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Myanmar’s First Period Drama Underway; Canal+ Greenlights 2 Seasons of “Beneath the Glass Sky”
Myanmar’s first multi-season period drama – "Beneath The Glass Sky" – heads into production this month, creating the first fictional universe of its kind and kicking off Canal+ Myanmar’s long-term franchise plans. Two 24-episode seasons have been greenlit, with options to extend the story to different parts of the sprawling fictional kingdom of Mahaw Thein Kha, a world of warring provinces, palace intrigue and elaborate power structures. ▶ Read the full story here

Dead Centre: Screenplay Films Kicks Off Zombie Theatrical Feature; “We Want Audiences to Feel Unsafe in Their Cinema Seats – Darker and More Unsettling Than Anything We’ve Created Before,” Says “Zona Merah The Movie” Writer/Director Sidharta Tata
Indonesia’s Screenplay Films starts shooting the feature film version of its blockbuster zombie original streaming series, “Zona Merah”, tomorrow (Tuesday, 7 April). The move levels up an experiment that gave Indonesia’s largest streaming platform, Vidio, its first zombie drama, and kicks off what could set an expanded path forward for the Jakarta-based production house. ▶ Read the full story here

ContentAsia Awards Focus: The Making of... Wayne Song Talks About His Role in “A Second Chance of Life”
ContentAsia’s interview series goes behind the trophies, into the decisions, risks and creative calls that turned shortlisted ideas into ContentAsia Awards’ winners. As we count down to the launch of this year’s Awards ceremony in Bangkok on 27 August 2026, we go behind the scenes of Asia’s standout projects. Taiwanese series “A Second Chance of Life” is a touching drama about a young man battling leukemia who transforms his struggle into a movement to help others fight blood cancer. We spoke to Taiwese actor Wei-en Song 宋偉恩 about his ContentAsia Award-winning role as the warm, optimistic and genuinely caring Chu Yi, who carries emotional scars from his mother’s death and has a strained relationship with his father. ▶ Read the full story here

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