Taiwan-based gross sales agent Distribution Workshop is launching pre-sales on Juno Mak’s long-gestating Sons Of The Neon Evening on the upcoming Asian Contents and Film Market (ACFM) throughout Busan International Film Festival.
The highly-stylized crime thriller stars Takeshi Kaneshiro (Home Of Flying Daggers), Tony Leung Ka-fai (Chilly Conflict), Sean Lau (Life With out Precept), Louis Koo and Richie Jen, with the the latter two actors additionally showing in Hong Kong’s Oscars submission Twilight Of The Warriors: Walled In.
The movie, which is about in a deconstructed and reimagined Hong Kong, additionally options authentic scores composed by the late Ryuichi Sakamoto.
The story begins with a big explosion and shootout in a snow struck downtown Hong Kong, which turn into deliberate by the inheritor to a world pharmaceutical conglomerate (Kaneshiro), who’s making an attempt to wipe out the worldwide medication commerce.
Mak made his function debut with Rigor Mortis in 2013, which premiered within the Venice Days part of Venice Movie Pageant and gained the FIPRESCI prize at Golden Horse Movie Pageant. He has already spent a number of years making Sons Of The Neon Evening, which has a price range of greater than $50m and is at present in post-production for launch within the first half of 2025.
Distribution Workshop’s ACFM slate additionally consists of Taiwanese romantic drama Penguin Lady, from rising director Yuyu Yang, and Surprising Braveness, impressed by the true story of director Shawn Yu and starring René Liu and Hsueh Shih-Ling.
