Exclusive: Goodfellas has acquired world sales rights for Emilio Estevez’s The Way: Chapter 2, reuniting the actor-director with the cast members of his original 2010 hit, father Martin Sheen, Yorick Van Wageningen and James Nesbitt.
The sequel revisits protagonist Tom (Sheen) a decade after his first pilgrimage on Spain’s El Camino de Santiago in the footsteps of his deceased son Daniel (Estevez), as he reconnects with his walking companions Joost (van Wageningen) and Jack (Nisbitt).
Now embedded with Doctors Without Borders in northern Nigeria, performing surgery in a war zone, Tom is sent a copy of Jack’s bestselling book based on their shared experience, in which a disturbing secret is revealed.
Enraged, he leaves to search for Jack and find answers to questions that have haunted him for a decade. His journey reunites him with Joost and leads them through Amsterdam, Dublin, Brussels and France before returning to Spain and the Camino.
The sequel revisits protagonist Tom (Sheen) a decade after his first pilgrimage on Spain’s El Camino de Santiago in the footsteps of his deceased son Daniel (Estevez), as he reconnects with his walking companions Joost (van Wageningen) and Jack (Nisbitt).
Now embedded with Doctors Without Borders in northern Nigeria, performing surgery in a war zone, Tom is sent a copy of Jack’s bestselling book based on their shared experience, in which a disturbing secret is revealed.
Enraged, he leaves to search for Jack and find answers to questions that have haunted him for a decade. His journey reunites him with Joost and leads them through Amsterdam, Dublin, Brussels and France before returning to Spain and the Camino.
- 2/9/2024
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- Deadline Film + TV
Singaporean director Eric Khoo has unveiled fresh details on his new film Spirit World, which is currently shooting in Japan with Catherine Deneuve in the lead role, and also unveiled Goodfellas as the international sales agent.
Paris-based sales company Goodfellas will launch the film at the EFM. Arp Sélection has acquired French rights.
Deneuve plays legendary singer Claire who flies to Japan for a final sold-out concert, but as the show comes to an end so does her worldly life.
She then arrives in the spirit world where she embarks on a journey to find the humanity in the afterlife that eluded her on earth, guided by Yuzo, one of her biggest fans.
Deneuve is joined in the cast by Masaaki Sakai (best known to international audiences as the star of the 1970s hit show Monkey), Yutaka Takenouchi (Shin Godzilla) and Jun Fubuki.
Khoo, whose recent credits include the HBO Asia Original horror Folklore,...
Paris-based sales company Goodfellas will launch the film at the EFM. Arp Sélection has acquired French rights.
Deneuve plays legendary singer Claire who flies to Japan for a final sold-out concert, but as the show comes to an end so does her worldly life.
She then arrives in the spirit world where she embarks on a journey to find the humanity in the afterlife that eluded her on earth, guided by Yuzo, one of her biggest fans.
Deneuve is joined in the cast by Masaaki Sakai (best known to international audiences as the star of the 1970s hit show Monkey), Yutaka Takenouchi (Shin Godzilla) and Jun Fubuki.
Khoo, whose recent credits include the HBO Asia Original horror Folklore,...
- 2/2/2024
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- Deadline Film + TV
French cinema icon Catherine Deneuve has begun filming in Japan of “Spirit World,” a fantasy-drama film directed by Singapore’s Eric Khoo.
Deneuve portrays a singer who dies suddenly while on tour in Japan. But her spirit lives on and she embarks on a journey to find humanity in the after-world.
The project was revealed by the city government of Takasaki, an ancient town on Honshu Island between Tokyo and Kyoto, where production began over the weekend. Work is expected to continue for 10 days, before moving to other locations.
“I’m happy that a movie starring Deneuve is filmed in Takasaki. I’d like to cooperate in the filming,” said city mayor, Tomioka Kenji.
The film is understood to be based on an original screenplay. It is structured as a three-way production involving companies from Singapore, Japan and France and with financial support from authorities in Singapore. The producers are...
Deneuve portrays a singer who dies suddenly while on tour in Japan. But her spirit lives on and she embarks on a journey to find humanity in the after-world.
The project was revealed by the city government of Takasaki, an ancient town on Honshu Island between Tokyo and Kyoto, where production began over the weekend. Work is expected to continue for 10 days, before moving to other locations.
“I’m happy that a movie starring Deneuve is filmed in Takasaki. I’d like to cooperate in the filming,” said city mayor, Tomioka Kenji.
The film is understood to be based on an original screenplay. It is structured as a three-way production involving companies from Singapore, Japan and France and with financial support from authorities in Singapore. The producers are...
- 1/10/2024
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
Singaporean writer-director Nicole Midori Woodford is on a roll with her debut feature, Last Shadow At First Light, which premiered in New Directors at San Sebastian film festival and has two nominations at the Asia Pacific Screen Awards (APSAs) for best screenplay and best performance (Mihaya Shirata).
Filmed in Singapore and Japan, the film follows a Singaporean teenage girl with a special connection to the spiritual world who goes on a road trip to uncover the mystery of her Japanese mother’s supposed death. She has been told her mother died by suicide during the recovery effort following the Japan 2011 earthquake and tsunami that killed her maternal grandparents. But she doesn’t believe this to be true.
Meeting up with an uncle in Tokyo, they travel together to a town that was swept away by the tsunami although her uncle is more interested in the local pachinko parlour than helping with the quest.
Filmed in Singapore and Japan, the film follows a Singaporean teenage girl with a special connection to the spiritual world who goes on a road trip to uncover the mystery of her Japanese mother’s supposed death. She has been told her mother died by suicide during the recovery effort following the Japan 2011 earthquake and tsunami that killed her maternal grandparents. But she doesn’t believe this to be true.
Meeting up with an uncle in Tokyo, they travel together to a town that was swept away by the tsunami although her uncle is more interested in the local pachinko parlour than helping with the quest.
- 11/2/2023
- by Liz Shackleton
- Deadline Film + TV
Japan’s Dean Fujioka and the U.K.’s Callum Woodhouse are set to star in “Orang Ikan,” a WWII-set creature horror film. The picture is scripted by Singapore and Indonesia-based Mike Wiluan who will also direct the picture from next month.
International rights to “Orang Ikan” have been picked up by London-based Sc Films International, which will give the project its sales launch at the Busan festival and accompanying market next month.
Set in the Pacific, 1942, a Japanese ship transports prisoners of war to occupied territories as slave labor. After being torpedoed by allied submarines, a Japanese soldier and a British Pow are stranded on a deserted island, but soon discover they are not alone. They are being hunted by a ferocious mythological creature, the Orang Ikan, a human-fish hybrid. Unable to communicate in each other’s language, the two mortal enemies must come together to survive the unknown.
International rights to “Orang Ikan” have been picked up by London-based Sc Films International, which will give the project its sales launch at the Busan festival and accompanying market next month.
Set in the Pacific, 1942, a Japanese ship transports prisoners of war to occupied territories as slave labor. After being torpedoed by allied submarines, a Japanese soldier and a British Pow are stranded on a deserted island, but soon discover they are not alone. They are being hunted by a ferocious mythological creature, the Orang Ikan, a human-fish hybrid. Unable to communicate in each other’s language, the two mortal enemies must come together to survive the unknown.
- 9/19/2023
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
In “Mee Pok Man” director Eric Khoo reminds us vividly that love is often inscrutable and hard to get. The 1995 debut film of the Singaporean director was torn apart by critics on its release. Nowadays more and more scholars tend to discover its importance for Singapore’s cinematic history. Enough reasons to take a closer look and to find out how good, or bad, “Mee Pok Man” really is.
“Jiseok” is screening at Vesoul International Film Festival of Asian Cinema
The story takes place in mid-90s Singapore. A city firmly in the hands of consumerism. Dreaming of a life in luxury, Bunny sells her body on the street. During breaks, she and her friends go to a stall, where Johnny serves them fish noodles every night. Johnny is a loner with no friends, who inherited the business from his father. He is secretly in love with Bunny. As...
“Jiseok” is screening at Vesoul International Film Festival of Asian Cinema
The story takes place in mid-90s Singapore. A city firmly in the hands of consumerism. Dreaming of a life in luxury, Bunny sells her body on the street. During breaks, she and her friends go to a stall, where Johnny serves them fish noodles every night. Johnny is a loner with no friends, who inherited the business from his father. He is secretly in love with Bunny. As...
- 3/6/2023
- by Alexander Knoth
- AsianMoviePulse
The first film from Singapore to screen at Cannes and mentioned by the country’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs as “widely regarded to have contributed to the revitalisation of local cinema”, “12 Storeys” is a great sample of Eric Khoo’s cinema.
“Jiseok” is screening at Vesoul International Film Festival of Asian Cinema
The script begins with the suicide of a young man who jumps from the 12th floor of his block of flats, and then introduces the three arcs that form the basis of the narrative, all revolving around inhabitants of the same building. The minor one focuses on San-san, an obese woman who lives alone, with her only social interaction being the constant nagging of her elderly mother, and also considers suicide. The second and most funny one deals with middle-aged Ah Gu, who has troubles with his Chinese bride, Lily, who does not hesitate to stress...
“Jiseok” is screening at Vesoul International Film Festival of Asian Cinema
The script begins with the suicide of a young man who jumps from the 12th floor of his block of flats, and then introduces the three arcs that form the basis of the narrative, all revolving around inhabitants of the same building. The minor one focuses on San-san, an obese woman who lives alone, with her only social interaction being the constant nagging of her elderly mother, and also considers suicide. The second and most funny one deals with middle-aged Ah Gu, who has troubles with his Chinese bride, Lily, who does not hesitate to stress...
- 3/5/2023
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
The first film from Singapore to screen at Cannes and mentioned by the country’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs as “widely regarded to have contributed to the revitalisation of local cinema”, “12 Storeys” is a great sample of Eric Khoo’s cinema.
“12 Storeys” is screening at Vesoul International Film Festival of Asian Cinema
The script begins with the suicide of a young man who jumps from the 12th floor of his block of flats, and then introduces the three arcs that form the basis of the narrative, all revolving around inhabitants of the same building. The minor one focuses on San-san, an obese woman who lives alone, with her only social interaction being the constant nagging of her elderly mother, and also considers suicide. The second and most funny one deals with middle-aged Ah Gu, who has troubles with his Chinese bride, Lily, who does not hesitate to stress...
“12 Storeys” is screening at Vesoul International Film Festival of Asian Cinema
The script begins with the suicide of a young man who jumps from the 12th floor of his block of flats, and then introduces the three arcs that form the basis of the narrative, all revolving around inhabitants of the same building. The minor one focuses on San-san, an obese woman who lives alone, with her only social interaction being the constant nagging of her elderly mother, and also considers suicide. The second and most funny one deals with middle-aged Ah Gu, who has troubles with his Chinese bride, Lily, who does not hesitate to stress...
- 3/5/2023
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
“My Magic” remains the only movie from Singapore to be nominated for the Palme D’Or, while it was also selected as Singapore’s official entry for the Oscars in 2009. Khoo cast Tamil actors, a minority in Singapore, in a rarity for local cinema, while Francis Bosco, the protagonist, is a real life magician. Lastly, the film was shot in just 9 days, and most of Bosco’s stunts were done in one take, since Khoo was afraid he would be injured, while the music of the film is courtesy of Khoo’s then 10-year-old son, Christopher.
“Jiseok” is screening at Vesoul International Film Festival of Asian Cinema
The story revolves around Francis, a former magician whose wife has abandoned, leaving him to take care of their now 10-year-old son on his own. However, Francis is a raging alcoholic and does anything but care for his son,...
“Jiseok” is screening at Vesoul International Film Festival of Asian Cinema
The story revolves around Francis, a former magician whose wife has abandoned, leaving him to take care of their now 10-year-old son on his own. However, Francis is a raging alcoholic and does anything but care for his son,...
- 3/2/2023
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
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