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.
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.
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.
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