GUNDALA: Joko Anwar To Direct Long-Awaited Indonesian Superhero Adaptation This Fall
Southeast Asia isn’t hugely prolific when it comes to superhero movies, although they do exist – a clear indication that there’s a market for such a subgenre in a region continually riping these days in movies. Author and creator Harya Suraminata (a.k.a. Hasmi) is even moreso an example as his 1969 launch of comic book brainchild, Gundala, was eventually adapted for the big screen in 1981 from Lilik Sudjio and starring Teddy Purba, and will once again take reprisal with cameras rolling this September. Celebrated fantasy and horror director Joko Anwar (Satan’s Slaves, HBO Asia series Halfworlds) is slated to direct this, his seventh feature film ahead of a 2019 release according to Wednesday’s coverage at The Jakarta Globe. Screenplay Films and Legacy Pictures are producing the film in association with the IP’s copyright home at Bumilangit Studios. Gundala is being noted as one of several films in development with […]