American Renowned Financing and Production Entity, Ivanhoe Pictures Signs a Multi-million Dollar Deal with 42nd Pictures Sdn Bhd to acquire Remake Rights of ‘Terbalik / Upside Down’ for 34 Countries Worldwide. Malaysian Award-winning, Production Company renowned for Nota, 42nd Pictures Sdn Bhd, founded by Yasu and Bea Tanaka, has officially announced their agreement with Ivanhoe Pictures, a Hollywood company, for their film, Terbalik / Upside Down, a Malaysian feature film, at FINAS Hulu Kelang – Pawagam Mini P.Ramlee.

This deal has made Malaysian history as it signifies the first of its kind to achieve this feat. Terbalik / Upside Down is an original screenplay written by Yasu Tanaka, the director and writer of NOTA. The film NOTA nabbed the Best Screenplay award for Festival Film Malaysia 2016 (FFM28) while Maya Karin, playing the lead actress role, won the Best Actress award for Anugerah Skrin 2016. Ivanhoe Pictures read the script of Terbalik / Upside Down during Hong Kong Asia Financing Forum (HAF) 2017 and has acquired the remake rights for it in 34 countries which includes North America, France, United Kingdom, China, South Korea, Spain, Latin America, India and Vietnam.

The production of the remake movies based on Terbalik / Upside Down’s original screenplay will commence with United States of America in 2018. Ivanhoe Pictures is a motion picture and television financing and production entity, which develops, produces, and acquires content for a global audience. Besides producing (with Fox International Productions) last year’s Korean hit movie The Wailing, Ivanhoe is partnered with Beijing Hairun Pictures on CBA star Stephon Marbury biopic My Other Home, which premiered at the 2017 Shanghai International Film Festival.