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EXCLUSIVE: Vietnam-based income supplier Skyline Media and Eastern Edge Films are collaborating connected a North American theatrical merchandise for Blood Moon Rite 8, a Vietnamese drama based connected Japanese cult deed One Cut Of The Dead.
Directed by Phan Gia Nhat Linh (Sweet 20) and starring a basking ensemble cast, nan movie is group to rotation retired successful much than 90 theaters crossed awesome Vietnamese communities successful nan U.S. and Canada, including California, Texas and Washington, from May 22.
A deed successful Vietnam complete nan caller Reunification Day and Labor Day holidays, nan movie marks nan long-awaited big-screen return of drama fable Van Son aft 25 years.
Also starring successful nan movie are celebrated Vietnamese-American actors Charlie Nguyen (The Rebel) and Quang Minh (Jailbait), alongside a star-studded ensemble including Lien Binh Phat (Song Lang), Le Khanh (The Real Sister), Hong Anh (The Moon At The Bottom Of The Well), Hua Vi Van (Blood Moon Party) and Lam Thanh My (The Ancestral).
Produced by Chanh Phuong Films, Anh Teu Studio and Sidus And Teu Entertainment, nan movie is simply a Vietnamese reimagining of Shinichiro Ueda’s One Cut Of The Dead, which was a deed successful Japan and ended up grossing much than 1,000 times its original fund worldwide.
The movie follows a struggling director, known arsenic nan “king of trash movies”, who gets 1 past chance to gain his art-loving daughter’s respect by taking connected his biggest situation yet: filming a 35-minute zombie movie – live, successful 1 azygous take.
Blending manufacture satire, affectional family themes and playful action, Blood Moon Rite 8 also features cameos from immoderate of Vietnam’s biggest stars and filmmakers, including Tran Thanh (Mai), Thu Trang (Money Kisses), Nguyen Quang Dung (Song Of The South), Huynh Lap (The Ancestral Home), Kieu Minh Tuan (Phi Phong: The Blood Demon), Thai Hoa (Hijacked) and Kaity Nguyen (Jailbait).
New Jersey-based Eastern Edge Films, founded by Jawahar Sharma, specializes successful theatrical and non-theatrical distribution of Asian and Arabic-language films crossed North America.
The company’s caller collaborations pinch Skyline Media see The Real Sister, The Ancestral Home and Leaving Mom, each of which classed among nan astir successful Vietnamese theatrical releases successful North America complete nan past fewer years.
Skyline Media is 1 of Southeast Asia’s biggest income agent, handling much than 150 Vietnamese and Southeast Asian titles, and besides acquires films for merchandise successful Vietnam.
