South Korea’s Contents Panda has sold Min Yong-keun’s upcoming romantic drama Soulmate to buyers across Asia.
The Korean remake of Derek Tsang’s award-winning 2016 Chinese romantic drama of the same name has been acquired for Japan (Klockworx), Mongolia (The Filmbridge), Taiwan (Moviecloud), Vietnam (CGV Vietnam) and Thailand (Sahamongkolfilm International).
The film is set for local release in South Korea on March 15. Contents Panda is coordinating with its partners in Taiwan, Vietnam and Thailand with an aim to release the film either day-and-date or by the end of March.
Contents Panda held a private preview screening of the film in Tokyo on January 19, attended by about 100 people from 20 companies, after which they finalized the deal with Klockworx for Japan “at a quite high price after competitive bidding.”
Directed by Min Yong-keun, whose credits include Re-encounter, the film stars Kim Da-mi of TV’s Itaewon Class, Jeon So-nee and Byeon Woo-suk. The story revolves around two initially inseparable girls whose friendship is broken by one of their boyfriends and explores what happens years later when they meet again as adults.
Produced by Climax Studio (Jung_E) and Studio&NEW (The Beast), the film is in post-production.
“Soulmate is definitely one of the must-see films from South Korea this year and we are so thrilled to work with actress Kim Da-mi again after the The Witch: Part 2 - The Other One, which is a big hit in Taiwan,” said Wayne Chang, acquisition manager at Moviecloud.
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