EXCLUSIVE: Ketchup Entertainment has acquired North American rights to the motion movie Weekend in Taipei, produced by EuropaCorp‘s Luc Besson and Virginie Besson-Silla, and starring Luke Evans (Homicide Thriller), Gwei Lun-Mei (Black Coal, Skinny Ice) and Sung Kang (Quick & Livid franchise).
The movie from director George Huang (Swimming with Sharks) has been slated for a large theatrical launch this 12 months, with additional particulars on the worldwide roll-out deliberate by EuropaCorp nonetheless to return.
Co-written by Huang and Besson, Weekend in Taipei follows John Lawlor, a pit-bull DEA agent married to his job. There’s not a nasty man he can’t cease, nothing he gained’t sacrifice to shut out a case. Joey Kwang is a high “Transporter” in Taipei — fast-driving and fast-thinking, she’s troublesome to pin down, inconceivable to catch. The 2 of them weren’t alleged to fall in love, however destiny introduced them collectively…earlier than forces of crime and corruption tore them aside. Now, 15 years later, destiny places Joey and John on a collision course throughout a weekend in Taipei. And the 2 will uncover that the one factor tougher than falling in love…is falling again in love.
“Weekend in Taipei is an thrilling film that George Huang has masterfully directed and options an incredible forged that features Luke Evans, Gwei Lun-Mei, and Sung Kang,” said Ketchup Leisure CEO Gareth West. “We look ahead to working with Luc, Virginie and EuropaCorp and bringing this movie to North American audiences this summer time.”
EuropaCorp CEO Jean-Marc Lacarrère added, “We’re very pleased with Weekend in Taipei, which completely captures EuropaCorp’s DNA by bundling motion, romance, and comedy collectively. We’re additionally happy to accomplice with Gareth and Ketchup’s workforce in sharing this thrilling movie with audiences all through North America.”
Based in 2008, Ketchup Leisure is coming off of the discharge of Michel Franco’s Reminiscence, starring Jessica Chastain and Peter Sarsgaard, which gained Sarsgaard the Volpi Cup for Greatest Actor on the Venice Movie Competition, bringing Chastain an Unbiased Spirit Award nomination for Greatest Lead Efficiency. Not too long ago, the corporate additionally produced Michael Mann’s Neon title Ferrari and launched Robert Rodriguez’s Hypnotic, starring Ben Affleck.
Upcoming theatrical releases embrace Hallie Meyers-Shyer’s comedy Goodrich, starring Michael Keaton and Mila Kunis, and Brian Taylor’s Hellboy: The Crooked Man, starring Jack Kesy.
Negotiations for the sale of Weekend in Taipei have been led by David Spiegelman, Gregoire Melin, Kinology, and Brieuc Jonnet of EuropaCorp.
