SINGAPORE – Spackman Entertainment Group Limited, one of Korea’s leading entertainment production groups announced that its manhunt thriller film, GOLDEN SLUMBER, produced by its indirect wholly‐owned subsidiary Zip Cinema Co., Ltd., has been sold internationally across various regions in Asia, Australia, New Zealand and the U.S.
The distribution rights of GOLDEN SLUMBER are purchased by Taiwan (Movie Cloud), Hong Kong (Megaton), India (MVP) and Australia and New Zealand (JnJ Entertainment). In Southeast Asia, the film is sold to Singapore, Malaysia and Brunei (Clover Films), Thailand and Cambodia (Coral Culture Contents) and the Philippines (Viva).
Starring leading Korean actors, Gang Dong-won and Han Hyo-joo, GOLDEN SLUMBER is slated to release in Singapore theatres on 8 March 2018. The film, which premiered in LA on 16 February 2018, will also be screened in several U.S. cities such as Denver, New York, San Diego, Dallas, New Jersey, Atlanta, Toronto, Vancouver, Honolulu, D.C. and Seattle on 23 February 2018.
Based on the Japanese novel by Isaka Kotaro, the film is directed by Noh Dong-soek and distributed by CJ Entertainment.
Gang Dong‐won has previously collaborated with Zip Cinema in several movie projects including MASTER (2016) and THE PRIESTS (2015) and Han Hyo-joo has previously starred in one of Zip Cinema’s hit films, COLD EYES (2013). Kim Eui-sung of TRAIN TO BUSAN (2016) and Yoo Jae‐myeong, an artist managed by the Company’s associated company, Spackman Media Group Limited (“SMGL”), co-stars in GOLDEN SLUMBER as well.
The estimated total production budget (including prints and advertising costs) for GOLDEN SLUMBERis tentatively set at approximately KRW10.5 billion (or US$9.7 million).
Following GOLDEN SLUMBER, Zip Cinema’s upcoming Korean financial crisis film, SOVEREIGN DEFAULT, is slated to open in Korean theatres in the second half of 2018. Starring top Korean actor Yoo Ah-in, veteran Korean actress Kim Hye-soo and French star actor Vincent Cassel, SOVEREIGN DEFAULT will also be distributed by CJ Entertainment, and the estimated total production budget (including prints and advertising costs) for the film is tentatively set at approximately KRW9.7 billion (or US$8.6 million).