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“More than Blue,” the Taiwanese romantic film that was a surprise hit in China and across Asia, is to be adapted as a TV series. Singapore’s mm2 is producing in association with Taiwan’s Goodfilm Workshop.

The 10-part series will serve as an origin story and probe the student days of star-crossed characters Chang Che-Kai (K) and Sung Yuan-Yuan (Cream), originally played by Jasper Liu and Ivy Chen. It will also flesh out the back stories of several of the supporting characters. The cast has yet to be announced.

The series is to be directed by Hsieh Pei-ju, previous winner of the audience award at the 2019 Taipei Film Festival with her film “Heavy Craving.” Returning to the project are producer Rita Chuang, the 2018 films director Gavin Lin, and screenwriter Hermes Lu.

Production is set to start on July 7, 2020, on an announced budget of $6 million (Nt$180 million), with delivery in...

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...

“Safety is our first and foremost issue,” Yun Kim, head of the Biff’s publicity department, told Variety.

As Typhoon Kong-rey is about to hit the city of Busan, the festival earlier announced that outdoor events that had been originally set at the Biff Village on the Haeundae Beach have been moved to Dureraum Square outside the Busan Cinema Center.

According to Kim, however, concern about the weather is growing and the festival had to make further decisions whether to remove the outdoor installments, which might be dangerous if blown and knocked off by Kong-rey.

“[Removing installments and posters] might [dampen] the festival mood, but after a series of meetings, we have come to a conclusion that we’d rather be overly protective than being regretful later,” said Kim. “All the outdoor signs, banners and posters that might bring on any danger will be destroyed and removed by tonight. We already ordered new ones so...