Netflix premiered Taiwan’s Green Door globally at the weekend (16 March), saying the addition of the Mandarin title to its global slate increased “diversity and breadth of content”.
Adapted from Taiwanese author Joseph Chen’s novel, Green Door is the story of Sung-Yen Wei (played by Jam Hsiao), a troubled psychologist who returns from the U.S. to set up his own practice in Taiwan, where mysterious patients and uncanny events shed light on his murky past.
The series is directed by Lingo Hsieh, known for her fantasy-horror movie The Bride co-created with Japanese master of thriller Takashige Ichise.
Green Door co-stars Ying-Hsuan Hsieh, Golden Horse Best Actress for her role in Dear Ex, and Wei-Hua Lan, 2018 Golden Bell Best Actor in a Miniseries or Television Film.
Netflix’s acquisition of global rights for the Taiwanese series comes less than a month after the global streamer picked up rights to US$50-million Mandarin sci-fi theatrical feature, The Wandering Earth.
The movie, based on award-winning Chinese author Liu Cixin’s novella, is set in the close future in which the sun is about to expand into a red giant and devour the Earth, prompting mankind to make an audacious attempt to save the planet. The streaming release date has not yet been confirmed.
The Wandering Earth, directed/written by Frant Gwo, premiered during Lunar New Year this year and earned RMB3.3 billion/US$492 million at the mainland box office in 10 days.
Netflix is also on a roll in Japan, with new deals that boost original Japanese anime on the platform.
The latest Japanese deals, announced earlier this month, add partnerships with three Japanese production companies – Anima, Sublimation and David Production – following last year’s agreements with Production I.G and Bones.
New anime includes Altered Carbon: Resleeved from Anima and Dragon’s Dogma from Sublimation.
Netflix also said this month that it would jointly create Spriggan, based on a manga series, with David Production.
The three titles join Production I.G’s Ghost in the Shell: SAC_2045, premiering on Netflix in 2020; and Wit Studio’s Vampire in the Garden.
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Netflix premiered Taiwan’s Green Door globally at the weekend (16 March), saying the addition of the Mandarin title to its global slate increased “diversity and breadth of content”.
Adapted from Taiwanese author Joseph Chen’s novel, Green Door is the story of Sung-Yen Wei (played by Jam Hsiao), a troubled psychologist who returns from the U.S. to set up his own practice in Taiwan, where mysterious patients and uncanny events shed light on his murky past.
The series is directed by Lingo Hsieh, known for her fantasy-horror movie The Bride co-created with Japanese master of thriller Takashige Ichise.
Green Door co-stars Ying-Hsuan Hsieh, Golden Horse Best Actress for her role in Dear Ex, and Wei-Hua Lan, 2018 Golden Bell Best Actor in a Miniseries or Television Film.
Netflix’s acquisition of global rights for the Taiwanese series comes less than a month after the global streamer picked up rights to US$50-million Mandarin sci-fi theatrical feature, The Wandering Earth.
The movie, based on award-winning Chinese author Liu Cixin’s novella, is set in the close future in which the sun is about to expand into a red giant and devour the Earth, prompting mankind to make an audacious attempt to save the planet. The streaming release date has not yet been confirmed.
The Wandering Earth, directed/written by Frant Gwo, premiered during Lunar New Year this year and earned RMB3.3 billion/US$492 million at the mainland box office in 10 days.
Netflix is also on a roll in Japan, with new deals that boost original Japanese anime on the platform.
The latest Japanese deals, announced earlier this month, add partnerships with three Japanese production companies – Anima, Sublimation and David Production – following last year’s agreements with Production I.G and Bones.
New anime includes Altered Carbon: Resleeved from Anima and Dragon’s Dogma from Sublimation.
Netflix also said this month that it would jointly create Spriggan, based on a manga series, with David Production.
The three titles join Production I.G’s Ghost in the Shell: SAC_2045, premiering on Netflix in 2020; and Wit Studio’s Vampire in the Garden.
Bones will produce Super Crooks, based on the comic book created by writer Mark Millar and artist Leinil Francis Yu.
Published on ContentAsia's eNewsletter 18 March 2019