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Timo Tjahjanto’s “The Shadow Strays” hits Netflix top 10 lists in 85 countries; high-action underworld feature debuts at #2 on non-English films global top 10
Timo Tjahjanto’s high-action gory Jakarta underworld film, “The Shadow Strays”, hit Netflix top 10 lists in 85 countries for the week of 13-20 October, drawing 25.6 million hours viewed around the world six days after its premiere on 10 September.
The film was #2 on Netflix’s non-English movie top 10, bested only by Polish police drama “Justice”, also in its first week on the list.
“The Shadow Strays” hit top 10 lists in, among other countries, the U.S., Canada, Brazil, France, the U.K., Germany, Spain, Japan, Korea, Hong Kong and Indonesia.
“The Shadow Strays” – one of five Asian films on the latest top 10 – was director and writer Tjahjanto’s most ambitious project with Netflix so far.
Tjahjanto has described the film as a story about love and the need to express it.
“The lead character, 13, has an unexplainable trauma from her childhood suppressed inside her. At the same time, she has this feeling of having to love somebody and when she meets this young boy Monji, she grows to care a lot about him. It’s the same with the character Umbra, 13’s mentor. She has this overwhelming feeling of wanting to have somebody to care about, and she’s repressing it,” he said.
“The Shadow Strays” stars Aurora Ribero as 13 and Hana Malasan as her mentor Umbra.
Adipati Dolken plays corrupt cop Prasetyo, with Andri Mashadi and Agra Piliang as friends Ariel and Haga.
BBC Studios, JTBC Korea unveil first co-pro; 2025 premiere for “Deep Dive Korea: Song Ji-Hyo’s Haenyeo Adventure”
BBC Studios has greenlit its first original production, “Deep Dive Korea: Song Ji-Hyo’s Haenyeo Adventure”, in Korea.
The three-part series is also the U.K. broadcaster’s first co-production with Korean programmer, JTBC, the companies said today.
“Deep Dive Korea: Song Ji-Hyo’s Haenyeo Adventure” focuses on actress Song Ji-Hyo’s adventures and personal journey of discovery with Jeju’s legendary female sea divers (haenyeo).
The series is scheduled to air in early 2025 on JTBC in Korea and BBC Earth across Asia.
Produced with JTBC’s unscripted unit SAY, the series is supported by the Korean Creative Content Agency (KOCCA).
All3Media Int’l takes unscripted format “Buy It Now” to India with Rose Audio Visuals
Goldie Behl’s Rose Audio Visuals and global indie All3Media International are working on an Indian version of Studio Lambert’s “Buy it Now”.
The unscripted series – something of a departure for the Rose Audio Visuals, which specialises in scripted – focuses on “turning local inventions into national sensations”.
Broadcast/platform partners have not been confirmed.
“This fast-paced format will not only provide Indian inventors with a platform to pitch their creations, but it will also spotlight local ingenuity and creativity, offering a unique opportunity to turn 'Make in India' innovations into household names within 90 seconds,” the companies said today.
“We see great potential in unscripted formats for Indian audiences… at a time when innovation and entrepreneurship are thriving across the country,” said Rose Audio Visuals’ COO, Mitesh Patel.
Viddsee, CJ ENM HK in development on long-form drama series, “Ivy Boys”; digital video platform unveils new originals slate
Eleven-year-old Singapore-based digital video platform, Viddsee, is working on a slate of projects it clearly hopes will boost both its long-form scripted credibility and its ability to attract investment.
One of the three long-form projects unveiled during Mipcom is with the Hong Kong unit of Korea’s CJ ENM.
Although the platform has been involved in long-form production in the past, including sponsor-funded originals and adaptations, the latest initiative was presented at Mipcom as Viddsee’s “first slate of long-form projects and micro dramas”.
The first project on the slate is “Ivy Boys”, an action detective series set against the backdrop of WWII-era Korea, in co-development with CJ ENM Hong Kong and Korean director Paek Seung Hwan (“Inside Men”).
The series is adapted from the creative Web3 concepts of BBRC Studios about a group of fashionable tailors who secretly work as detectives.
Viddsee’s second project is “Fallen Butterflies” (working title), inspired by Sylvia Yu Friedman’s book, “A Long Road To Justice”, and produced by Lillian Victoria Ng.
The eight-episode drama, written by Galen Tong (“Walker, Texas Ranger”), explores the world of the sex trafficking trade through a Korean/American lens, with themes of resilience and hope amid dire circumstances.
The development slate also includes “Siti Vampire” (Siti Sang Vampir!), an Indonesian feature film adapted from a five-episode local comedy series in Singapore.
Indonesian screenwriter Titien Wattimena (“Aruna dan Lidahnya”) is attached to “Siti Vampire” along with creative agency, Katatinut.
A range of micro dramas are under way in Thailand, Singapore and Taipei.
“My Magic Tablet”, the first micro drama in the new slate, premieres in November.
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