Throughout the seven movies that he has directed, Tom Waller has proven his knack for diversity. From the spiritual crime film of “Mindfulness and Murder” to the delirious biopic about Thailand's “Last Executioner”, to the story of the students trapped in “The Cave” the result is always intriguing, with his works, particularly of the latest years, combining Hollywood aesthetics with an intense local flavor. The turn towards actual stories, however, is a fact, and his latest work, “Kiss of the Con Queen” cements it in the most evident fashion. Just like “The Last Executioner” though, there is a significant twist in the real history of a con man who cheated numerous members of the movie industry before his arrest: Both the protagonist of the movie, Eoin O'Brien, and a number of other members of the cast and crew were actual victims of the scam.
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- 4/28/2024
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
Exclusive: Here’s your first look at actor Ravi Patel suited up in Kiss Of The Con Queen, the true crime thriller inspired by the life of accused fraudster Hargobind Tahilramani dubbed the “con queen of Hollywood” after allegedly impersonating movie executives in an elaborate and high profile fraud scheme.
Directed by Tom Waller, the pic follows the story of an actor based in Bangkok, Thailand, who is led to believe that a powerful female Hollywood studio executive wants to consider him for a leading role in an upcoming DC Origins show, and is lured to Jakarta, Indonesia for an audition, only to find out that the whole thing is an elaborate scam when he is forced to front thousands of dollars in cash for flights and permits, on the promise of being reimbursed by the studio. However, after uniting with...
Directed by Tom Waller, the pic follows the story of an actor based in Bangkok, Thailand, who is led to believe that a powerful female Hollywood studio executive wants to consider him for a leading role in an upcoming DC Origins show, and is lured to Jakarta, Indonesia for an audition, only to find out that the whole thing is an elaborate scam when he is forced to front thousands of dollars in cash for flights and permits, on the promise of being reimbursed by the studio. However, after uniting with...
- 3/12/2024
- by Zac Ntim
- Deadline Film + TV
Action comedy film “Baby Hero” was launched at Singapore’s Asia TV Forum and Market on Thursday.
The film is a co-production between Singapore’s Hong Pictures and Bangkok-based Hollywood (Thailand). Principal photography will commence in the first quarter of 2024 with a view to releasing the film in 2025.
“Baby Hero” was launched in the presence of actors Joshua Tan, Zoen Tay, Justin Misson, Wang Weiliang, Lin Youfa and Vithaya Pansringarm, producer ‘Boy’ Watson and Singapore’s senior minister of state for communications and information Tan Kiat How.
The launch event was preceded by a celebration of casting portal I Am Casting, the brainchild of Singaporean actor and comedian Irene Ang who revealed plans to take the service global. Ang explained that the portal was for the gamut of actors across age groups, ranging from emerging stars to veterans.
Ang said that it is never too late to start as an actor.
The film is a co-production between Singapore’s Hong Pictures and Bangkok-based Hollywood (Thailand). Principal photography will commence in the first quarter of 2024 with a view to releasing the film in 2025.
“Baby Hero” was launched in the presence of actors Joshua Tan, Zoen Tay, Justin Misson, Wang Weiliang, Lin Youfa and Vithaya Pansringarm, producer ‘Boy’ Watson and Singapore’s senior minister of state for communications and information Tan Kiat How.
The launch event was preceded by a celebration of casting portal I Am Casting, the brainchild of Singaporean actor and comedian Irene Ang who revealed plans to take the service global. Ang explained that the portal was for the gamut of actors across age groups, ranging from emerging stars to veterans.
Ang said that it is never too late to start as an actor.
- 12/7/2023
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
A journey through the iconic and enchanting musical compositions that have graced the silver screens of Asia. From the lively streets of Bollywood to the poetic landscapes of Japanese cinema, from the poignant stories of South Korean movies to the tales of Hong Kong and Chinese films, and with a pinch from the Philippines and Thailand here 35 great songs found in Asian movies.
1. Remioromen by Konayuki 2. A Petal by Woong San 3. Chavoret's Theme by Joe Cummings & Scott Hess 4. Ruined Heart by Khavn, featuring Bing Austria & The Flippin' Soul Stompers 5. Chitchana Toki Kara by Maki Asakawa 6. これさえあれば by Tjiros 7. Nounai Shoukyo Game by Brats 8. Romanticist by The Stalin 9. High Upon High by Jackie Chan 10. Jason Bill by Texaco Leatherman The article continues on the next page...
1. Remioromen by Konayuki 2. A Petal by Woong San 3. Chavoret's Theme by Joe Cummings & Scott Hess 4. Ruined Heart by Khavn, featuring Bing Austria & The Flippin' Soul Stompers 5. Chitchana Toki Kara by Maki Asakawa 6. これさえあれば by Tjiros 7. Nounai Shoukyo Game by Brats 8. Romanticist by The Stalin 9. High Upon High by Jackie Chan 10. Jason Bill by Texaco Leatherman The article continues on the next page...
- 8/31/2023
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
Filming has begun on Tom Waller’s true-crime thriller, “Kiss of the Con Queen,” with real-life victim Eoin O’Brien (“The Last Full Measure”) taking the lead role. He plays actor duped by an impersonator to travel to Indonesia on the promise of auditions for a leading role in a DC origins series, only to discover that he had been scammed by the infamous Con Queen of Hollywood.
In the real world, the alleged perpetrator, 41-year-old Indonesian food blogger Hargobind Tahilramani, is accused of pretending to be both male and female Hollywood executives and having swindled hundreds of victims of millions of dollars. He was arrested in 2020 after an FBI manhunt and is currently in prison in the U.K. where he is fighting against possible extradition to the U.S. The U.K. court hearings have been dramatic and disturbing.
A chunk of the filming on Waller’s film has already...
In the real world, the alleged perpetrator, 41-year-old Indonesian food blogger Hargobind Tahilramani, is accused of pretending to be both male and female Hollywood executives and having swindled hundreds of victims of millions of dollars. He was arrested in 2020 after an FBI manhunt and is currently in prison in the U.K. where he is fighting against possible extradition to the U.S. The U.K. court hearings have been dramatic and disturbing.
A chunk of the filming on Waller’s film has already...
- 3/14/2023
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
Based on the true experiences of Irish actor and screenwriter Eoin O’Brien.
Ravi Patel is to play a mastermind impersonator in Kiss Of The Con Queen, a true crime thriller from Thai-uk director Tom Waller.
The casting was announced at the American Film Market (AFM), where the project is being sold by Bangkok-based production company, sales agent and distributor De Warrenne Pictures.
The film is inspired by the experiences of Irish actor Eoin O’Brien who was scammed by Hargobind Tahilramani, an Indonesian food blogger who was arrested in December 2020 following an FBI investigation that uncovered hundreds of cases of...
Ravi Patel is to play a mastermind impersonator in Kiss Of The Con Queen, a true crime thriller from Thai-uk director Tom Waller.
The casting was announced at the American Film Market (AFM), where the project is being sold by Bangkok-based production company, sales agent and distributor De Warrenne Pictures.
The film is inspired by the experiences of Irish actor Eoin O’Brien who was scammed by Hargobind Tahilramani, an Indonesian food blogger who was arrested in December 2020 following an FBI investigation that uncovered hundreds of cases of...
- 11/3/2022
- by Michael Rosser
- ScreenDaily
Ravi Patel has been attached to play the role of a mastermind impersonator in true-crime thriller film “Kiss of the Con Queen.”
The film is being directed by Thai-British director Tom Waller and is inspired by Irish writer and actor Eoin O’Brien’s own experiences of being scammed by Hargobind Tahilramani. The script is penned by O’Brien.
The announcement was made on Wednesday at the American Film Market just hours ahead of the revived Thai Night party and presentation. Thai Princess Hrh Ubolratana Rajakanya Sirivadhana Barnavadi.
Known colloquially as ‘Con Queen of Hollywood,’ the real Tahilramani is an Indonesian food blogger who was finally arrested in December 2020 in the U.K., after an FBI investigation that uncovered hundreds of cases of alleged fraud and identity theft involving unsuspecting victims in the film industry. Tahilramani awaits extradition to the U.S, to face charges with a U.K. court verdict...
The film is being directed by Thai-British director Tom Waller and is inspired by Irish writer and actor Eoin O’Brien’s own experiences of being scammed by Hargobind Tahilramani. The script is penned by O’Brien.
The announcement was made on Wednesday at the American Film Market just hours ahead of the revived Thai Night party and presentation. Thai Princess Hrh Ubolratana Rajakanya Sirivadhana Barnavadi.
Known colloquially as ‘Con Queen of Hollywood,’ the real Tahilramani is an Indonesian food blogger who was finally arrested in December 2020 in the U.K., after an FBI investigation that uncovered hundreds of cases of alleged fraud and identity theft involving unsuspecting victims in the film industry. Tahilramani awaits extradition to the U.S, to face charges with a U.K. court verdict...
- 11/2/2022
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
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Ravi Patel, who co-directed the Meet the Patels documentary about his efforts to land an Indian bride with help from his matchmaking parents, has nabbed the lead role in the true crime thriller Kiss of the Con Queen.
Thai-British director Tom Waller has attached Patel to play the role of a mastermind impersonator known as the “Con Queen of Hollywood.” Patel is also set to star in Fox’s Animal Control and will recur in Showtime Three Women drama opposite Betty Gilpin, Shailene Woodley and DeWanda Wise.
Patel’s other upcoming credits include appearing opposite Zachary Levi in Sony Pictures’ live-action adaptation of Harold and the Purple Crayon.
Writer Eoin O’Brien based the script on his own experiences of being scammed by Hargobind Tahilramani, an Indonesian food blogger who was finally arrested in December 2020 in Manchester, England, after an FBI investigation that uncovered...
Ravi Patel, who co-directed the Meet the Patels documentary about his efforts to land an Indian bride with help from his matchmaking parents, has nabbed the lead role in the true crime thriller Kiss of the Con Queen.
Thai-British director Tom Waller has attached Patel to play the role of a mastermind impersonator known as the “Con Queen of Hollywood.” Patel is also set to star in Fox’s Animal Control and will recur in Showtime Three Women drama opposite Betty Gilpin, Shailene Woodley and DeWanda Wise.
Patel’s other upcoming credits include appearing opposite Zachary Levi in Sony Pictures’ live-action adaptation of Harold and the Purple Crayon.
Writer Eoin O’Brien based the script on his own experiences of being scammed by Hargobind Tahilramani, an Indonesian food blogger who was finally arrested in December 2020 in Manchester, England, after an FBI investigation that uncovered...
- 11/2/2022
- by Etan Vlessing
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Selections include new projects from directors Farkhat Sharipov and Ash Mayfair.
The 3rd Tokyo Gap-Financing Market (Tgfm) has unveiled 20 projects selected for financing and development at Tiffcom, the affiliated content market of Tokyo International Film Festival (TIFF).
Selections include new projects by known directors such as recent Berlinale Generation 14plus prize-winner Farkhat Sharipov (Scheme), Ash Mayfair (The Third Wife) and Tom Waller (The Cave).
Hong Kong’s Toe Yuen, known for Annecy prize-winner My Life As McDull (2001), also has a new animation in the lineup.
Organised by UniJapan, Tgfm will run as part of Tiffcom online October 25-27. The 35th...
The 3rd Tokyo Gap-Financing Market (Tgfm) has unveiled 20 projects selected for financing and development at Tiffcom, the affiliated content market of Tokyo International Film Festival (TIFF).
Selections include new projects by known directors such as recent Berlinale Generation 14plus prize-winner Farkhat Sharipov (Scheme), Ash Mayfair (The Third Wife) and Tom Waller (The Cave).
Hong Kong’s Toe Yuen, known for Annecy prize-winner My Life As McDull (2001), also has a new animation in the lineup.
Organised by UniJapan, Tgfm will run as part of Tiffcom online October 25-27. The 35th...
- 9/20/2022
- by Jean Noh
- ScreenDaily
Watching “Thirteen Lives, Ron Howard’s new docudrama, is a lot like having deja vu all over again — all over again. It’s the third film in four years based on the seemingly impossible rescue of 12 trapped children and their soccer coach from a flooded cave system in Thailand in 2018, and although it’s extremely competent, it fails to add a new perspective to the story or a distinctive approach to its telling.
Hot on the heels of Tom Waller’s 2019 drama “The Cave” and Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin’s award-winning 2021 documentary “The Rescue,” Howard’s film stars Viggo Mortensen and Colin Farrell as Richard Stanton and John Volanthen, two highly experienced cave divers who traveled to the Tham Luang Nang Non cave after an unexpectedly early start to monsoon season trapped 13 people deep in its recesses, behind incredibly long, narrow, dangerous underwater caverns.
The Thai government had...
Hot on the heels of Tom Waller’s 2019 drama “The Cave” and Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin’s award-winning 2021 documentary “The Rescue,” Howard’s film stars Viggo Mortensen and Colin Farrell as Richard Stanton and John Volanthen, two highly experienced cave divers who traveled to the Tham Luang Nang Non cave after an unexpectedly early start to monsoon season trapped 13 people deep in its recesses, behind incredibly long, narrow, dangerous underwater caverns.
The Thai government had...
- 8/5/2022
- by William Bibbiani
- The Wrap
Netflix has set a Sept. 22 release date for “Thai Cave Rescue,” its six-part mini series about the dramatic events of July 2018 when 12 boys and their football coach were trapped in flooded limestone caves near Chiang Rai.
Their plight sparked an unprecedented international rescue effort that ended with the loss of just one life and a flurry of film and TV productions.
The Netflix series is at least the fourth on-screen retelling of the rescue tale and will follow two other efforts releasing over the next weeks. Netflix touts its series as “the most authentic and expansive retelling yet.”
First into the market, in 2019, was “The Cave,” by Thai-British director-producer Tom Waller, which mixed reconstructions and news footage. It gave prominent position to Europe-based rescue diver Jim Warny playing himself. And it broke ground by clearly depicting the controversial decision to fully sedate the boys during their extraction. Despite pushback from provincial officials,...
Their plight sparked an unprecedented international rescue effort that ended with the loss of just one life and a flurry of film and TV productions.
The Netflix series is at least the fourth on-screen retelling of the rescue tale and will follow two other efforts releasing over the next weeks. Netflix touts its series as “the most authentic and expansive retelling yet.”
First into the market, in 2019, was “The Cave,” by Thai-British director-producer Tom Waller, which mixed reconstructions and news footage. It gave prominent position to Europe-based rescue diver Jim Warny playing himself. And it broke ground by clearly depicting the controversial decision to fully sedate the boys during their extraction. Despite pushback from provincial officials,...
- 7/27/2022
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
Click here to read the full article.
The most haunting frame in Ron Howard’s Thirteen Lives shows a huddle of bicycles, hurriedly deposited along the metal fence leading into Tham Luang Nang Non cave in northern Thailand. They belong to the 12 soccer players (between the ages of 11 and 16) and their 25-year-old coach, who decided to go exploring one muggy day in late June 2018. What the group thought would be a brief post-practice excursion on familiar terrain turned into an 18-day nightmare. Hours after the team entered the underground karstic cavern, it flooded.
Most people know the story of the mission to rescue the soccer team, even if they’re hazy on the details. The news galvanized the international community and drew a captivated, sympathetic audience. Thirteen Lives is not the first attempt to tell the tale. In 2019, Tom Waller premiered his uneven docudrama The Cave at the Busan International Film Festival.
The most haunting frame in Ron Howard’s Thirteen Lives shows a huddle of bicycles, hurriedly deposited along the metal fence leading into Tham Luang Nang Non cave in northern Thailand. They belong to the 12 soccer players (between the ages of 11 and 16) and their 25-year-old coach, who decided to go exploring one muggy day in late June 2018. What the group thought would be a brief post-practice excursion on familiar terrain turned into an 18-day nightmare. Hours after the team entered the underground karstic cavern, it flooded.
Most people know the story of the mission to rescue the soccer team, even if they’re hazy on the details. The news galvanized the international community and drew a captivated, sympathetic audience. Thirteen Lives is not the first attempt to tell the tale. In 2019, Tom Waller premiered his uneven docudrama The Cave at the Busan International Film Festival.
- 7/25/2022
- by Lovia Gyarkye
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
France’s Swift Prods. and Japan’s Yaman Films have come on board “Kiss of the Con Queen,” a new fact-based feature film directed by Thailand’s Tom Waller.
The script was written by Bangkok-based Irish actor Eoin O’Brien (“The Last Full Measure”), who was a victim of Indonesian con artist Hargobind Tahilramani’s elaborate film industry scam.
Nicknamed the “Con Queen of Hollywood,” Tahilramani, an Indonesian food blogger, had been impersonating Hollywood executives such as Kathleen Kennedy and Amy Pascal, and promised roles in movies that never existed. He was arrested in the U.K. in 2020, after an FBI investigation that uncovered the extent of the scam.
Tahilramani is currently awaiting an extradition trial, which was recently delayed and is now expected to take place in November.
Waller, who directs, produces and provides location services in Thailand through his De Warrenne Pictures, has made a specialization of feature films...
The script was written by Bangkok-based Irish actor Eoin O’Brien (“The Last Full Measure”), who was a victim of Indonesian con artist Hargobind Tahilramani’s elaborate film industry scam.
Nicknamed the “Con Queen of Hollywood,” Tahilramani, an Indonesian food blogger, had been impersonating Hollywood executives such as Kathleen Kennedy and Amy Pascal, and promised roles in movies that never existed. He was arrested in the U.K. in 2020, after an FBI investigation that uncovered the extent of the scam.
Tahilramani is currently awaiting an extradition trial, which was recently delayed and is now expected to take place in November.
Waller, who directs, produces and provides location services in Thailand through his De Warrenne Pictures, has made a specialization of feature films...
- 5/22/2022
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
For the better part of 18 days between June and July of 2018, 12 boys and their coach survived in the Tham Luang cave in Thailand. The saga dominated the news cycle and their rescue became an international sensation. It spawned songs, countless awards, citizenship, and films around the globe. The newest of those projects, The Rescue, finds Free Solo documentarians Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin working on another action-filled project, combining cave-diving recreations with constant footage of those planning the rescue.
The Rescue, which is being released by National Geographic, acts as a thriller even if its ending is already known. It hums along, helped greatly by the ticking clock of rising water levels, falling oxygen levels, and the faces of boys who somehow survived those 18 days. Focused primarily on the British cave-diving experts brought in to aid the recovery, it gives little time to the Thai Navy Seals and other...
The Rescue, which is being released by National Geographic, acts as a thriller even if its ending is already known. It hums along, helped greatly by the ticking clock of rising water levels, falling oxygen levels, and the faces of boys who somehow survived those 18 days. Focused primarily on the British cave-diving experts brought in to aid the recovery, it gives little time to the Thai Navy Seals and other...
- 9/20/2021
- by Michael Frank
- The Film Stage
After his feature “Mindfulness and Murder” (2011), Thai director Tom Waller found his next project in the form of an obituary in a local newspaper. The announcement was about the death of Chavoret Jaruboon, something of a celebrity in Waller’s home country, since he was the last executioner carrying out death sentences via firing squad. When Thailand’s government abolished death by firing squad in 2003, Jaruboon also resigned. Since his formal appointment to the position in 1984, he had been responsible for 55 executions, all of which were carried out with him shooting the prisoner with a mounted machine gun. In the years until his death, he was a regular guest on TV shows and wrote books about his time as executioner.
Interestingly, the study of former executioners such as Jaruboon provides many noteworthy aspects for the discussion about the necessity of capital punishment in general. In an article about Albert Pierrepoint,...
Interestingly, the study of former executioners such as Jaruboon provides many noteworthy aspects for the discussion about the necessity of capital punishment in general. In an article about Albert Pierrepoint,...
- 8/10/2021
- by Rouven Linnarz
- AsianMoviePulse
The 2018 Tham Luang cave rescue was one of the most shocking and captivating stories the world experienced during the last years, as it captivated global interest for the 17 days the operation to rescue the twelve members of the football team (aged 11 to 16) and their 25-year-old assistant from the cave they were trapped in, lasted. The rescue efforts involved over 10,000 people, including more than 100 divers, scores of rescue workers, representatives from about 100 governmental agencies, 900 police officers, and 2,000 soldiers; and it required ten police helicopters, seven ambulances, more than 700 diving cylinders, and the pumping of more than a billion liters of water from the caves. Tom Waller focuses on the people and the events of the rescue while he dedicates the movie to Beirut Pakbara, a rescue diver who died during the operation.
The film deals with the events that led to the trapping of the team very briefly,...
The film deals with the events that led to the trapping of the team very briefly,...
- 8/5/2020
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
The films depicts the story of Chavoret, starting in the 60’s, when he was a guitar player in a rock n roll band, to the woman he met and fall in love with, and to the family he had with her, and the job he got in the prison in order to support them. Then, his initial transfer to the death squad, although as an assistant and not an executioner yet, and his final appointment as main executioner, particularly due to his family’s financial problems, since this line of work included a raise of 2000 baht. Lastly, his discharge from the prison, the books he wrote and his efforts to find solace from the guilt he suffered from the 55 executions he performed, to his death due to cancer.
In his tumultuous life as correctional officer, four are the events that stand out, with the first three being...
In his tumultuous life as correctional officer, four are the events that stand out, with the first three being...
- 1/6/2020
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
Writer/Director/Producer Tom Waller (Thomas de Warrenne Waller) was born in Bangkok to a Thai Buddhist mother and Irish Catholic father. He graduated from the Northern Film School in Leeds, England in 1995 and his first film project as producer and director was “Monk Dawson” (1998) aka “Passion for the Priest”.
He was nominated in 2012 for two Thai National Film Association Awards: Best Director and Best Screenplay for his murder mystery Mindfulness and Murder (2011), and won the Best Director award at Dhaka International Film Festival for his biopic, “The Last Executioner” (2014), also Best Picture “Tukkata Tong” Golden Doll award (Thailand’s equivalent of a Golden Globe) in 2015. He founded in 1996 his production company De Warrenne Pictures, one of Thailand’s leading full service production companies serving foreign productions.
On the occasion of his latest film “The Cave” being screened at the BFI London Film Festival we speak with him about the emotional drive of the project,...
He was nominated in 2012 for two Thai National Film Association Awards: Best Director and Best Screenplay for his murder mystery Mindfulness and Murder (2011), and won the Best Director award at Dhaka International Film Festival for his biopic, “The Last Executioner” (2014), also Best Picture “Tukkata Tong” Golden Doll award (Thailand’s equivalent of a Golden Globe) in 2015. He founded in 1996 his production company De Warrenne Pictures, one of Thailand’s leading full service production companies serving foreign productions.
On the occasion of his latest film “The Cave” being screened at the BFI London Film Festival we speak with him about the emotional drive of the project,...
- 10/15/2019
- by Adriana Rosati
- AsianMoviePulse
If you haven’t been living in a (different) cave for the last year and a half, chances are you were on the edge of your chair for more than 2 weeks last summer, following the misadventures and the rescue of 13 children trapped in the flooded underground cave complex of Tham Luang, in Chiang Rai, Thailand. The news reports about the boys, a junior football team called “Wild Boars” and their coach, were followed by the whole world with trepidation while support and assistance were arriving from everywhere. Thai-Irish director Tom Waller has now turned these 18 days into a film, “The Cave”, that had its World premiere at the Busan International Film Festival, European premiere at the BFI London Film Festival and North American premiere at the Vancouver Film Festival. The rescue was successful in the end, and the boys were all brought back to safety, however the mission costed the...
- 10/12/2019
- by Adriana Rosati
- AsianMoviePulse
New section sees three up-and-coming Filipino directors competing with five indie filmmakers from Southeast Asia.
The Philippines’ QCinema International Film Festival is launching a new competition section, Asian Next Wave, that will focus on emerging filmmakers from the Southeast Asian region.
The new section sees three up-and-coming Filipino directors, who received production funding from the festival, competing with five indie filmmakers from other countries in Southeast Asia.
The three local films in competition are Rae Red’s Babae At Baril, Arnel Barbarona’s Kaaway Sa Sulod and The Cleaners from Glenn Barit, while Southeast Asian titles include Mattie Do’s The Long Walk,...
The Philippines’ QCinema International Film Festival is launching a new competition section, Asian Next Wave, that will focus on emerging filmmakers from the Southeast Asian region.
The new section sees three up-and-coming Filipino directors, who received production funding from the festival, competing with five indie filmmakers from other countries in Southeast Asia.
The three local films in competition are Rae Red’s Babae At Baril, Arnel Barbarona’s Kaaway Sa Sulod and The Cleaners from Glenn Barit, while Southeast Asian titles include Mattie Do’s The Long Walk,...
- 10/7/2019
- by 89¦Liz Shackleton¦0¦
- ScreenDaily
"We're going to dive 'em out." Screen Daily has debuted the first official trailer for The Cave, the very first (of many in the works) narrative feature based on the daring cave rescue in Thailand that captured the world's attention in June/July of 2018. Directed by filmmaker Tom Waller, who was born in Thailand, the film features a few of the real divers playing themselves, however they cast Thai actors to play the kids and their soccer team coach. It took 18 days, with teams from around the world, to rescue all 12 of the children from deep inside the Tham Luang cave. Tom Waller's The Cave film stars Ekawat Niratvorapanya as the coach, plus Jim Warny and James Edward Holley. This looks exactly as expected without any surprises - a very powerful, heroic recreation of this harrowing cave rescue in northern Thailand. Check it out below. Here's the first official trailer...
- 10/6/2019
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
The film received its world premiere at the Busan International Film Festival.
Screen can reveal the first trailer for Tom Waller’s The Cave, which received its world premiere at the Busan International Film Festival.
The Cave tells the true-life story of the dramatic rescue of 12 boys and their football coach from Tham Luang cave in northern Thailand in 2018. Four of the volunteer cave divers play themselves in the film, as does Thai engineer Nopadol Niyomka, who helped pump rainwater out of the cave. The boys and their coach are played by actors.
Thai-Irish independent filmmaker Waller’s previous...
Screen can reveal the first trailer for Tom Waller’s The Cave, which received its world premiere at the Busan International Film Festival.
The Cave tells the true-life story of the dramatic rescue of 12 boys and their football coach from Tham Luang cave in northern Thailand in 2018. Four of the volunteer cave divers play themselves in the film, as does Thai engineer Nopadol Niyomka, who helped pump rainwater out of the cave. The boys and their coach are played by actors.
Thai-Irish independent filmmaker Waller’s previous...
- 10/6/2019
- by 14¦Screen staff¦0¦
- ScreenDaily
“The Cave,” Tom Waller’s reconstruction of the dramatic rescue of a schoolboy soccer team from waterlogged caverns in northern Thailand begins its festival career this week at the Busan International Film Festival.
Interest in the story has been running strongly since the dramatic events of June and July 2018, with at least half a dozen films versions announced and a Netflix-backed series in the works.
Several of those projects appear to have faltered, though a National Geographic documentary is believed to be still moving forward.
But Waller, who holds Thai and British passports and is an experienced local production manager for foreign films shooting in Thailand, used his unique set of connections to get his film rolling quickly. Shooting took place in Thailand, the U.K. and Ireland from November last year.
“Us being shown at Busan first, it’s playing the film on a world stage,” Waller told media.
Interest in the story has been running strongly since the dramatic events of June and July 2018, with at least half a dozen films versions announced and a Netflix-backed series in the works.
Several of those projects appear to have faltered, though a National Geographic documentary is believed to be still moving forward.
But Waller, who holds Thai and British passports and is an experienced local production manager for foreign films shooting in Thailand, used his unique set of connections to get his film rolling quickly. Shooting took place in Thailand, the U.K. and Ireland from November last year.
“Us being shown at Busan first, it’s playing the film on a world stage,” Waller told media.
- 10/4/2019
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
Tom Waller’s “The Cave,” the first feature film about the miraculous rescue of a soccer team from waterlogged caves in Thailand, will have its world premiere next month at the Busan International Film festival.
The film has confirmed other festival dates, including a North American premiere at the Vancouver festival and a European debut in the Thrill section of the London festival. These will be followed by a commercial release in Thailand from Nov. 28 through Sf Cinemas and Major Cineplex.
Netflix and Ivanhoe Pictures are also preparing a series on the summer 2018 events when the Wild Boars soccer team, consisting of 12 schoolboys and their coach, became trapped in the Tham Luang underground complex. The Thai government is co-operating and has bought out certain rights attached to the children.
Waller, a Bangkok-based Thai-Irish producer and director, tells his version from the point of view of the unsung heroes, notably the foreign rescue divers,...
The film has confirmed other festival dates, including a North American premiere at the Vancouver festival and a European debut in the Thrill section of the London festival. These will be followed by a commercial release in Thailand from Nov. 28 through Sf Cinemas and Major Cineplex.
Netflix and Ivanhoe Pictures are also preparing a series on the summer 2018 events when the Wild Boars soccer team, consisting of 12 schoolboys and their coach, became trapped in the Tham Luang underground complex. The Thai government is co-operating and has bought out certain rights attached to the children.
Waller, a Bangkok-based Thai-Irish producer and director, tells his version from the point of view of the unsung heroes, notably the foreign rescue divers,...
- 9/4/2019
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
Real-life divers and other rescue volunteers that last year led a successful multi-national mission to save 12 boys and their soccer coach from a cave in northern Thailand will play themselves in the upcoming Thai movie The Cave.
Those set to reprise their roles in Thai-Irish director Tom Waller's indie include Belgian cave rescue diver Jim Warny and dive instructors Erik Brown from Canada, Mikko Paasi from Finland and China's Tan Xiaolong. The real rescue effort at the Tham Luang cave involved over 10,000 people, including more than 100 divers, dozens of aid workers, some 100 government ...
Those set to reprise their roles in Thai-Irish director Tom Waller's indie include Belgian cave rescue diver Jim Warny and dive instructors Erik Brown from Canada, Mikko Paasi from Finland and China's Tan Xiaolong. The real rescue effort at the Tham Luang cave involved over 10,000 people, including more than 100 divers, dozens of aid workers, some 100 government ...
- 7/11/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Real-life divers and other rescue volunteers that last year led a successful multi-national mission to save 12 boys and their soccer coach from a cave in northern Thailand will play themselves in the upcoming Thai movie The Cave.
Those set to reprise their roles in Thai-Irish director Tom Waller's indie include Belgian cave rescue diver Jim Warny and dive instructors Erik Brown from Canada, Mikko Paasi from Finland and China's Tan Xiaolong. The real rescue effort at the Tham Luang cave involved over 10,000 people, including more than 100 divers, dozens of aid workers, some 100 government ...
Those set to reprise their roles in Thai-Irish director Tom Waller's indie include Belgian cave rescue diver Jim Warny and dive instructors Erik Brown from Canada, Mikko Paasi from Finland and China's Tan Xiaolong. The real rescue effort at the Tham Luang cave involved over 10,000 people, including more than 100 divers, dozens of aid workers, some 100 government ...
- 7/11/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Several of the real-life heroes whose actions in rescuing a soccer team from a flooded cave in Thailand made world headlines a year ago this month will play themselves in upcoming movie “The Cave.”
They include rescue diver Jim Warny from Belgium, dive instructors Erik Brown from Canada and Mikko Paasi from Finland, and Chinese cave-diving instructor Tan Xiaolong. American journalist Todd Ruiz, who covered the events in the Tham Luang caves for the Khao Sod English-language newspaper, reprises his role as a reporter.
The film, in Thai, Chinese and English, is directed by Thai-Irish director Tom Waller. He wrote the story with writers Don Linder and Katrina Grose, who previously collaborated with him on “The Last Executioner.”
Thai teen heartthrob Ekawat Niratworapanya heads the acting cast. He plays the football coach who led 12 schoolboys into the caves near Chiang Mai. When the Wild Boars team became trapped by suddenly rising floodwaters,...
They include rescue diver Jim Warny from Belgium, dive instructors Erik Brown from Canada and Mikko Paasi from Finland, and Chinese cave-diving instructor Tan Xiaolong. American journalist Todd Ruiz, who covered the events in the Tham Luang caves for the Khao Sod English-language newspaper, reprises his role as a reporter.
The film, in Thai, Chinese and English, is directed by Thai-Irish director Tom Waller. He wrote the story with writers Don Linder and Katrina Grose, who previously collaborated with him on “The Last Executioner.”
Thai teen heartthrob Ekawat Niratworapanya heads the acting cast. He plays the football coach who led 12 schoolboys into the caves near Chiang Mai. When the Wild Boars team became trapped by suddenly rising floodwaters,...
- 7/11/2019
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
Salty Pictures, the production and finance company headed by Jonah Greenberg, CAA’s former head in China, has unveiled a five-picture production slate in tandem with Thailand’s The Studio Park Prods. (Tspp), including a Chinese-language film together with Johnny Depp and his Infinitum Nihil partner Sam Sarkar.
Studio Park is a leading facilities provider and property developer in Thailand, backed by the Bbtv conglomerate. Its portfolio includes a recently built studio complex with five soundstages on the east side of Bangkok and equipment hire company Gearhead.
The group is now launching Tspp as a production services company that will assist inbound international productions. The agreement with Salty does not call for Tspp to invest, but sees the company provide services at preferential rates.
Since leaving CAA, Beijing-based Greenberg has begun development of 15 film projects. He is also an executive producer on Tom Waller’s “The Cave,” a Thai cave rescue film,...
Studio Park is a leading facilities provider and property developer in Thailand, backed by the Bbtv conglomerate. Its portfolio includes a recently built studio complex with five soundstages on the east side of Bangkok and equipment hire company Gearhead.
The group is now launching Tspp as a production services company that will assist inbound international productions. The agreement with Salty does not call for Tspp to invest, but sees the company provide services at preferential rates.
Since leaving CAA, Beijing-based Greenberg has begun development of 15 film projects. He is also an executive producer on Tom Waller’s “The Cave,” a Thai cave rescue film,...
- 5/17/2019
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
Netflix and Sk Global officially announced Tuesday that they have acquired the rights to produce a film about the rescue of a Thai youth soccer team from a flooded cave in 2018, with “Crazy Rich Asians” director Jon M. Chu directing alongside Thai filmmaker Nattawut “Baz” Poonpiriya.
The two companies were granted the rights by 13 Thumluang Company Limited, a company set up by the soccer team and their coach to handle life rights and related intellectual property rights related to the team and their rescue.
“We are grateful for the opportunity to thank the people and organizations from Thailand and around the world who came together to perform a true miracle, by retelling our story. We look forward to working with all involved parties to ensure our story is told accurately, so that the world can recognize, once again, the heroes that made the rescue operation a success,” said Assistant Coach Ekkapol “Coach Ake” Chantapong,...
The two companies were granted the rights by 13 Thumluang Company Limited, a company set up by the soccer team and their coach to handle life rights and related intellectual property rights related to the team and their rescue.
“We are grateful for the opportunity to thank the people and organizations from Thailand and around the world who came together to perform a true miracle, by retelling our story. We look forward to working with all involved parties to ensure our story is told accurately, so that the world can recognize, once again, the heroes that made the rescue operation a success,” said Assistant Coach Ekkapol “Coach Ake” Chantapong,...
- 4/30/2019
- by Jeremy Fuster
- The Wrap
Netflix has boarded Sk Global Entertainment’s project to bring to screen the dramatic Thai cave rescue of 2018. It is now envisaged as a Netflix Original series, rather than a movie.
The news was announced Thursday by Lt. Gen. Werachon Sukondhapatipak, a representative of Thailand’s ruling junta. He said that authorities had granted exclusive and lifetime rights to direct contact with the 12 boys and their soccer coach, who were trapped for two weeks in June and July last year in flooded caves near Chiang Mai. He said the 13 would each be paid about $94,000 (THB3 million) with additional sums paid to other organizations involved in the rescue.
“We can confirm that we are working on an original scripted miniseries with Ske Global and 13 Tham Luang Company Limited to bring the incredible story of the Thai cave rescue to audiences worldwide on Netflix,” a Netflix spokesman told Variety. Thai media reported...
The news was announced Thursday by Lt. Gen. Werachon Sukondhapatipak, a representative of Thailand’s ruling junta. He said that authorities had granted exclusive and lifetime rights to direct contact with the 12 boys and their soccer coach, who were trapped for two weeks in June and July last year in flooded caves near Chiang Mai. He said the 13 would each be paid about $94,000 (THB3 million) with additional sums paid to other organizations involved in the rescue.
“We can confirm that we are working on an original scripted miniseries with Ske Global and 13 Tham Luang Company Limited to bring the incredible story of the Thai cave rescue to audiences worldwide on Netflix,” a Netflix spokesman told Variety. Thai media reported...
- 3/8/2019
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
Slate also includes Cannes hopefuls Ken Loach’s Sorry We Missed You, Kore-eda Hirokazu’s The Truth and Kantemir Balagov’s Beanpole.
Wild Bunch has boarded sales on zeitgeisty drama Les Misérables, the directorial debut of filmmaker Ladj Ly, a long-time collaborator of French street artist Jr, whose work focuses on the tough eastern suburbs of Paris where he grew up.
Inspired by the 2005 riots in the notorious Clichy-sous-Bois and Montfermeil suburbs east of Paris, Les Misérables revolves around three members of an anti-crime brigade who are overrun while trying to make an arrest.
“It’s a challenging, exciting title for us,...
Wild Bunch has boarded sales on zeitgeisty drama Les Misérables, the directorial debut of filmmaker Ladj Ly, a long-time collaborator of French street artist Jr, whose work focuses on the tough eastern suburbs of Paris where he grew up.
Inspired by the 2005 riots in the notorious Clichy-sous-Bois and Montfermeil suburbs east of Paris, Les Misérables revolves around three members of an anti-crime brigade who are overrun while trying to make an arrest.
“It’s a challenging, exciting title for us,...
- 2/6/2019
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Universal Pictures has acquired the life rights of the divers and survivors of summer’s Tham Luang cave rescue in Thailand when 12 boys aged 11-16 and their coach of the Wild Boar soccer team were trapped 1,000 meters below the surface.
Michael De Luca will produce for his eponymous production company, alongside Dana Brunetti for his newly launched Cavalry Media banner. The duo are reteaming following their successful collaboration on the billion-dollar grossing Fifty Shades of Grey series, as well as their six-Oscar nominee Somali Pirate hijack feature Captain Phillips and three-time Oscar winner The Social Network.
CAA agent Matt DelPiano was instrumental and led a team effort, traveling to Thailand and Australia to secure the life rights for those involved including Wild Boar team Coach Aekkaphol Chantawong, divers Dr. Richard Harris and Dr. Craig Challen, and the players on the Wild Boar soccer team.
On June 23, the Wild Boar...
Michael De Luca will produce for his eponymous production company, alongside Dana Brunetti for his newly launched Cavalry Media banner. The duo are reteaming following their successful collaboration on the billion-dollar grossing Fifty Shades of Grey series, as well as their six-Oscar nominee Somali Pirate hijack feature Captain Phillips and three-time Oscar winner The Social Network.
CAA agent Matt DelPiano was instrumental and led a team effort, traveling to Thailand and Australia to secure the life rights for those involved including Wild Boar team Coach Aekkaphol Chantawong, divers Dr. Richard Harris and Dr. Craig Challen, and the players on the Wild Boar soccer team.
On June 23, the Wild Boar...
- 9/17/2018
- by Anthony D'Alessandro and Anita Busch
- Deadline Film + TV
The Cave, the first of at least six Thai cave rescue movies, is heading to production with half-Thai filmmaker Tom Waller set to direct. The package was a hot property at the Toronto International Film Festival, where it was unveiled for buyers looking to distribute the film based on the inspirational real-life story of 12 young soccer […]
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- 9/9/2018
- by Hoai-Tran Bui
- Slash Film
Exclusive: In another hot package unveiled for buyers here in Toronto, Tom Waller is set to direct his script The Cave, a drama about the harrowing rescue of the Wild Boars soccer team, after 12 boys aged 11-16 and their coach got trapped earlier this summer in the Tham Luang Cave in Thailand. The rescue of the boys before the caves became flooded played out in real time on TV screens across the world and was accomplished by experts from numerous countries.
Set up as a Thai production, the drama will begin shooting in November, with Thailand-based De Warrenne Pictures producing.
The British filmmaker was born in Bangkok and has directed Monk Dawson, Mindfulness and Murder, and The Last Executioner. The latter two were set in Thailand and won numerous awards. The production team includes editor Lee Chatametikool and production designer Pongnarin Jonghawklang.
Wild Bunch is handling international sales and introducing...
Set up as a Thai production, the drama will begin shooting in November, with Thailand-based De Warrenne Pictures producing.
The British filmmaker was born in Bangkok and has directed Monk Dawson, Mindfulness and Murder, and The Last Executioner. The latter two were set in Thailand and won numerous awards. The production team includes editor Lee Chatametikool and production designer Pongnarin Jonghawklang.
Wild Bunch is handling international sales and introducing...
- 9/7/2018
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
Thailand’s recent cave rescue has sparked a showdown between six production companies that have expressed interest in developing a film, according to multiple reports.
“Five international film production companies have proposed to the commerce and foreign ministries that they make a movie and a documentary about the rescue operation,” Thailand’s culture minister Vira Rojpojchanarat said Thursday, as reported by Thai PBS. Three of the companies have approached the Foreign Ministry for the rights, while two have contacted private agencies in Thailand, he said.
Aside from the five international production companies, Thai-Irish producer and director Tom Waller and his Thai production company De Warrenne Productions said it was working on a script based on the rescue operation, according to Variety.
Also Read: 'Crazy Rich Asians' Director Jon Chu to Develop Second Thai Cave Rescue Movie
Rojpojchanarat declined to share the names of the companies seeking to make a film about the rescue,...
“Five international film production companies have proposed to the commerce and foreign ministries that they make a movie and a documentary about the rescue operation,” Thailand’s culture minister Vira Rojpojchanarat said Thursday, as reported by Thai PBS. Three of the companies have approached the Foreign Ministry for the rights, while two have contacted private agencies in Thailand, he said.
Aside from the five international production companies, Thai-Irish producer and director Tom Waller and his Thai production company De Warrenne Productions said it was working on a script based on the rescue operation, according to Variety.
Also Read: 'Crazy Rich Asians' Director Jon Chu to Develop Second Thai Cave Rescue Movie
Rojpojchanarat declined to share the names of the companies seeking to make a film about the rescue,...
- 7/20/2018
- by Beatrice Verhoeven
- The Wrap
Crazy Rich Asians director Jon M. Chu attached) and another via faith-based distributor Pure Flix — staked their claim.
Also in the works is a film from Bangkok-born director-producer Tom Waller, who is developing a screenplay with co-writers Katrina Grose and Don Linder (the pair wrote Waller's 2014 film The Last Executioner). Waller is planning a Rashomon effect style, exploring the ...
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- 7/20/2018
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Crazy Rich Asians director Jon M. Chu attached) and another via faith-based distributor Pure Flix — staked their claim.
Also in the works is a film from Bangkok-born director-producer Tom Waller, who is developing a screenplay with co-writers Katrina Grose and Don Linder (the pair wrote Waller's 2014 film The Last Executioner). Waller is planning a Rashomon effect style, exploring the ...
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Also in the works is a film from Bangkok-born director-producer Tom Waller, who is developing a screenplay with co-writers Katrina Grose and Don Linder (the pair wrote Waller's 2014 film The Last Executioner). Waller is planning a Rashomon effect style, exploring the ...
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- 7/20/2018
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
The number of films being prepared about the recent cave rescue in northern Thailand has risen to six, according to Thai government sources.
Thailand’s Ministry of Culture says it expects the military government’s Cabinet next week to approve the establishment of a special committee to oversee all film projects relating to the dramatic mission.
“Five international film production companies have proposed to the commerce and foreign ministries that they make a movie and a documentary about the rescue operation,” Culture Minister Vira Rojpojchanarat said Thursday. At least one Thai company is also developing a film.
Rojpojchanarat did not identify any of the production firms, although two were quick to pounce on the story, with one scouting locations near Chiang Rai even before all 13 boys and their soccer coach had been extracted.
“Now You See Me 2” director Jon M. Chu and Ivanhoe Pictures last week said they were...
Thailand’s Ministry of Culture says it expects the military government’s Cabinet next week to approve the establishment of a special committee to oversee all film projects relating to the dramatic mission.
“Five international film production companies have proposed to the commerce and foreign ministries that they make a movie and a documentary about the rescue operation,” Culture Minister Vira Rojpojchanarat said Thursday. At least one Thai company is also developing a film.
Rojpojchanarat did not identify any of the production firms, although two were quick to pounce on the story, with one scouting locations near Chiang Rai even before all 13 boys and their soccer coach had been extracted.
“Now You See Me 2” director Jon M. Chu and Ivanhoe Pictures last week said they were...
- 7/20/2018
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
UK-based streaming service FilmDoo is expanding its line-up with a focus on Southeast Asian cinema, including titles such as banned documentary Boundary and Tom Waller’s The Last Executioner [pictured].
Starting tomorrow (June 3), the platform (www.filmdoo.com/southeastasia) will stream 14 Southeast Asian films - 11 globally and three exclusive to Thailand - many of which have not been previously distributed on home video.
Nontawat Numbenchapol’s Boundary, set along the troubled Thailand-Cambodia border, premiered at Berlin in 2013, while The Last Executioner won best director and best actor at this year’s Dhaka International Film Festival.
FilmDoo’s Southeast Asian line-up also includes Woo Ming Jin’s The Second Life Of Thieves, Rooth Tang’s Sway and Tongpong Chantarangkul’s I Carried You Home, which won best actress and best cinematography at Thailand’s National Film Association Awards.
“The future of cinema is about innovating distribution, opening up channels for new ideas and voices to be heard. I’m grateful...
Starting tomorrow (June 3), the platform (www.filmdoo.com/southeastasia) will stream 14 Southeast Asian films - 11 globally and three exclusive to Thailand - many of which have not been previously distributed on home video.
Nontawat Numbenchapol’s Boundary, set along the troubled Thailand-Cambodia border, premiered at Berlin in 2013, while The Last Executioner won best director and best actor at this year’s Dhaka International Film Festival.
FilmDoo’s Southeast Asian line-up also includes Woo Ming Jin’s The Second Life Of Thieves, Rooth Tang’s Sway and Tongpong Chantarangkul’s I Carried You Home, which won best actress and best cinematography at Thailand’s National Film Association Awards.
“The future of cinema is about innovating distribution, opening up channels for new ideas and voices to be heard. I’m grateful...
- 6/2/2016
- by lizshackleton@gmail.com (Liz Shackleton)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Chinese outfit is launching sales at Cannes.
Beijing-based Wanda Pictures is launching sales on two big-budget productions in Cannes – Leste Chen’s $20m Battle Of Memories and Pan An Zi’s $14m For A Few Bullets.
A follow-up to Chen’s 2014 psychological thriller The Great Hypnotist, Battle Of Memories tells the story of a famous novelist who recovers from a painful divorce by having a decade of his memory wiped. But when he tries to recover the lost memories, he finds himself in the mind of a serial killer.
Huang Bo, Xu Jinglei, Yang Zishan and Duan Yihong head the cast of the film, which recently wrapped in Thailand and is being lined up for Chinese release in December. Tina Shi produced the film, with De Warrenne Pictures’ Tom Waller on board as co-producer.
Set in the 1930s, For A Few Bullets is a comedy western about a professional thief who teams up with a special...
Beijing-based Wanda Pictures is launching sales on two big-budget productions in Cannes – Leste Chen’s $20m Battle Of Memories and Pan An Zi’s $14m For A Few Bullets.
A follow-up to Chen’s 2014 psychological thriller The Great Hypnotist, Battle Of Memories tells the story of a famous novelist who recovers from a painful divorce by having a decade of his memory wiped. But when he tries to recover the lost memories, he finds himself in the mind of a serial killer.
Huang Bo, Xu Jinglei, Yang Zishan and Duan Yihong head the cast of the film, which recently wrapped in Thailand and is being lined up for Chinese release in December. Tina Shi produced the film, with De Warrenne Pictures’ Tom Waller on board as co-producer.
Set in the 1930s, For A Few Bullets is a comedy western about a professional thief who teams up with a special...
- 5/11/2016
- by lizshackleton@gmail.com (Liz Shackleton)
- ScreenDaily
Greek period drama Little England was awarded three major prizes, including best film, at the Golden Goblet Awards of this year’s Shanghai International Film Festival (Siff, June 14-22).
The competition jury, headed by Gong Li, also gave the film the best director prize, which was accepted in person by Pantelis Voulgaris, and best actress for the performance of Pinelopi Tsilika, who also attended the awards ceremony.
The Jury Grand Prix went to The Uncle Victory, directed by China’s Zhang Meng, a film that was mired in controversy earlier in the week when it emerged that one of its stars, Huang Haibo, had been convicted for having sex with a prostitute. The film was not shown to press or public and questions about the lack of screenings were not answered at a Siff press conference.
The best actor prize went to Thailand’s Vithaya Pansringarm for his role in Tom Waller’s The Last Executioner, based...
The competition jury, headed by Gong Li, also gave the film the best director prize, which was accepted in person by Pantelis Voulgaris, and best actress for the performance of Pinelopi Tsilika, who also attended the awards ceremony.
The Jury Grand Prix went to The Uncle Victory, directed by China’s Zhang Meng, a film that was mired in controversy earlier in the week when it emerged that one of its stars, Huang Haibo, had been convicted for having sex with a prostitute. The film was not shown to press or public and questions about the lack of screenings were not answered at a Siff press conference.
The best actor prize went to Thailand’s Vithaya Pansringarm for his role in Tom Waller’s The Last Executioner, based...
- 6/22/2014
- by lizshackleton@gmail.com (Liz Shackleton)
- ScreenDaily
Mostofa S. Farooki’s Ant Story and John Carney’s Begin Again are among the films that will compete for the Golden Goblet Award at this year’s Shanghai International Film Festival (Siff).
Begin Again was recently acquired for Chinese distribution by Ivanhoe Pictures and Beijing Galloping Horse, while Ant Story premiered at last year’s Dubai International Film Festival.
Organisers said the full Golden Goblet line-up has yet to be announced but will also include Volker Schlöndorff’s Diplomatie; Thai filmmaker Tom Waller’s The Last Executioner; Greek filmmaker Pantelis Voulgaris’ Mikra Anglia; Maiko wa Lady, from Japan’s Masayuki Suo; Michael Spierig and Peter Spierig’s Predestination (Australia); Jeanne Herry’s She Adores Him (France); Mehdi Rahmani’s Snow (Iran); Zhang Meng’s The Uncle Victory (China); and Marko Nabersnik’s The Woods Are Still Green (Germany).
As previously announced, Gong Li will serve as president of the Golden Goblet jury, which also includes...
Begin Again was recently acquired for Chinese distribution by Ivanhoe Pictures and Beijing Galloping Horse, while Ant Story premiered at last year’s Dubai International Film Festival.
Organisers said the full Golden Goblet line-up has yet to be announced but will also include Volker Schlöndorff’s Diplomatie; Thai filmmaker Tom Waller’s The Last Executioner; Greek filmmaker Pantelis Voulgaris’ Mikra Anglia; Maiko wa Lady, from Japan’s Masayuki Suo; Michael Spierig and Peter Spierig’s Predestination (Australia); Jeanne Herry’s She Adores Him (France); Mehdi Rahmani’s Snow (Iran); Zhang Meng’s The Uncle Victory (China); and Marko Nabersnik’s The Woods Are Still Green (Germany).
As previously announced, Gong Li will serve as president of the Golden Goblet jury, which also includes...
- 5/29/2014
- by lizshackleton@gmail.com (Liz Shackleton)
- ScreenDaily
Director Tom Waller’s The Last Executioner is set to open in Thailand in June but the arrival of this new English language poster for the movie seems to more than hint they will be angling for some overseas sales. Hopefully meaning we’ll get to see it soon! Based on a true story and inspired by real events in the life of Chavoret Jaruboon, Thailand's last machine gun prison executioner it’s directed by Tom Waller, starring Vithaya Pansringarm, Penpak Sirikul and David Asavanond. Alas the website listed on the one poster isn’t yet live but you can still check out the English subbed teaser trailer below. The Last Executioner poster The Last Executioner teaser...
- 4/11/2014
- 24framespersecond.net
Thailand’s Handmade Distribution is making its debut at Filmart with a slate of independent films led by Heaven Or Hell and The Last Executioner.
Inspired by actual events, Heaven Or Hell features hip hop artist Nay Myo “Day” Thant as a gang leader in Pattaya, a city known for its sex, drugs and gambling.
Set to start shooting in June, the film’s due out in 2015. Director Alongod Uabhaibool has worked with the star before on his rap group Thaitanium’s music videos.
Starring Vithaya Pansringarm (Only God Forgives), The Last Executioner is directed by Thai-British filmmaker Tom Waller (Sop-mai-ngeap as director and Ong Bak as producer).
Inspired by true events, the film’s about a former rock n’ roller who takes up the job of Thailand’s last gun executioner. Currently in post-production, the film is set for June release.
“We’re not going to say we are arthouse. Our films are...
Inspired by actual events, Heaven Or Hell features hip hop artist Nay Myo “Day” Thant as a gang leader in Pattaya, a city known for its sex, drugs and gambling.
Set to start shooting in June, the film’s due out in 2015. Director Alongod Uabhaibool has worked with the star before on his rap group Thaitanium’s music videos.
Starring Vithaya Pansringarm (Only God Forgives), The Last Executioner is directed by Thai-British filmmaker Tom Waller (Sop-mai-ngeap as director and Ong Bak as producer).
Inspired by true events, the film’s about a former rock n’ roller who takes up the job of Thailand’s last gun executioner. Currently in post-production, the film is set for June release.
“We’re not going to say we are arthouse. Our films are...
- 3/25/2014
- by hjnoh2007@gmail.com (Jean Noh)
- ScreenDaily
Well this looks intriguing. A first teaser trailer is out for Thai movie The Last Executioner. Based on a true story and inspired by real events in the life of Chavoret Jaruboon, Thailand's last machine gun prison executioner it’s directed by Tom Waller, starring Vithaya Pansringarm, Penpak Sirikul and David Asavanond.. Synopsis: Inspired by true events, The Last Executioner is the story of Chavoret Jaruboon, the last person in Thailand whose job it was to execute by gun - a wild rock and roller, who took a "respectable" job to support the family he loved devotedly, then constantly tried to reconcile the good and bad karma that came from his decision. It is a story of life at its most beautiful and death at its most surreal. Powerful, stuff thought provoking stuff, but then that’s what makes good movies! The Last Executioner is to be released in Thailand...
- 2/24/2014
- 24framespersecond.net
From the erstwhile Wise Kwai comes word of the trailer for Tom Waller's Mindfulness And Murder. A noir infused crime thriller set within the walls of a Buddhist monastery it's the sort of film only likely to be made by an ex-pat in Thailand thanks to the extremely sensitive nature of the material.
Driving the story is a monk who was previously a police detective. When police refuse to investigate the death of a young homeless man near to the monastery the monk steps in only to uncover a web of corruption within his own walls. Check the trailer below.
Driving the story is a monk who was previously a police detective. When police refuse to investigate the death of a young homeless man near to the monastery the monk steps in only to uncover a web of corruption within his own walls. Check the trailer below.
- 11/2/2010
- Screen Anarchy
Thai director Prachya Pinkaew will make his English-language directorial debut with Millennium Films’ action thriller "Elephant White," starring Djimon Hounsou and Kevin Bacon.
The director, whose credits include "Chocolate" and "Ong-bak," will begin filming the screenplay by Kevin Bernhardt in Thailand on March 8.
Hounsou will play a mercenary, while Bacon portrays an old acquaintance of Hounsou's character whose allegiance can't be trusted.
Producing are Frank De Martini, Peter Safran, Tom Waller and Sally Lear. Avi Lerner, Christian Mercuri, Trevor Short, Boaz Davidson and John Thompson serve as executive producers.
The director, whose credits include "Chocolate" and "Ong-bak," will begin filming the screenplay by Kevin Bernhardt in Thailand on March 8.
Hounsou will play a mercenary, while Bacon portrays an old acquaintance of Hounsou's character whose allegiance can't be trusted.
Producing are Frank De Martini, Peter Safran, Tom Waller and Sally Lear. Avi Lerner, Christian Mercuri, Trevor Short, Boaz Davidson and John Thompson serve as executive producers.
- 2/17/2010
- by By Gregg Kilday
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Film Review: Soi Cowboy, Cannes, Un Certain Regard
The dynamics of a mixed-race relationship based on the transaction between economic security and emotional or sexual gratification have seldom been addressed full-on, until “Soi Cowboy.” To screenwriter-director Thomas Clay’s credit, he neither sensationalizes the relationship nor glamorizes its underworld backdrop. To the film’s detriment, he does not dramatize them compellingly either.
Debuting in Cannes’ Un Certain Regard provides sufficient cachet to boost “Soi Cowboy’s” festival life elsewhere. Commercial prospects are another story. Despite the hints of raciness in the subject, Clay brings nothing new to the table. The low-key delivery and languishing pace will consign public release to small, intimate affairs in Europe, and not necessarily in Thailand at all.
The film is sharply divided into two parts. The first, which is longer, is in black-and-white. The austere beauty of monochrome and the formal compositions of Sayombhu Mukdeeprom (“Syndromes and a Century”) lend subtlety to the documentary-like representation. The incongruity of the relationship is not conveyed through conversations, but accentuated by physical differences: one being a corpulent “farang, ” the other a petite, pregnant Thai girl. A scene in a restaurant where tensions about interracial liaisons flare up is most interesting, but annoying without English subtitles.
The second part follows the homecoming trip of two city-bound brothers, which turns out to be a mafia assignment. Shot with a handheld, in saturated colors, events may or not be the prequel to the first story, adding to the overall air of uncertainty.
There are traces of influence by Thai auteurs, most visibly Apichatpong Weerasethakul and, at a further remove, Pen-ek Ratanaruang. Only Clay has blanched the enigmatic aura of the former and the sensuous insouciance of the latter to make it more basic and transparent for Western consumption. Like “Som Tum” (Thai papaya salad) with chili — it still tastes good but without the bite.
Cast: Nicolas Bro, Pimwalee Thampanyasan, Petch Mekoh, Natee Srimanta. Writer-director: Thomas Clay. Producers: Joseph Lang, Tom Waller. Director of photography: Sayombhu Mukdeeprom. Production designer: Nick Kemp. Music: Art Supawatt
Pull Back Camera/De Warrenne Pictures Co.
Sales: Coproduction Office.
No MPAA rating, 117 minutes.
The dynamics of a mixed-race relationship based on the transaction between economic security and emotional or sexual gratification have seldom been addressed full-on, until “Soi Cowboy.” To screenwriter-director Thomas Clay’s credit, he neither sensationalizes the relationship nor glamorizes its underworld backdrop. To the film’s detriment, he does not dramatize them compellingly either.
Debuting in Cannes’ Un Certain Regard provides sufficient cachet to boost “Soi Cowboy’s” festival life elsewhere. Commercial prospects are another story. Despite the hints of raciness in the subject, Clay brings nothing new to the table. The low-key delivery and languishing pace will consign public release to small, intimate affairs in Europe, and not necessarily in Thailand at all.
The film is sharply divided into two parts. The first, which is longer, is in black-and-white. The austere beauty of monochrome and the formal compositions of Sayombhu Mukdeeprom (“Syndromes and a Century”) lend subtlety to the documentary-like representation. The incongruity of the relationship is not conveyed through conversations, but accentuated by physical differences: one being a corpulent “farang, ” the other a petite, pregnant Thai girl. A scene in a restaurant where tensions about interracial liaisons flare up is most interesting, but annoying without English subtitles.
The second part follows the homecoming trip of two city-bound brothers, which turns out to be a mafia assignment. Shot with a handheld, in saturated colors, events may or not be the prequel to the first story, adding to the overall air of uncertainty.
There are traces of influence by Thai auteurs, most visibly Apichatpong Weerasethakul and, at a further remove, Pen-ek Ratanaruang. Only Clay has blanched the enigmatic aura of the former and the sensuous insouciance of the latter to make it more basic and transparent for Western consumption. Like “Som Tum” (Thai papaya salad) with chili — it still tastes good but without the bite.
Cast: Nicolas Bro, Pimwalee Thampanyasan, Petch Mekoh, Natee Srimanta. Writer-director: Thomas Clay. Producers: Joseph Lang, Tom Waller. Director of photography: Sayombhu Mukdeeprom. Production designer: Nick Kemp. Music: Art Supawatt
Pull Back Camera/De Warrenne Pictures Co.
Sales: Coproduction Office.
No MPAA rating, 117 minutes.
- 5/17/2008
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Film Review: Soi Cowboy, Cannes, Un Certain Regard
The dynamics of a mixed-race relationship based on the transaction between economic security and emotional or sexual gratification have seldom been addressed full-on, until “Soi Cowboy.” To screenwriter-director Thomas Clay’s credit, he neither sensationalizes the relationship nor glamorizes its underworld backdrop. To the film’s detriment, he does not dramatize them compellingly either.
Debuting in Cannes’ Un Certain Regard provides sufficient cachet to boost “Soi Cowboy’s” festival life elsewhere. Commercial prospects are another story. Despite the hints of raciness in the subject, Clay brings nothing new to the table. The low-key delivery and languishing pace will consign public release to small, intimate affairs in Europe, and not necessarily in Thailand at all.
The film is sharply divided into two parts. The first, which is longer, is in black-and-white. The austere beauty of monochrome and the formal compositions of Sayombhu Mukdeeprom (“Syndromes and a Century”) lend subtlety to the documentary-like representation. The incongruity of the relationship is not conveyed through conversations, but accentuated by physical differences: one being a corpulent “farang, ” the other a petite, pregnant Thai girl. A scene in a restaurant where tensions about interracial liaisons flare up is most interesting, but annoying without English subtitles.
The second part follows the homecoming trip of two city-bound brothers, which turns out to be a mafia assignment. Shot with a handheld, in saturated colors, events may or not be the prequel to the first story, adding to the overall air of uncertainty.
There are traces of influence by Thai auteurs, most visibly Apichatpong Weerasethakul and, at a further remove, Pen-ek Ratanaruang. Only Clay has blanched the enigmatic aura of the former and the sensuous insouciance of the latter to make it more basic and transparent for Western consumption. Like “Som Tum” (Thai papaya salad) with chili — it still tastes good but without the bite.
Cast: Nicolas Bro, Pimwalee Thampanyasan, Petch Mekoh, Natee Srimanta. Writer-director: Thomas Clay. Producers: Joseph Lang, Tom Waller. Director of photography: Sayombhu Mukdeeprom. Production designer: Nick Kemp. Music: Art Supawatt
Pull Back Camera/De Warrenne Pictures Co.
Sales: Coproduction Office.
No MPAA rating, 117 minutes.
The dynamics of a mixed-race relationship based on the transaction between economic security and emotional or sexual gratification have seldom been addressed full-on, until “Soi Cowboy.” To screenwriter-director Thomas Clay’s credit, he neither sensationalizes the relationship nor glamorizes its underworld backdrop. To the film’s detriment, he does not dramatize them compellingly either.
Debuting in Cannes’ Un Certain Regard provides sufficient cachet to boost “Soi Cowboy’s” festival life elsewhere. Commercial prospects are another story. Despite the hints of raciness in the subject, Clay brings nothing new to the table. The low-key delivery and languishing pace will consign public release to small, intimate affairs in Europe, and not necessarily in Thailand at all.
The film is sharply divided into two parts. The first, which is longer, is in black-and-white. The austere beauty of monochrome and the formal compositions of Sayombhu Mukdeeprom (“Syndromes and a Century”) lend subtlety to the documentary-like representation. The incongruity of the relationship is not conveyed through conversations, but accentuated by physical differences: one being a corpulent “farang, ” the other a petite, pregnant Thai girl. A scene in a restaurant where tensions about interracial liaisons flare up is most interesting, but annoying without English subtitles.
The second part follows the homecoming trip of two city-bound brothers, which turns out to be a mafia assignment. Shot with a handheld, in saturated colors, events may or not be the prequel to the first story, adding to the overall air of uncertainty.
There are traces of influence by Thai auteurs, most visibly Apichatpong Weerasethakul and, at a further remove, Pen-ek Ratanaruang. Only Clay has blanched the enigmatic aura of the former and the sensuous insouciance of the latter to make it more basic and transparent for Western consumption. Like “Som Tum” (Thai papaya salad) with chili — it still tastes good but without the bite.
Cast: Nicolas Bro, Pimwalee Thampanyasan, Petch Mekoh, Natee Srimanta. Writer-director: Thomas Clay. Producers: Joseph Lang, Tom Waller. Director of photography: Sayombhu Mukdeeprom. Production designer: Nick Kemp. Music: Art Supawatt
Pull Back Camera/De Warrenne Pictures Co.
Sales: Coproduction Office.
No MPAA rating, 117 minutes.
- 5/17/2008
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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