The Taiwanese producers involved in 2019’s "Nowhere Man" are back in the Netflix fold with a second Chinese-language project, "Forget You Not".
Billed as “a healing story of impermanence and lost time”, "Forget You Not", produced by Filmagic Pictures Co, will premiere exclusively on Netflix.
The launch date has not been confirmed.
Written and directed by Taiwanese singer-actress Rene Liu ("Us and Them"), the series stars Hsieh Ying-xuan ("Wave Makers") as a married woman who balances her jobs as a stand-up comedian and part-time convenience store employee, opposite Chin Han ("He Never Gives Up") as her father. Wallace Huo ("Light the Night') makes a special appearance as her husband.
Making her directorial debut in a TV series, Liu said this week that "Forget You Not" “mirrors life, depicting experiences we face every day but choose not to confront”.
"Forget You Not" is produced by Aileen Li, who founded Filmagic Pictures Co in 2007, Yeh Ju-ting and Icha Liu; and written by Tsai Pao-chang, Ho Shing-ming and Rene Liu.
Filmagic Pictures Co has produced Luc Besson’s "Lucy" and John Woo’s "The Crossing", along with Taiwanese theatrical features such as "Detention" and "Eye of the Storm".
Filmagic Pictures’ was, at the time of "Nowhere Man’s" release, not widely linked with the series, which was Netflix’s first fully funded Mandarin original.
The series premiered in Oct 2019, and is remembered primarily for its jaw-dropping promotion budget, wild swings in episode running times, and nasty spats over creative direction.