AFM: Stars Collective Unveils Horror Movie Starring Kitty Chicha, Boards Frank Shang’s ‘The Evil Sea’

Filmmaker incubator Stars Collective, launched in 2020 by the China-backed however Beverly Hills-based producer Peter Luo, unveiled two new Asia-led film tasks Wednesday on the American Movie Market in Santa Monica. They embody the primary installment of a still-untitled new horror franchise starring standard Thai actress Kitty Chicha (Lady from Nowhere, The Serpent) and The Evil Sea, against the law thriller based mostly on a real-life maritime incident, to be written and directed by filmmaker Frank Shang.

Stars Collective describes the brand new horror franchise as being based mostly on feminine ghost tales impressed by Asian folklore. Within the yet-to-be-titled first movie, a bullied highschool orphan (Chicha) should confront a twisted story of affection and revenge when she stumbles upon a mysterious katana haunted by a vengeful geisha spirit. Amid unexplained deaths amongst her bullies, she unravels the haunting’s reality.

The Evil Sea facilities on an incident from 2011 involving the Chinese language fishing vessel ‘M3792,’ by which a routine fishing expedition became a terrifying maritime ordeal. Within the movie, a insurrection stemming from unfair work contracts escalates right into a lethal battle, with events turning on one another in a struggle for survival.

Government produced by Luo, the movie stars Haoran Zhang, Chenyi Guo, Menghe Wuliji, and Fenggang Liu. Producers are Kevin Feng, John Wu, Wang Yi, Dawei Ma, Jerry Shang and Yong Pang.

“Partnering with gifted creatives and offering new alternatives for them to showcase their work to audiences globally is a singular mission for Stars Collective,” says Luo in a press release. “We’re proud and excited to make Kitty Chicha the face of a brand new franchise that we’re keen to construct. Working with Frank Shang on The Evil Sea displays our need to construct a various slate of economic movies.”

The tasks come on the heels of Stars Collective partnering with Hana Funding (China), the Chinese language subsidiary of Hana Monetary Group, to ascertain a $300 million fund to spend money on various verticals together with comics, movies, video games, collectibles, client items, synthetic intelligence and metaverse know-how.

Added Stars Collective Co-CEOs William Li and Nancy Xu: “Stars Collective is rooted in championing various, underrepresented teams in entrance of and behind the digicam. Our aim at Stars Collective is to marry variety and commerciality in content material, and we’re proud to be doing that right here with Frank Shang’s Evil Sea and with a cool new horror franchise constructed round Kitty Chicha.”