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Barunson E&A, nan Korean accumulation and income institution down Oscar winner Parasite, will grip world income connected Zona Merah: Dead City, a characteristic movie adapation of acclaimed Indonesian scary bid Zona Merah.
Produced by Indonesia’s Screenplay Films, nan task is co-directed by Sidharta Tata and Fajar Martha Santosa, nan creators down nan original series, which became a deed connected Indonesian streaming level Vidio. Tata is returning arsenic screenwriter and Santosa is overseeing communicative improvement to guarantee continuity from bid to feature.
Much of nan original formed will reprise their roles, including Aghniny Haque, Andri Mashadi, Maria Theodore, Devano and Lukman Sardi, joined by caller formed members Luna Maya, Bryan Domani, Shindy Huang, Myesha Lin and Derby Romero. Principal photography began connected April 7 and continues done May 2026.
Barunson E&A will present nan movie to buyers successful Cannes, on pinch Inherit, a Thai scary movie directed by Banjong Pisanthanakun and produced by GDH 559; and Indonesian filmmaker Joko Anwar’s Ghost In The Cell, which had its world premiere successful Berlin and is adjacent to reaching 2 cardinal admissions successful its location market.
Screenplay Films besides has credits including Wait Until I Make It, presently nan 2nd highest-grossing movie of 2026 successful Indonesia, and Gundala, directed by Joko Anwar, which premiered astatine Toronto International Film Festival successful 2019.
The original Zona Merah series, pursuing a female searching for her missing relative during a quickly spreading zombie outbreak, drew much than 34 cardinal views and resulted successful a surge of caller subscribers for Emtek-owned Vidio. The characteristic adjustment expands nan communicative into a darker, much eager narrative, raising nan stakes arsenic different metropolis falls and a caller reddish area emerges.
Screenplay Films CEO Wicky V. Olindo said: “Zona Merah showed america what’s imaginable erstwhile a communicative genuinely connects pinch its assemblage – nan benignant of relationship that extends beyond a azygous format. Expanding it into a characteristic felt for illustration a earthy progression, some commercially and creatively. Zona Merah: Dead City builds connected everything nan bid established, and we’re pleased to person Barunson E&A pinch america connected this adjacent step.”
Yoonhee Choi, CEO of Barunson E&A, added: “Indonesia’s genre scenery is astatine an inflection constituent – audiences are becoming much adventurous, creators are pushing boundaries, and stories from this marketplace are progressively resonating globally. Zona Merah was an early awesome of that shift, and Zona Merah: Dead City takes it further. Cannes will beryllium nan correct spot to present it to nan world.”
