Hong Kong-based gross sales outfit Autumn Solar has picked up worldwide gross sales on Moonlight Insanity starring Korean actor Don Lee (The Roundup) in his first ever comedy position and first efficiency in a Chinese language manufacturing.
The movie additionally stars Kris Phillips (Creation Of The Gods I & II) as a prime lawyer caught in scorching waters throughout an affair in a lodge and contains a particular look by Lee who performs a jealous boyfriend throwing his signature punches.
Autumn Solar is dealing with gross sales on the film in collaboration with Scene One launched by producer Serena Deng Shuo, who can also be the movie’s producer and credited for bringing Don Lee on board.
“Once we first confirmed Ma Dong-seok (Don Lee) the script, he appreciated it being a comedy”, mentioned Deng. “Having it’s a Chinese language manufacturing can also be a primary for the motion celebrity”.
Autumn Solar has already offered the movie to Korea’s Large Wave Cinema, which is planning a theatrical launch.
Deng’s worldwide co-production creds embody Guardians Of The Tomb, starring Li Bingbing and Kelsey Gramer, and Guilt By Design, a China-Hong Kong co-production starring Cheung Ka Fai and produced by Derek Yee. Each have been films backed by mainland Chinese language traders, whereas the primary creatives have been outdoors of mainland China.
Different titles on Autumn Solar’s slate embody Tamil manufacturing The Couldan, an epic motion movie primarily based on Indian mythology about an apocalyptic prophecy in Mayan tradition, directed by J. Rajes Kanna.
Autumn Solar, headed by manufacturing and gross sales veteran Elliot Tong, can also be promoting Thai horror film The Grasp’s Face (Mulu Nakru), which has already been offered pre-market to Taiwan’s Film Cloud, and two new horror movies from Indonesia – Curse Of The Flesh and Summoning Evil.
The corporate additionally has the Asian market premiere of animation Inspector Solar, that includes the voice of Ronny Chieng, and Cop And A Half, a brand new gangster thriller from South Africa, which Autumn Solar is dealing with Asian gross sales for on behalf of South African powerhouse Indigenous.
“In addition to providing options this yr we’re beginning different format gross sales comparable to brief format, which we really feel is a power to be reckoned with, as an already greater than US$1BN (RMB7BN) enterprise in China, so patrons from Asia are very curious if short-form and micro-drama can work in their very own markets,” mentioned Tong.
