Well Go USA is ending the month of July on a high note with Bernard Rose’s Samurai Marathon, and Joko Anwar’s Southeast Asian superhero franchise inaugural, Gundala, both on Blu-Ray and DVD. Rose’s film is out now with the latter coming out on July 28, and for this, we’re launching our paired giveaway for both films!
The Bumilangit Cinematic Universe is officially setting sail to North America with the official trailer for Joko Anwar’s comic book adaptation, Gundala. There’s lots of action thrown in for this particular asset seeing as the domestic trailer was a straight tease of things to come, and so I can see the necessary push to appeal to the West. We like when things fly, fight and go boom, so, this is nice.
Well Go USA is ramping up its acquisitions this season with a raft of titles.
It was on Sunday at Plaza Senyan in Jakarta that Screenplay Films and comic brand Bumilangit announced its official raft of superhero characters to be featured in the first volume of the Bumilangit Cinematic Universe. The announcement comes in the days leading up to the Toronto International Film Festival premiere of Joko Anwar’s new movie, Gundala, starring Abimanya Arysatya.
Indonesian cinema’s resurgence in the last decade now stakes its claim even further in comic book fandom with an adaptation of Hasmi’s local 1960s fan fave, Gundala. As of yesterday, Matthew Scott’s exclusive at The Hollywood Reporter has published a spotlight of the latest adaptation of Hasmi’s comic by celebrated director Joko Anwar whose new film begins the launch of a superhero cinematic universe under the newly-merged Screenplay Bumilangit Film.
With the hype engine already running for superhero franchise momentum in Southeast Asia, it’ll be writer/director Joko Anwar‘s turn soon enough as we edge closer to the release of upcoming graphic novel adaptation, Gundala. For this, we now have a new glimpse of actor Abimana Aryasatya (3: Alif Lam Mim, The Night Comes For Us) on both sides of the title costume; it’s only at the tail end that we get a quick taste of Arysatya’s Gundala in action, but the teaser itself does an ample job of setting a tone that both mystifies, and satisfies in the action and drama.
Day 4 commences this week as we continue our daily grouping of five titles for the next several weeks comprising 100 movies to keep an eye out for in 2019. 15 down. Here are five more:
The weekend was bustling for attendees at Indonesia Comic Con where director Joko Anwar was in attendance to pitch what he has thusfar with upcoming superhero adaptation, Gundala. No need to fret over too much mystery about the project now due for a potential Summer 2019 rollout as the director also presented a brief teaser to give audiences a whiff of what’s to come.
The original comic, which spawned up to 23 entries through 1982, was also the crux of director Hanung Bramantyo’s own efforts to adapt the comic book for moviegoers back in 2014 with Erick Tohir at Mahaka Pictures. Anwar’s own take on the franchise will transplant its Yogyakarta-set story to the city of Jakarta for creative purposes.
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