021 Stateside shoot on the East Coast as a U.S.-European co-production.
Van Dülmen said he was a big fan of the original film and also acquired distribution rights...
The new film follows conjoined twin sisters from an Asian family in Boston whose loving relationship is tested when one of them befriends a boy, leading to her demand for a surgical separation from her sibling. During the operation, the forsaken sister dies. Years later, the deceased girl’s vengeful ghost returns to haunt her twin.
Former 20th Century Fox exec Paul Higginson and Alexander van Dülmen and Stephan Wagner of Berlin-based Carte Blanche Intl. are producing the film. Budgeted at between $5 million and $10 million, “Alone” is set for a targeted 2021 Stateside shoot on the East Coast as a U.S.-European co-production.
Van Dülmen said he was a big fan of the original film and also acquired distribution rights...
- 2/20/2020
- by Ed Meza
- Variety Film + TV
Company is making market debut with director Nattawut Poonpiriya’s suspense thriller.
Thai sales and production outfit Gdh 559 makes its market debut at Filmart with suspense thriller Bad Genius by director Nattawut Poonpiriya (Countdown, pictured), which is due to open in Thailand in May, and The Promise by director Sophon Sakdaphisit (Laddaland).
Gdh was launched last year after the breakup of Gmm Tai Hub (Gth). Its first title, One Day, became a hit in Thailand, taking $3.2m.
One Day was directed by one of Thailand’s most successful directors, Banjong Pisanthanakun. After playing in southeast Asia and Hong Kong, it next opens in Taiwan on April 7.
Thai sales and production outfit Gdh 559 makes its market debut at Filmart with suspense thriller Bad Genius by director Nattawut Poonpiriya (Countdown, pictured), which is due to open in Thailand in May, and The Promise by director Sophon Sakdaphisit (Laddaland).
Gdh was launched last year after the breakup of Gmm Tai Hub (Gth). Its first title, One Day, became a hit in Thailand, taking $3.2m.
One Day was directed by one of Thailand’s most successful directors, Banjong Pisanthanakun. After playing in southeast Asia and Hong Kong, it next opens in Taiwan on April 7.
- 3/13/2017
- by screenasia@yahoo.com (Silvia Wong)
- ScreenDaily
Thai production house Gdh 559 is launching its inaugural slate with Banjong Pisanthanakun’s anticipated romance.
Banjong Pisanthanakun’s One Day is set to open on Sept 1 as the first title from the debut slate of new Thai production house Gdh 559, following the breakup of Gmm Tai Hub (Gth) last year.
The highly-anticipated romance film reunites Banjong with his leading man and co-screenwriter Chantavit “Ter” Dhanasevi (Hello Stranger).
The story follows Ter’s character who risks everything to be with his dream girl for just one day by pretending to be her boyfriend after she suffers temporary memory loss.
TV actress Nittha “Mew” Jirayungyurn makes her big screen debut in the film, which was mainly shot on location in Hokkaido, Japan.
Another upcoming Gdh title is New Year’s Gift, which is scheduled for release on Dec 1. The feel-good romantic drama is a three-part omnibus directed by Jira Maligool (The Tin Mine), Nithiwat Tharatorn (The Teacher’s Diary...
Banjong Pisanthanakun’s One Day is set to open on Sept 1 as the first title from the debut slate of new Thai production house Gdh 559, following the breakup of Gmm Tai Hub (Gth) last year.
The highly-anticipated romance film reunites Banjong with his leading man and co-screenwriter Chantavit “Ter” Dhanasevi (Hello Stranger).
The story follows Ter’s character who risks everything to be with his dream girl for just one day by pretending to be her boyfriend after she suffers temporary memory loss.
TV actress Nittha “Mew” Jirayungyurn makes her big screen debut in the film, which was mainly shot on location in Hokkaido, Japan.
Another upcoming Gdh title is New Year’s Gift, which is scheduled for release on Dec 1. The feel-good romantic drama is a three-part omnibus directed by Jira Maligool (The Tin Mine), Nithiwat Tharatorn (The Teacher’s Diary...
- 8/2/2016
- ScreenDaily
The jump scare is a uniquely horror movie convention. Where some movies use it as an excuse to play peekaboo and assault you with noise, others use it as a way to shatter your complacency as a viewer. It’s the purest form of scare: something bursts out of a dark corner, a loud noise cuts the tension, or a jolt to the plot comes on so unexpected, you don’t know what hit you. It may just be a momentary fright, but a good horror movie will put you on edge and keep you there.
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Alien (1979)- No blood, no Dallas
Horror purists are of the mind that jumps are cheap, and, for the most part, they are. Yet, in those nerve-wracking scenes, when a director knows exactly what they are doing, it’s riveting. I’ve always prided myself on not being one of those people who gets jumpy during a horror movie,...
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Alien (1979)- No blood, no Dallas
Horror purists are of the mind that jumps are cheap, and, for the most part, they are. Yet, in those nerve-wracking scenes, when a director knows exactly what they are doing, it’s riveting. I’ve always prided myself on not being one of those people who gets jumpy during a horror movie,...
- 10/28/2015
- by Staff
- SoundOnSight
Worthy scare-fests like Shutter, Coming Soon and Phobia took the world by surprise, sneaking up on unsuspecting cinema audiences and slaying them with well-timed scares and short, sharp hooks. Much like the killer at the heart of the tale, they succeeded in getting under the skin of the movie going public. There was a time when we couldn't get enough of them, a time when coming out from behind the sofa wasn't even an option. Times change however. Conformity rears its ugly head. In a world besieged by sub-standard horror movies, some films just don't cut it anymore. Which is why it felt like a good time to revisit Alone, to see if it has the same impact now as it did in 2007. Of course, Alone didn't feel particularly fresh in 2007 either. Not only had we been there and done that, we'd also been chased through the woods wearing the tee shirt we had bought.
- 10/1/2014
- 24framespersecond.net
Worthy scare-fests like Shutter, Coming Soon and Phobia took the world by surprise, sneaking up on unsuspecting cinema audiences and slaying them with well-timed scares and short, sharp hooks. Much like the killer at the heart of the tale, they succeeded in getting under the skin of the movie going public. There was a time when we couldn't get enough of them, a time when coming out from behind the sofa wasn't even an option. Times change however. Conformity rears its ugly head. In a world besieged by sub-standard horror movies, some films just don't cut it anymore. Which is why it felt like a good time to revisit Alone, to see if it has the same impact now as it did in 2007. Of course, Alone didn't feel particularly fresh in 2007 either. Not only had we been there and done that, we'd also been chased through the woods wearing the tee shirt we had bought.
- 10/1/2014
- 24framespersecond.net
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