Former WME Independent agent Nelson Mok is launching a new investment and sales company named Mokster Films, which will focus on projects from Southeast Asia, Hong Kong and Taiwan.
Partnering with media executive Ricky Ow, Mokster Films will specialize in international sales for Asia-produced content, alongside the development and financing of films from around the region. Mokster Films will be at the upcoming Cannes Film Festival, where it will unveil projects from Hong Kong, Taiwan, Vietnam and Thailand.
Through Mokster Films, Mok will continue to work with WME Independent as a partner on a slate of current titles.
“Nelson is a leading exec in the Southeast Asian region with a great eye for material,” said WME Independent co-head Alex Walton. “We have had real success working with Nelson over the past few years and we look forward to continue the work in this new capacity.”
Joining Endeavor Content in 2019, Mok...
Partnering with media executive Ricky Ow, Mokster Films will specialize in international sales for Asia-produced content, alongside the development and financing of films from around the region. Mokster Films will be at the upcoming Cannes Film Festival, where it will unveil projects from Hong Kong, Taiwan, Vietnam and Thailand.
Through Mokster Films, Mok will continue to work with WME Independent as a partner on a slate of current titles.
“Nelson is a leading exec in the Southeast Asian region with a great eye for material,” said WME Independent co-head Alex Walton. “We have had real success working with Nelson over the past few years and we look forward to continue the work in this new capacity.”
Joining Endeavor Content in 2019, Mok...
- 5/10/2024
- by Sara Merican
- Deadline Film + TV
Former Endeavor Content and WME Independent executive Nelson Mok has joined forces with Asian TV veteran Ricky Ow to launch Mokster Films. The company positions itself as an investment and sales company for Asia-produced content.
The company will be involved in rights sales, film development and film financing. Its “strategic emphasis is on the growth of the film industry across Southeast Asia, Hong Kong, and Taiwan,” the company said. Mokster and Mok will also continue to work as a partner to WME Independent on a slate of current titles.
Mokster Films will be at the Cannes Market next week, where it expects to unveil projects at development and casting stage from Hong Kong, Taiwan, Vietnam and Thailand.
“Nelson is a leading exec in the Southeast Asian region with a great eye for material,” said WME Independent co-head Alex Walton. “We have had real success working with Nelson over the past...
The company will be involved in rights sales, film development and film financing. Its “strategic emphasis is on the growth of the film industry across Southeast Asia, Hong Kong, and Taiwan,” the company said. Mokster and Mok will also continue to work as a partner to WME Independent on a slate of current titles.
Mokster Films will be at the Cannes Market next week, where it expects to unveil projects at development and casting stage from Hong Kong, Taiwan, Vietnam and Thailand.
“Nelson is a leading exec in the Southeast Asian region with a great eye for material,” said WME Independent co-head Alex Walton. “We have had real success working with Nelson over the past...
- 5/10/2024
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
Former WME Independent agent Nelson Mok is launching new investment and sales company Mokster Films with a focus on international sales of Asian titles as well as on project development and financing in Southeast Asia, Hong Kong and Taiwan.
Through the new Singapore-based company, Mok will continue to work with WME Independent as a partner on a slate of titles that he has been handling, including The Cursed Land, which is set to open in Thailand in July, upcoming horror films Red Thread from Vietnam and Dominion Of Darkness from Indonesia, as well as this year’s biggest box office hit in Thailand,...
Through the new Singapore-based company, Mok will continue to work with WME Independent as a partner on a slate of titles that he has been handling, including The Cursed Land, which is set to open in Thailand in July, upcoming horror films Red Thread from Vietnam and Dominion Of Darkness from Indonesia, as well as this year’s biggest box office hit in Thailand,...
- 5/10/2024
- ScreenDaily
After announcing pre-orders for the physical edition of The Bridge Curse: Road to Salvation, developer Eastasiasoft Limited and Softstar Entertainment have finally announced a release date of August 30th for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation and Xbox Consoles. The launch will also carry a 15% discount for the first two weeks.
Coupled with the announcement is a new gameplay introduction trailer that also gives a preview of the English voice cast for Road to Salvation.
Based on the 2020 film The Bridge Curse by Lester Hsi, the story for The Bridge Curse: Road to Salvation sees you exploring the events surrounding one of Taiwan’s best-known supernatural incidents at Tunghu University. When six college students challenge the urban legend of a lingering female ghost as part of their “bravery initiation test”, they awaken a curse that no one knows how to break. Players will need to be stealthy to avoid the murderous ghost as...
Coupled with the announcement is a new gameplay introduction trailer that also gives a preview of the English voice cast for Road to Salvation.
Based on the 2020 film The Bridge Curse by Lester Hsi, the story for The Bridge Curse: Road to Salvation sees you exploring the events surrounding one of Taiwan’s best-known supernatural incidents at Tunghu University. When six college students challenge the urban legend of a lingering female ghost as part of their “bravery initiation test”, they awaken a curse that no one knows how to break. Players will need to be stealthy to avoid the murderous ghost as...
- 8/20/2023
- by Mike Wilson
- bloody-disgusting.com
Pre-orders for Physical Copies of ‘The Bridge Curse: Road to Salvation’ Open This Thursday [Trailer]
In case you were wondering about the console release of Softstar Entertainment’s The Bridge Curse: Road to Salvation (particularly after the release of the trailer for the sequel last week), Eastasiasoft Limited has announced pre-orders for a limited physical release of Road to Salvation for the PlayStation 5 and Nintendo Switch. Pre-orders will open on Thursday, July 13th at 11:00am Et/8:00am Pt, courtesy of Playasia.
The Bridge Curse: Road to Salvation will still be getting a digital release on the Switch, PlayStation, and Xbox platforms. However, those who spring for the physical release will get some additional goodies alongside the game. Those goodies include the game’s printed manual, soundtrack CD, art book and a numbered certificate in a collector’s box. If you’re not keen on having the extra stuff, you can also just order a standard physical copy of Road to Salvation.
Based on...
The Bridge Curse: Road to Salvation will still be getting a digital release on the Switch, PlayStation, and Xbox platforms. However, those who spring for the physical release will get some additional goodies alongside the game. Those goodies include the game’s printed manual, soundtrack CD, art book and a numbered certificate in a collector’s box. If you’re not keen on having the extra stuff, you can also just order a standard physical copy of Road to Salvation.
Based on...
- 7/11/2023
- by Mike Wilson
- bloody-disgusting.com
The horror sequel has been picked up by buyers across Asia.
US sales outfit WME Independent has sold theatrical rights to Taiwanese horror The Bridge Curse: Ritual to a raft of Asian territories.
Directed by Lester Hsi, the film has sold to Hong Kong (Edko Films), Singapore and Malaysia (Clover Films), Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Indonesia and Nepal (Westec Media), the Philippines (Pioneer Films) and Vietnam (Mockingbird Pictures).
It marks the sequel to Hsi’s feature debut The Bridge Curse, which proved a hit at the Taiwanese box office in 2020, and was the most-watched Taiwanese film on Netflix that year, according to the streamer.
US sales outfit WME Independent has sold theatrical rights to Taiwanese horror The Bridge Curse: Ritual to a raft of Asian territories.
Directed by Lester Hsi, the film has sold to Hong Kong (Edko Films), Singapore and Malaysia (Clover Films), Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Indonesia and Nepal (Westec Media), the Philippines (Pioneer Films) and Vietnam (Mockingbird Pictures).
It marks the sequel to Hsi’s feature debut The Bridge Curse, which proved a hit at the Taiwanese box office in 2020, and was the most-watched Taiwanese film on Netflix that year, according to the streamer.
- 5/18/2023
- by Jean Noh
- ScreenDaily
Horror and action titles include ’The Cursed Land’ and a sequel to ‘The Bridge Curse’.
Nascent US sales outfit WME Independent has swooped on five genre features from Southeast Asia and Taiwan, and is launching pre-sales at the Marché.
The deals were brokered by Singapore-based Nelson Mok, WME’s director, advisory, film group, who is in talks with international buyers in Cannes.
The titles include Thai horror The Cursed Land, co-directed by Panu Aree and Kong Rithdee, which follows a widower who travels to Thailand’s deep south to seek help from a witch doctor. Producer is Nonzee Nimibutr, whose credits include Nang Nak.
Nascent US sales outfit WME Independent has swooped on five genre features from Southeast Asia and Taiwan, and is launching pre-sales at the Marché.
The deals were brokered by Singapore-based Nelson Mok, WME’s director, advisory, film group, who is in talks with international buyers in Cannes.
The titles include Thai horror The Cursed Land, co-directed by Panu Aree and Kong Rithdee, which follows a widower who travels to Thailand’s deep south to seek help from a witch doctor. Producer is Nonzee Nimibutr, whose credits include Nang Nak.
- 5/18/2022
- by Silvia Wong
- ScreenDaily
Acquisition
Expanding on their already fruitful non-fiction partnership, Zdf Enterprises and Studio Hamburg Production Group have agreed to a closer working relationship in fiction production starting in January of next year, when Zdf Enterprises will acquire a 49% stake in Real Film, a Studio Hamburg subsidiary. The purchase is currently awaiting approval from German antitrust authorities.
“I am pleased to now extend the excellent collaboration that already exists in the non-fictional area with the Studio Hamburg Production Group to the fictional genre,” said Zdfe president and CEO Fred Burcksen. “Real Film is a great addition to our investment portfolio in fiction programs. I wish the two managing directors of Real Film Michael Lehmann and Henning Kamm every success.”
“We are delighted to be working with Zdf Enterprises to further strengthen the successful Real Film brand,” said Studio Hamburg’s Michael Lehmann and Johannes Züll. “Real Film already produces a wide variety of productions for cinema,...
Expanding on their already fruitful non-fiction partnership, Zdf Enterprises and Studio Hamburg Production Group have agreed to a closer working relationship in fiction production starting in January of next year, when Zdf Enterprises will acquire a 49% stake in Real Film, a Studio Hamburg subsidiary. The purchase is currently awaiting approval from German antitrust authorities.
“I am pleased to now extend the excellent collaboration that already exists in the non-fictional area with the Studio Hamburg Production Group to the fictional genre,” said Zdfe president and CEO Fred Burcksen. “Real Film is a great addition to our investment portfolio in fiction programs. I wish the two managing directors of Real Film Michael Lehmann and Henning Kamm every success.”
“We are delighted to be working with Zdf Enterprises to further strengthen the successful Real Film brand,” said Studio Hamburg’s Michael Lehmann and Johannes Züll. “Real Film already produces a wide variety of productions for cinema,...
- 10/19/2021
- by Jamie Lang
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: 108 Media has picked up rights to Ying Chang Compestine’s YA book A Banquet for Hungry Ghosts and is planning an animated anthology horror series adaptation.
Los Angeles-based showrunner Tricia Lee will write all eight 30-minute episodes of the show, she previously directed features that sold to Hulu and NBC Universal’s Chiller Network and was named on the 2020 Black List. Taiwanese filmmaker Lester Hsi will helm the project, his credits include local box office hit The Bridge Curse, which was also picked up by Netflix.
Set across different epochs surrounding Chinese culture across the world, the series is made up of eight self-contained hungry ghost stories, laid out as eight courses of a banquet in a live-action appetizer/dessert bookends (filmed unique to each language and market) wrapped around its animated main course.
It will be produced and financed by 108 Media with the development and production being...
Los Angeles-based showrunner Tricia Lee will write all eight 30-minute episodes of the show, she previously directed features that sold to Hulu and NBC Universal’s Chiller Network and was named on the 2020 Black List. Taiwanese filmmaker Lester Hsi will helm the project, his credits include local box office hit The Bridge Curse, which was also picked up by Netflix.
Set across different epochs surrounding Chinese culture across the world, the series is made up of eight self-contained hungry ghost stories, laid out as eight courses of a banquet in a live-action appetizer/dessert bookends (filmed unique to each language and market) wrapped around its animated main course.
It will be produced and financed by 108 Media with the development and production being...
- 10/19/2021
- by Tom Grater
- Deadline Film + TV
Horror film is directed by Le Van Kiet, whose credits include Furie, which is Vietnam’s highest-grossing local film.
Endeavor Content’s Asia sales operation has sealed a raft of theatrical deals on Vietnamese horror film The Ancestral, from Furie director Le Van Kiet.
Theatrical rights to the film have gone to the Middle East (Salim Ramia & Co), Taiwan (MovieCloud), Thailand, Cambodia and Laos (M Pictures) and Singapore and Malaysia (Clover Films).
Endeavor Content is also closing deals for Indonesia, Philippines, Myanmar, Australia and New Zealand.
Starring Quang Tuấn (Kumantong), Thanh Mỹ (The Third Wife) and Mai Cát Vi (Furie...
Endeavor Content’s Asia sales operation has sealed a raft of theatrical deals on Vietnamese horror film The Ancestral, from Furie director Le Van Kiet.
Theatrical rights to the film have gone to the Middle East (Salim Ramia & Co), Taiwan (MovieCloud), Thailand, Cambodia and Laos (M Pictures) and Singapore and Malaysia (Clover Films).
Endeavor Content is also closing deals for Indonesia, Philippines, Myanmar, Australia and New Zealand.
Starring Quang Tuấn (Kumantong), Thanh Mỹ (The Third Wife) and Mai Cát Vi (Furie...
- 3/16/2021
- by Silvia Wong
- ScreenDaily
Despite the fact that J-horror is long since dead, for the most part, the genre was always one of the most predominant ones in S/Se Asian, and particularly in the Asean countries, where horror was always quite popular. Recently, S. Korean genre cinema also seems to have made a turn towards the category, probably instigated by the huge success of “Train to Busan“, the sequel of which is also included in the list. Lastly, the trend that started in Indonesia with Joko Anwar‘s remake of “Satan’s Slaves” continued this year, with Kimo Staboel‘s “Queen of Black Magic” while the other member of Mo Brothers, Timo Tjahjanto also presented in an effort in the genre.
Without further ado, here are the best horror films of 2020, in reverse order. Some films may have premiered in 2019, but since they mostly circulated in 2020, we decided to include them.
*By clicking on the title,...
Without further ado, here are the best horror films of 2020, in reverse order. Some films may have premiered in 2019, but since they mostly circulated in 2020, we decided to include them.
*By clicking on the title,...
- 1/6/2021
- by Don Anelli
- AsianMoviePulse
In a year featuring routine textbook, by-the-numbers ghost movies from around the world, including the South Korean Lingering or the US Grudge reboot, one more effort joins this growing legion of films. First-time director Lester Hsi offers up his take on the format with this new ghost movie, that at least boasts a found-footage component on traditional ghost movie, now available on Netflix.
Attempting to investigate a strange urban legend, news reporter Wen De Ji (Jc Lin) looks into the disappearance of several students after trying to invoke the legend. The students, Meng Po-ju (Vera Yen) Te-chuan (Summer Meng), Wen-yao (Cheng Ko) Yu-ching (Ruby Zhan) and Hsien-chao (Ning Chang), who were playing a game with a local bridge that was said to be haunted by a malicious ghost who haunts the location after committing suicide there. As she gets deeper into the investigation of their accidents, the more she comes...
Attempting to investigate a strange urban legend, news reporter Wen De Ji (Jc Lin) looks into the disappearance of several students after trying to invoke the legend. The students, Meng Po-ju (Vera Yen) Te-chuan (Summer Meng), Wen-yao (Cheng Ko) Yu-ching (Ruby Zhan) and Hsien-chao (Ning Chang), who were playing a game with a local bridge that was said to be haunted by a malicious ghost who haunts the location after committing suicide there. As she gets deeper into the investigation of their accidents, the more she comes...
- 12/13/2020
- by Don Anelli
- AsianMoviePulse
Taiwan’s Studio76 is joining hands with Singapore’s MediaCorp launch a new script competition to be launched in 2021. The mission is to boost Chinese-language storytelling in the pan-Asia region.
Unveiled at the Taiwan Creative Content Fest, “Rising Stories” will begin accepting applications from Feb. 1, 2021 to April 15, 2021. Five winners will be selected, and results are expected to be announced in July. The script competition also has backing of Tencent’s WeTV and X Media Asia.
The competition aims to strengthen Taiwan as an incubation hub for Chinese language stories for talent from all over the world, and to create projects with global appeal that can attract investment from international financiers, Studio76 said.
Entries will be judged by a panel of adjudicators including actor Janel Tsai, director Chieh Hsueh-Bin, director Lester Shih (“The Bridge Curse”), scriptwriter-producer Maya Huang and Wang Li-Wen (“The Magnificent Bobita”).
Speaking Thursday at Tccf, judges said they were excited with the competition,...
Unveiled at the Taiwan Creative Content Fest, “Rising Stories” will begin accepting applications from Feb. 1, 2021 to April 15, 2021. Five winners will be selected, and results are expected to be announced in July. The script competition also has backing of Tencent’s WeTV and X Media Asia.
The competition aims to strengthen Taiwan as an incubation hub for Chinese language stories for talent from all over the world, and to create projects with global appeal that can attract investment from international financiers, Studio76 said.
Entries will be judged by a panel of adjudicators including actor Janel Tsai, director Chieh Hsueh-Bin, director Lester Shih (“The Bridge Curse”), scriptwriter-producer Maya Huang and Wang Li-Wen (“The Magnificent Bobita”).
Speaking Thursday at Tccf, judges said they were excited with the competition,...
- 11/19/2020
- by Vivienne Chow
- Variety Film + TV
As August comes to a close, let’s take a look back at everything that arrived on Netflix over the last week of the month, before we tackle what’s to drop on the streaming giant in September.
The week starting August 24th delivered a huge haul of new movies and TV shows of all shapes and sizes. Overall, 28 fresh titles were added to Netflix’s library – 16 films and 12 TV shows – and you can check out the entire list below:
16 New Movies
1Br (2019) A Princess for Christmas (2011) All Together Now (2020) Blaze (2018) Edge of Seventeen (1998) Lingua Franca (2019) Making The Witcher (2020) Netflix Original Morning Glory (2010) Night Comes On (2018) Rising Phoenix (2020) Santana (2020) Strange but True (2019) The Bridge Curse (2020) The Frozen Ground (2013) The Young Messiah (2016) Unknown Origins (Orígenes secretos) (2018) Netflix Original
12 New TV Series
Aggretsuko (Season 3) Netflix Original Baewatch: Parental Guidance (Season 1) Bunk’d (Season 4) Cobra Kai (Seasons 1-2) Netflix Original Emily’s Wonder Lab (Season...
The week starting August 24th delivered a huge haul of new movies and TV shows of all shapes and sizes. Overall, 28 fresh titles were added to Netflix’s library – 16 films and 12 TV shows – and you can check out the entire list below:
16 New Movies
1Br (2019) A Princess for Christmas (2011) All Together Now (2020) Blaze (2018) Edge of Seventeen (1998) Lingua Franca (2019) Making The Witcher (2020) Netflix Original Morning Glory (2010) Night Comes On (2018) Rising Phoenix (2020) Santana (2020) Strange but True (2019) The Bridge Curse (2020) The Frozen Ground (2013) The Young Messiah (2016) Unknown Origins (Orígenes secretos) (2018) Netflix Original
12 New TV Series
Aggretsuko (Season 3) Netflix Original Baewatch: Parental Guidance (Season 1) Bunk’d (Season 4) Cobra Kai (Seasons 1-2) Netflix Original Emily’s Wonder Lab (Season...
- 8/30/2020
- by Christian Bone
- We Got This Covered
A recent survey found that one in five of Americans heavily rely on streaming services to help them cope with the trials and tribulations posed by the coronavirus pandemic. Netflix should be well aware of this fact, too, as their subscriber base has grown tremendously while other businesses – particularly those in the entertainment industry – are currently languishing.
Of course, periods of growth often precede times of rapid decline, and Netflix’s success has not been without its own complications. As more and more regions in the United States are reinstating quarantine, people consume content at faster rates than ever before. And in order to keep their subscribers satisfied, Netflix has tried their best to provide new material.
Today, for instance, August 27th, the streamer has added a total of 5 new movies and 1 new TV show, and the complete list is as follows:
5 New Movies
Edge of Seventeen (1998) Night Comes On...
Of course, periods of growth often precede times of rapid decline, and Netflix’s success has not been without its own complications. As more and more regions in the United States are reinstating quarantine, people consume content at faster rates than ever before. And in order to keep their subscribers satisfied, Netflix has tried their best to provide new material.
Today, for instance, August 27th, the streamer has added a total of 5 new movies and 1 new TV show, and the complete list is as follows:
5 New Movies
Edge of Seventeen (1998) Night Comes On...
- 8/27/2020
- by Tim Brinkhof
- We Got This Covered
It’s time to look ahead at what Netflix will be delivering over the following week, and it’s another hefty haul coming up across the next seven days. Interestingly, there aren’t many recognizable films and TV shows in this batch, making it more of a showcase of foreign cinema and television and underrated or unseen gems.
Without further ado, though, take a look below at the full list of what’s being added to the streaming site’s library from Monday, August 24th to Sunday, August 30th:
August 25th
Emily’s Wonder Lab (Season 1) N – Kids educational series hosted by Emily Calandrelli. Trinkets (Season 2) N – Final season of the teen drama.
August 26th
Do Do Sol Sol La La Sol (Season 1 – New Episodes Weekly) N – Korean drama series about a pianist who moves to a small town to find new love. Lingua Franca (2019) – An undocumented transwoman tries to obtain...
Without further ado, though, take a look below at the full list of what’s being added to the streaming site’s library from Monday, August 24th to Sunday, August 30th:
August 25th
Emily’s Wonder Lab (Season 1) N – Kids educational series hosted by Emily Calandrelli. Trinkets (Season 2) N – Final season of the teen drama.
August 26th
Do Do Sol Sol La La Sol (Season 1 – New Episodes Weekly) N – Korean drama series about a pianist who moves to a small town to find new love. Lingua Franca (2019) – An undocumented transwoman tries to obtain...
- 8/23/2020
- by Christian Bone
- We Got This Covered
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