EXCLUSIVE: Berlin-based gross sales outfit Media Transfer has boarded The Unfortunate, the sci-fi thriller set to star and be produced by Mortal Kombat actor Ludi Lin.
Quentin Lee is aboard to direct and produce. Media Transfer will introduce the venture to worldwide patrons at subsequent month’s Cannes market.
Co-written and directed by Lee, The Unfortunate is a Canadian style characteristic about an Asian Yale graduate pupil who falls for a charming younger girl and accepts an invite to her household’s Thanksgiving gathering—solely to search out himself ensnared in an alienating con that spirals into unimaginable horror.
Lin and Lee will produce beneath Lee’s British Columbia-based banner, Margin Movies. The screenplay is co-written by Dennis Escobedo (Final Summer time of Nathan Lee) and Lee, primarily based on Lee’s unique story. The gross sales deal was brokered by Jennifer Value, government producer of The Unfortunate. Begin date has but to be set.
Lin, who performs Liu Kang in Warner Bros’ Mortal Kombat film franchise and beforehand starred within the Energy Rangers franchise, not too long ago appeared as a stand-up comedian in Lee’s upcoming third season of the docuseries Comedy InvAsian. One Hand Clapping, Lin’s episode, will sneak preview in Might at Laemmle’s Royal.
“I’m an enormous fan of each the referential movies and may’t wait to see their “child” come to life. And talking strictly enterprise titles with Asian leads have gained on reputation and went method past their core viewers so combining that with sensible and enjoyable style is one thing to get very enthusiastic about,” stated Justyna Kronkiewicz, gross sales agent at Media Transfer.
“I’m thrilled that Media Transfer, an organization with such a pointy eye for elevated style, is representing The Unfortunate,” added Lee.
