mm2 Asia Ltd. today announced that, together with Clover Films Pte. Ltd., the Group has acquired shared distribution rights for 19 movies in Singapore and Malaysia. Including Finding Mr Right 2: The Book of Love, currently showing in cinemas, the total number of distribution titles by the Group in FY2017 to date will add up to 19.
This represents a 111% year-on-year increase from the 9 distribution titles in FY2016. In addition to titles produced by third parties, mm2 also distributes movies produced and co-produced by the Group companies.
Among the 19 titles are China and Hong Kong big productions starring Jackie Chan in Railway Tigers and Zhao Wei & Louis Koo in Three, amongst many others. A selected list of movies and their brief details is as follows:
1. Trivisa 树大招风 (HK) Dir: Frank Hui, Vicky Wong, Jevons Au, Man-kit Gordon Lam, Jordan Chan, Richie Jen
2. Three 三人行 (HK) Dir: Johnnie To Cast: Zhao Wei, Louis Koo, Wallace Chung
3. Call of Heroes 危城 (HK/China) Dir: Benny Chan Cast: Sean Lau, Louis Koo, Eddie Peng, Yuan Quan, Jiang Shuying
4.At Café 6 六弄咖啡馆 (Taiwan) Dir: Dong Zijian Cast: Cherry Ngan, Austin Lin, Wu Ziyun Ouyang Nini, Ireine Song, Michael Chang
5. 인천상륙작전 Operation Chromite (Korea) Dir: Lee Jae-han Cast: Lee Jung-jae, Lee Beom-soo, Liam Neeson, Jin Se-yeon
6. Buppha Rahtree: A Haunting in Japan (Thailand) Dir: Yuthlert Sippapak Cast: Supassara Thanachat, Charlie Potjes, Chalermpon Thikampornteerawong
7.Operation Mekong 湄公河行动 (HK/China) Dir: Dante Lam Cast: Zhang Hanyu, Eddie Peng Joyce Feng, Jonathan Wu
8. The Line Walker 使徒行者 (HK) Dir: Jazz Boon Cast: Louis Koo, Nick Cheung, Francis Ng, Charmaine Sheh
9. School Tales (Thailand) Dir: Pass Patthanakumjon
10. Railway Tigers 铁道飞虎 (China) Dir: Sheng Ding Cast: Jackie Chan, Fan Xu, Hiroyuki Ikeuchi, Huang Zitao, Wang Kai, Lu Wang-Da, Koji Yano
11. The Sword Master 三少爷的剑 (China) Dir: Derek Yee Cast: Lin Gengxin, Peter Ho, Jiang Yiyan, Jiang Mengjie
12. God of War 战神戚继光 (HK/China) Dir: Gordon Chan Cast: Sammo Hung, Vincent Zhao
Mr Melvin Ang, CEO of mm2 Asia said, “Our team has worked extremely hard and we are thrilled to be working with Clover Films to bring in movies across various genres into the Singapore and Malaysia markets, many of which have great storylines and strong cast with seasoned directors. With these 19 movies, we are on track to more than double the number of distributed movies this financial year from FY2016”.
Mr Lim Teck, Managing Director of Clover Films Pte Ltd said, “We at Clover Films are very happy to be working with mm2 Asia on this exciting line-up of movies. This collaboration with Melvin & his team is one of great synergy and looks to tap on the expertise of both companies in the distribution and marketing of quality Asian movies in our region. We are certain this collaboration will deliver great results at the box office!”