EXCLUSIVE: Studiocanal is forging against the law drama sequence about an all-female gang within the Asian “Wild West.”
The French main is teaming with Fremantle-backed Beach House Pictures and Singapore’s Momo Film Co. on Red Butterfly, which comes from The Nice scribe Constance Cheng and Kris Ong.
Based mostly on a real story, Purple Butterfly follows the rise of an all-female gang run by two sisters set in Fifties Singapore, at the moment a metropolis of crime, the glamorous however lawless “Wild West” of Asia.
The buzzy venture has been unveiled on the eve of the Asian TV Forum & Market in Singapore. Studiocanal is promoting and Canal+ is growing in Vietnam and Myanmar.
Purple Butterfly might be filmed in English and Chinese language languages on location in Singapore and Malaysia. Co-creator Cheng will write and function showrunner. Fellow co-creator Kris Ong (Ajoomma) can even write on the venture. The struggle choreography might be supported by Martial Membership (All the things In every single place All At As soon as), based by the Le Brothers and Daniel Mah.
Ron Halpern, EVP World Manufacturing, Isobel Carter, VP World Manufacturing Studiocanal, and Damiano Malchiodi, Content material Improvement Asia Canal+ Worldwide, mentioned: “We’re delighted to be becoming a member of forces with Seashore Home Footage and Momo Movie to develop this outstanding true story right into a premium present for world audiences. Singapore at the moment was such a cosmopolitan metropolis. Along with the various native inhabitants, American brokers and British officers have been a part of the intrigue. Constance Cheng and Kris Ong have created an bold, thrilling sequence that disrupts conventional concepts of energy, exploring feminine management in a male-dominated prison world.”
Seashore Home was acquired at the start of this year by Fremantle. Momo recently struck a partnership with the Philippines’ Nathan Studio.
