EXCLUSIVE: GDH 559’s distribution unit Out Of The Box has ventured into international sales, boarding upcoming Thai feature In The Name Of Love, produced by Julian Taesung Jeong.
Previously known as Onethong, the $3m big-budget fantasy epic features a large-scale period setting as well as action and fantasy elements.
The story follows a modern-day writer who suddenly finds herself slipping back in time, inhabiting the body of Wanthong, the heroine of the famous Thai classic Khun Chang Khun Phaen. She struggles to rewrite Wanthong’s destiny using her knowledge and skills from the modern world to navigate a toxic love triangle and avoid the tragic ending that once condemned Wanthong to death.
This ambitious project is produced by Thailand-based Korean producer Jeong for Black Dragon Entertainment. He is one of the producers behind Boon Joon Ho’s Snowpiercer and joined CP Group in 2022. He also founded Black Dragon Entertainment in Thailand, serving as its CEO. In The Name Of Love marks his first Thai film production.
This second feature of director Piyakan Bootprasert whose debut was 2023’s Long Live Love!, is supported by THACCA’s new Thai film fund. It is written by Piyakan Bootprasert and Tanida Hantaweewatana from Bad Genius, with a cast comprising Waruntorn Paonil, Prin Suparat and Kanawut Traipipattanapong. A local release is set for September.
Out Of The Box was launched in 2023 as GDH’s theatrical distribution arm for international features, releasing Past Lives and Love On Trial among others in Thailand. It will now aalso handle international sales of non-GDH titles.
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