Screenworks Asia, the production subsidiary of Taiwan’s Catchplay, is teaming with the Taiwanese arm of Chinese platform iQiyi to jointly stream two of its original series: Not a Murder Story and I Can See You Shine.
Set to stream on Catchplay+ and iQiyi beginning in January 2024, Not a Murder Story is directed by Chen-Nien Ko, one of Taiwan’s most promising young filmmakers, following her award-winning feature The Silent Forest and series Close Your Eyes Before It’s Dark.
Starring Kuan-Ting Liu (A Sun), Sonia Sui (Women Who Flirt) and Gingle Wang (Wave Makers), Not a Murder Story will also be broadcast on Taiwan’s Gtv Channel and Catchplay Movies Channel.
It revolves around a wannabe actor who finally gets his big break but wakes up with a dead woman beside him, then makes matters worse by trying to make the situation look like a robbery gone wrong.
Here’s...
Set to stream on Catchplay+ and iQiyi beginning in January 2024, Not a Murder Story is directed by Chen-Nien Ko, one of Taiwan’s most promising young filmmakers, following her award-winning feature The Silent Forest and series Close Your Eyes Before It’s Dark.
Starring Kuan-Ting Liu (A Sun), Sonia Sui (Women Who Flirt) and Gingle Wang (Wave Makers), Not a Murder Story will also be broadcast on Taiwan’s Gtv Channel and Catchplay Movies Channel.
It revolves around a wannabe actor who finally gets his big break but wakes up with a dead woman beside him, then makes matters worse by trying to make the situation look like a robbery gone wrong.
Here’s...
- 11/7/2023
- by Liz Shackleton
- Deadline Film + TV
Titles include ‘Not A Murder Story’ and ‘I Can See You Shine’.
Taiwan-based streaming platform Catchplay and its production subsidiary Screenworks Asia have unveiled a slate of Mandarin-language originals, led by crime thriller series Not A Murder Story.
The titles include regional collaborations involving co-production partners from Hong Kong, Indonesia and Singapore, with further notable projects including teen romance series I Can See You Shine and psychological thriller Love Is A Bitch from award-winning filmmaker Sung Hsin-Yin.
Announcing the slate at a press event in Taipei today marked the first in-person launch of Screenworks Asia, which was established in mid-...
Taiwan-based streaming platform Catchplay and its production subsidiary Screenworks Asia have unveiled a slate of Mandarin-language originals, led by crime thriller series Not A Murder Story.
The titles include regional collaborations involving co-production partners from Hong Kong, Indonesia and Singapore, with further notable projects including teen romance series I Can See You Shine and psychological thriller Love Is A Bitch from award-winning filmmaker Sung Hsin-Yin.
Announcing the slate at a press event in Taipei today marked the first in-person launch of Screenworks Asia, which was established in mid-...
- 11/8/2022
- by Silvia Wong
- ScreenDaily
Taiwan-based regional streamer Catchplay and its production subsidiary Screenworks Asia have announced a slate of Mandarin-language originals, headed by eight-part crime thriller Not A Murder Story, directed by Chen-Nien Ko (The Silent Forest) and starring Kuan-Ting Liu (A Sun).
Currently in post-production, the series is a co-production between Screenworks Asia, Taiwan’s Gala Television Corp and Hong Kong’s MakerVille Company. The story revolves around an aspiring actor who wakes up one morning with a dead woman beside him. Sonia Sui (Women Who Flirt) and Gingle Wang (Detention) also star.
Also in post-production is coming-of-age comedy drama I Can See You Shine, scripted by Xin-Xuan Huang (The Making Of An Ordinary Woman I & II). The story of two high school friends, one of whom is a second generation immigrant, aims to challenge stereotypes around immigrant families in Taiwan.
Screenworks Asia has also announced its first film production, psychological thriller Love Is A Bitch,...
Currently in post-production, the series is a co-production between Screenworks Asia, Taiwan’s Gala Television Corp and Hong Kong’s MakerVille Company. The story revolves around an aspiring actor who wakes up one morning with a dead woman beside him. Sonia Sui (Women Who Flirt) and Gingle Wang (Detention) also star.
Also in post-production is coming-of-age comedy drama I Can See You Shine, scripted by Xin-Xuan Huang (The Making Of An Ordinary Woman I & II). The story of two high school friends, one of whom is a second generation immigrant, aims to challenge stereotypes around immigrant families in Taiwan.
Screenworks Asia has also announced its first film production, psychological thriller Love Is A Bitch,...
- 11/8/2022
- by Liz Shackleton
- Deadline Film + TV
UK filmmaker Ben Jagger directed, co-wrote.
Voltage Pictures has licensed US rights on J-horror Room 203 from from Japan’s Ammo Inc. and California-based Ammo Entertainment to Vertical Entertainment.
UK filmmaker Ben Jagger directed the feature about two female roommates tormented by vengeful spirits dwelling in their gothic-style apartment which contains an ornate centrepiece.
Rising actors Francesca Xuereb, Viktoria Vinyarska and Eric Wiegand star.
John Poliquin, Jagger and Nick Richey adapted the screenplay from Nanami Kamon’s Japanese novel published by Kobunsha. Producers are Ammo Entertainment’s Annmarie Sairrino and Ammo Inc.’s Moeko Suzuki, alongside Kat McPhee, Ben Anderson and Eric Gibson.
Voltage Pictures has licensed US rights on J-horror Room 203 from from Japan’s Ammo Inc. and California-based Ammo Entertainment to Vertical Entertainment.
UK filmmaker Ben Jagger directed the feature about two female roommates tormented by vengeful spirits dwelling in their gothic-style apartment which contains an ornate centrepiece.
Rising actors Francesca Xuereb, Viktoria Vinyarska and Eric Wiegand star.
John Poliquin, Jagger and Nick Richey adapted the screenplay from Nanami Kamon’s Japanese novel published by Kobunsha. Producers are Ammo Entertainment’s Annmarie Sairrino and Ammo Inc.’s Moeko Suzuki, alongside Kat McPhee, Ben Anderson and Eric Gibson.
- 10/14/2021
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
The 21st Asia TV Forum & Market (Atf), Asia’s leading entertainment content and conference, capped off the first week of its digital edition – Atf Online+, with 2,320 unique attendees from 60 countries and regions as of 4 December 2020. The platform is available on-demand until 28 February 2021.
Atf Online+ kicked off with an Opening Ceremony at the new state-of-the-art Hybrid Broadcast Studio located in Marina Bay Sands, Singapore on 1 December 2020. Mr S Iswaran, Minister for Communications and Information, Singapore officiated the launch in front of a physical audience of key industry players. The event was concurrently streamed live to a global audience watching via Atf Online+ and on Facebook. The ceremony was followed by a fireside chat between the Minister and Mr. Steven Chia, Presenter/Senior Editor of Channel News Asia, on the future of the media and entertainment industry, where he mentioned how companies need to create a wider variety of content, and the...
Atf Online+ kicked off with an Opening Ceremony at the new state-of-the-art Hybrid Broadcast Studio located in Marina Bay Sands, Singapore on 1 December 2020. Mr S Iswaran, Minister for Communications and Information, Singapore officiated the launch in front of a physical audience of key industry players. The event was concurrently streamed live to a global audience watching via Atf Online+ and on Facebook. The ceremony was followed by a fireside chat between the Minister and Mr. Steven Chia, Presenter/Senior Editor of Channel News Asia, on the future of the media and entertainment industry, where he mentioned how companies need to create a wider variety of content, and the...
- 12/16/2020
- by Grace Han
- AsianMoviePulse
Newly-launched Taiwan production company Screenworks Asia is to be involved in a wide range of screen content. But it is to be particularly involved in development of international projects.
The company was given its official launch in July and is jointly backed by quasi-government organization Taiwan Creative Content Agency (Taicca) and locally-based streaming platform Catchplay.
At launch in July, the company said that it was involved in six projects. They included “The Making of An Ordinary Woman II,” a sequel to one of the most successful Mandarin-speaking drama series of 2019, and “Chi,” a TV drama adapted from martial arts short film “The Method of Breathing,” by cutting-edge director Liu Yi.
Two of the company’s executives were Thursday involved in panel discussions that formed part of the Taiwan Creative Content Fest (Tccf). Catchplay CEO Daphne Yang spoke on the role of streaming companies, while Screenworks Asia’s director of content production,...
The company was given its official launch in July and is jointly backed by quasi-government organization Taiwan Creative Content Agency (Taicca) and locally-based streaming platform Catchplay.
At launch in July, the company said that it was involved in six projects. They included “The Making of An Ordinary Woman II,” a sequel to one of the most successful Mandarin-speaking drama series of 2019, and “Chi,” a TV drama adapted from martial arts short film “The Method of Breathing,” by cutting-edge director Liu Yi.
Two of the company’s executives were Thursday involved in panel discussions that formed part of the Taiwan Creative Content Fest (Tccf). Catchplay CEO Daphne Yang spoke on the role of streaming companies, while Screenworks Asia’s director of content production,...
- 11/20/2020
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
Taiwan, one of the few places in the world that did not shut its cinemas or production industries due to the coronavirus, is intent on ramping up the volume of film and TV that is made on and with the self-governed island.
A new government initiative will support an additional 100 hours per year of original content, has already attracted the support of streamers and pay-tv operators around the Asia region.
Wednesday saw the launch of Screenworks Asia, a joint venture between the Taiwan Creative Content Agency (Taicca) and Catchplay, a local film distributor and streaming firm, whose Catchplay Plus streamer claims 6 million subscribers in Taiwan, Singapore and Indonesia.
Backed with funding from the National Development Fund, Screenworks Asia will produce original content ranging from mini-series and movies to factual entertainment. It says it will place a strong emphasis on “premium original entertainment content targeting international audiences.”
Among the first batch...
A new government initiative will support an additional 100 hours per year of original content, has already attracted the support of streamers and pay-tv operators around the Asia region.
Wednesday saw the launch of Screenworks Asia, a joint venture between the Taiwan Creative Content Agency (Taicca) and Catchplay, a local film distributor and streaming firm, whose Catchplay Plus streamer claims 6 million subscribers in Taiwan, Singapore and Indonesia.
Backed with funding from the National Development Fund, Screenworks Asia will produce original content ranging from mini-series and movies to factual entertainment. It says it will place a strong emphasis on “premium original entertainment content targeting international audiences.”
Among the first batch...
- 7/29/2020
- by Vivienne Chow
- Variety Film + TV
First project from the new venture, Screenworks Asia, is a sequel to hit Chinese-language drama series The Making Of An Ordinary Woman.
Taiwan Creative Content Agency (Taicca) and Taiwanese distributor Catchplay are co-investing in a new venture, Screenworks Asia, to create Taiwanese content for international audiences.
According to a statement, the joint venture aims to increase the quantity and quality of Taiwanese film and TV content produced for international consumption, as well as “facilitate a platform for international collaboration, aiming to make Taiwan a powerhouse for Asian original content.”
Screenworks Asia’s first projects include a sequel to hit Chinese-language...
Taiwan Creative Content Agency (Taicca) and Taiwanese distributor Catchplay are co-investing in a new venture, Screenworks Asia, to create Taiwanese content for international audiences.
According to a statement, the joint venture aims to increase the quantity and quality of Taiwanese film and TV content produced for international consumption, as well as “facilitate a platform for international collaboration, aiming to make Taiwan a powerhouse for Asian original content.”
Screenworks Asia’s first projects include a sequel to hit Chinese-language...
- 7/29/2020
- by 89¦Liz Shackleton¦0¦
- ScreenDaily
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