In the same year, CATCHPLAY also provided financing and local production support to director Martin Scorsese’s passion project Silence, making it the first international production filmed entirely in Taiwan. CATCHPLAY and partners also control exclusive distribution rights to these films in Taiwan, China, Hong Kong and Macau, with The Revenant generating outstanding box office results from these territories in 2016. In early 2015, we closed a partnership deal to invest in New Regency’s three enthralling titles, namely The Revenant, Assassin’s Creed and Splinter Cell, marking the first investment of a Taiwanese company in major Hollywood productions. Both investments generated considerable box office performance in Taiwan and China respectively. In the same year, we invested in the locally produced film, Paradise in Service and co-produced 20 Once Again with CJ Entertainment for the Chinese market. Another sequel was initially planned for release in 2018 or 2019, but was eventually cancelled.In 2014, in addition to distributing the movies CATCHPLAY loves, we embarked in earnest co-production and investment projects, venturing into content creation. Merantau Films in association with Los Angeles' XYZ Films. Both films were produced by Indonesia-based PT. It was released in the United States on DVD and Blu-ray Disc on 14 August 2012.Ī sequel, The Raid 2, was released in 2014 to similar critical acclaim. The US release of the film features film score composed by Mike Shinoda and Joseph Trapanese. The name of the film was changed to The Raid: Redemption in the United States as distributor Sony Pictures Classics could not secure the rights to the title it also allowed Evans to plan out future titles in the series. In The Raid, an elite squad is tasked to infiltrate a high-rise building – run by a ruthless drug lord – located in the slums of Jakarta, among them is Rama (played by Uwais), a rookie member of the team.Īfter its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), The Raid received positive reviews from critics. Both films showcase the traditional Indonesian martial art Pencak Silat, with fight choreography led by Uwais and Yayan Ruhian. The film stars Iko Uwais, who previously worked with Evans in another action film Merantau, released in 2009. 'The Deadly Raid' Japanese: ザ・レイド) is a 2011 Indonesian martial arts action–survival film written, directed and edited by Welsh filmmaker Gareth Huw Evans. The Raid (Indonesian: Serbuan maut, lit.
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