Emissary Pictures and Mocha Chai Laboratories Unveil Asian Content Partnership – FilMart (Exclusive)
Singapore’s Mocha Chai Laboratories and Emissary Pictures, a company that straddles New Zealand, Australia and Indonesia, have announced a strategic partnership for the development and production of cross-cultural films, series and content in Asia.
The venture will have offices in all four countries and will identify, develop and produce content across genres and formats, including films, television series, documentaries and digital content. The agreement was announced in Hong Kong on the first day of the FilMart rights market.
The pair say that they have scripted and unscripted projects in development and production. Slate details, however, remain under wraps as do distribution plans.
“We are excited to partner with Emissary Pictures and join forces to combine our unique capabilities in storytelling and world-class post-production,” says Mocha Chai producer Michelle Chang. “We have the support of Singapore Film Commission and major partners in the region, all who appreciate our quality of work and creative vision.
The venture will have offices in all four countries and will identify, develop and produce content across genres and formats, including films, television series, documentaries and digital content. The agreement was announced in Hong Kong on the first day of the FilMart rights market.
The pair say that they have scripted and unscripted projects in development and production. Slate details, however, remain under wraps as do distribution plans.
“We are excited to partner with Emissary Pictures and join forces to combine our unique capabilities in storytelling and world-class post-production,” says Mocha Chai producer Michelle Chang. “We have the support of Singapore Film Commission and major partners in the region, all who appreciate our quality of work and creative vision.
- 3/13/2023
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
A TV series about the Wwi spy Mata Hari, directed by Roland Joffe, is one of two projects that adorn the debut slate of new production company Palanquin. Noir-thriller “Call Center” completes the initial line up.
Palanquin is jointly headed by producer Guy Louthan and Joffe. The company will focus on producing Southeast Asian projects including India-based film and television projects.
Joffe believes that that the true story of Mata Hari is more bizarre than the lurid reputation that she has since attracted as an exotic dancer and spy. To be produced by John Fitzgerald and Julian Grimmond (“The Amazing Race”), “Mata Hari” is structured as an eight-part series that charts the extraordinary life of Magritte, a Dutch girl who escaped an abusive childhood, fled to the Far East with a brilliant but manipulative adventurer who was more than twice her age, and was sucked into the world of espionage,...
Palanquin is jointly headed by producer Guy Louthan and Joffe. The company will focus on producing Southeast Asian projects including India-based film and television projects.
Joffe believes that that the true story of Mata Hari is more bizarre than the lurid reputation that she has since attracted as an exotic dancer and spy. To be produced by John Fitzgerald and Julian Grimmond (“The Amazing Race”), “Mata Hari” is structured as an eight-part series that charts the extraordinary life of Magritte, a Dutch girl who escaped an abusive childhood, fled to the Far East with a brilliant but manipulative adventurer who was more than twice her age, and was sucked into the world of espionage,...
- 2/8/2019
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
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