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Exclusive: Taiwan’s D-Day Pictures and Singapore’s Mokster Films have pre-sold theatrical rights for horror film Phantom to seven Southeast Asian markets via Abnormal Studios, at the Cannes market.

These countries include Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, Myanmar, Malaysia, Brunei and Indonesia.

Set for theatrical release in 2026, Phantom is directed by D-Day founder Lester Hsi.

The film will be produced by Fiona Hu (Black & White: The Dawn Of Justice) and Mokster Films’ Nelson Mok (Red Thread).

Phantom follows a social worker Youmo, who is reassigned to the trauma unit. She soon stumbles upon a disturbing case involving a series of mysterious deaths. As eerie phenomena begin to occur, including phantom footsteps, shifting objects, and unseen forces, Youmo uncovers forbidden rituals and buried wartime secrets connected to a sealed cave. With supernatural forces closing in, Youmo realizes that some horrors are not just unseen,...

Taiwan-based production banner D-Day Pictures and Singapore’s Mokster Films have teamed on “Phantom,” an Eastern Taoist-infused take on the “Invisible Man” concept, unveiled at this year’s Cannes Film Market.

Helmed by D-Day founder Lester Hsi, who previously scored box office success with “The Bridge Curse” and its sequel “The Bridge Curse: Ritual,” the horror film will be produced by Fiona Hu (“Black & White: The Dawn Of Justice”) with Mokster Films’ Nelson Mok (“Red Thread”) also on board. The project marks Mokster’s debut as a producer while the company will also handle international sales duties.

The film follows social worker Youmo who, after being reassigned to a trauma unit, uncovers a series of mysterious deaths linked to eerie phenomena including phantom footsteps and unseen forces. Her investigation reveals forbidden rituals and buried wartime secrets connected to a sealed cave, with supernatural forces closing in around her.

“With ‘Phantom,...

Taiwan’s D-Day Pictures unveiled horror film Phantom at the Cannes market today, with Singapore-based Mokster Films onboard as international sales agent and producer.

Set for theatrical release in 2026, Phantom will be directed by D-Day founder Lester Hsi and produced by Fiona Hu (Black & White: The Dawn Of Justice) and Mokster Films’ Nelson Mok (Red Thread).

Phantom follows a social worker Youmo, who is reassigned to the trauma unit. She soon stumbles upon a disturbing case involving a series of mysterious deaths. As eerie phenomena begin to occur, including phantom footsteps, shifting objects, and unseen forces, Youmo uncovers forbidden rituals and buried wartime secrets connected to a sealed cave. With supernatural forces closing in, Youmo realizes that some horrors are not just unseen, but are everywhere.

The film will carry influences from Eastern Taoist mysticism and the “Invisible Man mythos.”

This marks the...

Singapore sales agent Mokster Films is expanding into production, making its first feature film Phantom with Taiwanese director Lester Hsi.

The horror film follows a social worker who encounters a series of mysterious deaths, which leads her to buried wartime secrets connected to a sealed cave. The story is a new take on the Invisible Man mythos but infused with Taoist mysticism.

“This film is about the fear that lingers in silence, in forgotten places, and in systems we take for granted,” says Mokster Films’ Nelson Mok, who is taking on the new role of producer for the first time.

The 2024 Taiwan Creative Content Fest (Tccf), held its closing and awards ceremony for the Pitching section today (8th). This year’s grand prize, the Taicca X Cnc Award, was awarded to Clouded Leopard by Mangowork Studio Co., Ltd., while the Taicca Award: Best Story went to Rest in Pieces by Balena Islet Publishing Inc. Each winner took home $30,000 Usd and $10,000 Usd, respectively. Additionally, following the jury’s recommendation, a Special Jury Award was introduced due to the exceptional diversity and quality of proposals. This award was presented to the tri-country co-production The Alleyway which received $10,000 Usd in prize money as encouragement to inspire more market-potential projects in the future.

Taicca Chairperson Homme Tsai expressed that the four-day Tccf event received high praise for its international participation and professional quality, with over 10,000 visitors attending. He hopes to invite more major international platforms and production companies to participate in next year’s...

Taiwanese animated feature Clouded Leopard and Taiwanese manga Rest In Pieces were among the grand prize winners presented by at the pitching session of this year’s Taiwan Creative Content Fest (Tccf) which wrapped on November 8.

Clouded Leopard, produced by Mangowork Studio, took the Taicca X Cnc award with a cash prize of $30,000, while Rest In Pieces, published by Balaena Island Publishing, received the Taicca award: best story.

A further special jury award was added for The Alleyway, a documentary project co-produced by Korea, Qatar, and Denmark.

Taiwan-Korea comedy drama feature Call Of Lobster by Calendar Studios won the Chunghwa Telecom award.

Softstar Entertainment’s The Bridge Curse 2: The Extrication got its first trailer back in July, and now the game is set for a release later this year. Announced for release in 2024 by publisher Game Source Entertainment, The Extrication will be coming to PC via Steam, as well as the PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series, Xbox One, and the Nintendo Switch.

Described as a standalone sequel to The Bridge Curse: Road to Salvation, The Extrication is a reimagined adaptation of Lester Hsi‘s The Bridge Curse 2: Ritual. The Bridge Curse 2: The Extrication takes place at Wen Hua University, where a group of students are trying to attract new members to their film club. To do so, they’ve decided to hold a Carnival of Horror in the campus’ Da Ren building. The building just so happens to be rife with rumors of ghost sightings. The students plan on re-enacting...

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...

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.

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With console owners still waiting on the release of Softstar Entertainment’s The Bridge Curse: Road to Salvation, the developer/publisher has released the first trailer for the sequel, entitled The Bridge Curse 2: The Extrication. The sequel is currently in development for PC via Steam, though no release date has been announced as of yet.

The Bridge Curse 2: The Extrication is described as a standalone sequel to The Bridge Curse: Road to Salvation, and is a reimagined adaptation of Lester Hsi‘s The Bridge Curse 2: Ritual, which is slated for release later this year. Centering this time on the haunted campus of Wen Hua University, the story concerns a group of students trying to attract new members to the film club. To do so, they’ve decided to hold a Carnival of Horror in the campus’ Da Ren building. The building just so happens to be rife with rumors of ghost sightings.

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.

Way back in January, we told you about Softstar Entertainment’s The Bridge Curse: Road to Salvation. The game hit Steam back in August, and now thanks to publisher eastasiasoft, the first-person adventure horror game will be headed to the PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series, Xbox One, and the Nintendo Switch in the first half of 2023.

In addition, the game will now have an English voice acting option to complement the original Chinese voice acting track. There’s no word on if the English voice acting option will be making its way to the Steam version, however.

Based on 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...

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.

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...

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...

Mok will focus on international sales for Asia-produced content, as well as developing and financing films within the region.

Endeavor Content has hired Nelson Mok as director of Asia productions and international sales, based in Singapore.

Mok will focus on international sales for Asia-produced content, as well as developing and financing films within the region, tapping into the burgeoning growth in the Southeast Asia, Hong Kong and Taiwan film industries. He will report in to Endeavor Content’s international sales team, headed by Alex Walton.

Formerly director of international business at Singapore-based mm2 Entertainment, Mok was involved in licensing Taiwanese...