Singapore’s leading media entertainment and content company MM2 Entertainment Singapore is delighted to announce the release dates for a slate of Singapore films for 2020 and 2021.
“We are extremely excited to share this slate of Singapore-made movies, including the first local film to release in 2020. It has not been a good year for Singapore moviegoers, with the pandemic causing havoc to the releases to Hollywood and Asian movies. Every year there is a steady stream of new Singapore movies released in cinemas. This year, however, due to the pandemic and the circuit breaker, there has not been any local releases to date. We are therefore proud to be releasing this slate of Singapore films, for Singaporeans,” says Mr Ng Say Yong, Chief Content Officer of mm2 Asia.
“These films are uplifting stories that are certain to entertain moviegoers, and very relevant to our times. It is especially important in this time when we need to be socially distant, that we are still able to connect with the community through the shared cinematic experience. Laughing together, crying together - the group effect of watching a film together in a theatre: that is what cannot be replicated at home or on a mobile screen,” he continues.
Number 1 will be the first Singapore film to be released in 2020. The film portrays a man who gets retrenched and must take on an unorthodox job as a means of survival. The movie will resonate with moviegoers, in this current climate where the local jobless rate is the highest in more than a decade. Local funnyman Mark Lee delivers a career-defining performance in the challenging role of the film’s lead; and has been nominated for top acting honours at this year’s Golden Horse Awards in November.
Additionally, mm2 has announced an exciting slate of local films scheduled for release up to June 2021. The list of films includes comedies, dramas, horrors and thrillers - offering a wide variety of cinematic options guaranteed to please even the most discerning movie lover. Included in the list are Jack Neo’s The Diam Diam Era 1 & 2 slated for the year-end school holidays and Chinese New Year respectively, as well as Mark Lee’s directorial debut Running Ghost.
mm2 Entertainment October 2020 – June 2021 SG Film Releases
Number 1《男儿王》
Release Date 22nd October 2020
*2 Golden Horse Awards nominations*
Best Actor (Mark LEE)
Best Makeup and Costume Design (Raymond KUEK, Azni SAMDIN)
Number 1 is a heart-warming musical family comedy that follows the story of Chow Chee Beng, a middle-aged white collar manager retrenched by his company. After many failed interviews, Chee Beng unwillingly takes a job as a manager at ‘Number One’, a popular drag club. Soon, Chee Beng is roped into dressing up to join the drag queens on stage. And to everyone’s surprise, Chee Beng is a natural drag queen and his performance wows the audiences!
Starring Mark LEE, Henry THIA, Jasper LAI |
Directed by ONG Kuo Sin
Distributed by mm2 and Cathay Cineplexes
The Diam Diam Era《我们的故事之沉默的年代》
Release Date End November 2020 (TBC)
The story of the Lim family from Long Long Time Ago 《我们的故事》continues in this two-part film series. Conflict grows between Ah Kun and his nephew Shun Fa. Themes of a generation gap between those born in the 1950s and the following generation are explored in their varying reactions to nation-building policies implemented from the 1980s to the present day.
Starring Mark LEE, Henry THIA, Suhaimi YUSOF |
Directed by Jack NEO
Distributed by Golden Village Pictures, Shaw Organisation, J Team, mm2, and Cathay Cineplexes
Precious Is The Night《今宵多珍重》
Release Date 10th December 2020
*2 Golden Horse Awards nominations*
Best Cinematography (Wayne PENG)
Best Makeup and Costume Design (LIM Sau-hoong)
Precious Is The Night is a thriller set in 1960’s Singapore. The film stars internet sensation model-photographer Chuando Tan 陈传多 as a 30-something doctor caught in a web of deceit, sex and lies. The murder drama revolves around the doctor who is engaged to make house calls to a mysterious wealthy family.
Starring Chuando TAN, Nanyeli, CHANG Tzulei, XIANG Yun, CHEN Yixin, TAY Ping Hui
Directed by Wayne PENG 彭文淳
Distributed by mm2 and Cathay Cineplexes
The Diam Diam Era Too《我们的故事之沉默的年代2》
Release Date CNY 2021 (TBC)
Following events in The Diam Diam Era, the story of the Lim family continues…
Starring Mark LEE, Henry THIA, Suhaimi YUSOF |
Directed by Jack NEO
Distributed by Golden Village Pictures, Shaw Organisation, J Team, mm2, and Cathay Cineplexes
Running Ghost 《翻身争霸战》
Releases Q1 2021
A timid man finds himself in the afterlife. To win a second chance at life, he must be the winner in the underworld’s reality game show: Running Ghost.
Starring WONG You-nam, Cecilia SO |
Directed by Mark LEE.
Hell Hole《鬼地方》
Releases Q1 2021
A loving mother makes a death pact with a spirit by sacrificing her life to save her child. Years later, he grows up and is bullied whilst studying in medical school, resulting in his death. Reunited in death as vengeful spirits, mother and son open up a hell hole to those who had wronged them.
Starring Justin Cheung, Jennifer Yu |
Directed by Sam LOH
Ibu
Releases Q1 2021
A woman who loses her husband in a tragic accident tries to bond with her teenaged stepdaughter to no avail. Eventually her stepdaughter’s loneliness and longing for a motherly figure attracts the attention of a deadly Pontianak, the spirit of a woman who died in childbirth. Now she must show what it takes to be a mother and protector before she loses her stepdaughter forever.
Starring Alicia Amin, Nur Sabrina |
Directed by Raihan Halim.
Shadows 《残影空间》
Releases Q2 2021
A psychiatrist who possesses the ability to enter the subconscious mind must look into her traumatic past and overcome her inner demons in order to stop a serial killer on the loose.
Starring Stephy Tang, Tse Kwan-ho, Philip Keung |
Directed by Glenn Chan
Fatekeepers 《风水灵灵灵》
Releases Q2 2021
5 chosen individuals holding the secret to Singapore’s mysterious Feng Shui formation must unite and fulfil their destiny of defending it with their lives
Starring Richie KOH, Julie TAN, Noah YAP, Andie CHEN | Directed by Daniel Yam.
Circle Line《生死环线》
Releases Q2 2021
Trapped in the underground train tunnel system, a single mother’s resolve to protect her son is tested to the extreme as both of them are the few remaining survivors of an attack by a monster. Meanwhile in the control room, duty engineers fight desperately to rescue the trapped survivors.
Starring Jessica LIU, Peter YU, Andie CHEN |
Directed by JD CHUA
47 years ago movie 在 謙預 Qianyu.sg Facebook 的最佳解答
【你找到二十一前的我嗎?】Me 21 Years Ago
第一天到片場時,我穿著我衣櫃裡最漂亮的連身裙,把頭髮set得特別好看。導演助理選了幾個臨演拍成一排。導演走上走下看了幾眼後,就選了我,然後我就被工作人員帶入化妝室。她們一邊為我補妝時,一邊很興奮的說,哇,你待會兒有一句台詞耶!很難得耶!你好幸運被選上!
那是我第一次參與電影演出,但我沒有什麼特別的感受。我還在上大學,心裡只想賺多點零用錢。拍的時候,三四個take就完成了,彷彿就是一場夢。
每個人的人生都會有意外收穫的時候。我們可以以這些收穫來勉勵自己,但最重要的是不要自滿於自己的「幸運」而懈怠。
看回以前的自己,說不定那已經奠定了我二十一年後會頻頻拍片,有自己「電視台」的因緣,而且這一次絕對不會只講一句台詞了。
一直都準備好的人,隨時都可以為自己製造機會。
影片:Media Asia Distribution
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Can you find me in the movie?
It was my first day on the set and I chose to wear the prettiest work dress in my wardrobe. I made special effort to style my spiky hair very well. The director’s assistant lined up a few extras. The director walked up and down scrutinising the few of us. He picked me and I was hastily pulled into the make-up room by the staff. The make-up artistes did my make-up and excitedly told me. Wah, you will get to speak a one line of script. How rare! You’re so lucky to be picked!
I had done advertorials. That was my first time taking part in a movie production but I had no special feeling about it. I was still a University student wanting to make some pocket money. Three or four takes later, it was all over, very much like a dream.
Every one of us have such unexpected lucky moments in life. We can use such moments to encourage ourselves but don’t get all obsessed about your luck that you slack in your efforts
Looking back at those times 20 years ago, I guess it laid the path that will lead to me having my own TV channel and making many videos. But this time round, it will not be just a one liner. 😁
The door of opportunity will always open for the well-prepared one.
47 years ago movie 在 Henry Golding Facebook 的精選貼文
First met each other over 12 years ago, @joon.goh filmed and cut together my "Fake it to make it" travel showreel when I moved from London to Malaysia. Now we both in the movie industry, big love brother man ❤️