Produced by Korean production house Victory Contents, the show stars Kim So Hyun (The Tale of Nokdu) and Ji Soo (Moon Lovers: Scarlet Heart Ryeo).
CHIME NEWS
Starz to launch Lionsgate Play OTT platform in Indonesia
Former HOOQ Indonesia executives Guntur Siboro and Gene Tamesis have been hired to head up operations in the territory.
Korean portal Naver to acquire Wattpad in $600m deal
Wattpad will be aligned with Naver’s digitial comics platform, Webtoon, which claims 72 million monthly active users.
Amazon Hindi series Tandav agrees to make changes following outcry
Political drama directed by Ali Abbas Zafar is testing issues of OTT regulation and freedom of speech in India.
Amazon Prime Video launches first mobile-only plan in India
Indian telco Bharti Airtel has partnered with Amazon on the plan, which includes an introductory offer of $1.20 a month.
iQiyi starts shooting adaptation of Louis Cha’s Fox Volant
Lu Yang is directing and executive producing the adaptation, which started shooting at Hengdian on January 3.
Asia Pacific online SVOD revenue increased by 34% to $16bn in 2020
While AVOD revenue was down 3%, the region’s online video sector as a whole grew by 14% to reach a combined $30.5bn, according to MPA report.
Disney Plus to include Star brand when it launches in Singapore
Disney has confirmed that it will include Star, a familiar brand in Asia, on its Disney Plus streaming service when it launches in Singapore on February 23.
CHIME FEATURES
BEGINNERS GUIDE: CHINESE WEB SERIES [PART ONE]
Suspense thrillers, social issue dramas and a real-time mystery set in the Tang Dynasty: Chime explores the disruptors in Chinese-language TV.
Comment: Netflix’s problem in adapting The Three-Body Problem
Although an impressive array of producing talent has been brought on board, Netflix has its work cut out adapting Liu Cixin’s mind-bending sci-fi trilogy.
CHIME FESTIVALS
FESTIVALS: Tamil drama Pebbles wins Tiger Award at Rotterdam film festival
Tamil-language drama Pebbles, directed by Vinothraj P.S. and produced by Rowdy Pictures, won the Tiger Award at this year’s International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR).
FESTIVALS: India’s Writing With Fire wins Sundance audience award
Rintu Thomas and Sushmit Ghosh’s Writing With Fire won the Audience Award for World Cinema Documentary at this year’s Sundance Film Festival.
Festivals: Busan hands New Currents Award to A Balance, Three
Yujiro Harumoto’s A Balance and Pak Ruslan’s Three were presented with the New Currents Award at this year’s Busan International Film Festival (October 21-30).
FESTIVALS: Hope, The Pencil TAKE top prizes at Japan’s Skip City
Maria Sodahl’s Hope received the Grand Prize at this year’s Skip City International D-Cinema Festival in Japan, which took place virtually and wrapped on October 4.