Well Go USA Acquires Domestic Rights For Thai Action Film ‘Bangkok Dog’
EXCLUSIVE: Well Go USA Entertainment has acquired U.S. rights to Thai martial arts action film Bangkok Dog, with plans to release the film in October this year.
Marking director Chaya Supannarat’s feature film debut, Bangkok Dog stars D.Y. Sao and Brian Le. Sao and Le originally rose to prominence alongside Andy Le through the Martial Club channel on YouTube and have built their careers in stunt work and choreography, with credits in Everything Everywhere All at Once and Marvel’s Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings.
Bangkok Dog‘s executive producer, Prachya Pinkaew, is behind Thai martial arts hits Ong Bak: The Thai Warrior and The Protector, both starring Muay Thai megastar Tony Jaa.
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Bangkok Dog follows an American agent who is sent to Thailand on a dangerous undercover mission to take down a sadistic crime lord. His street smarts and fighting skills win over the local gangsters and he rises through the Bangkok underworld, but the closer he gets to cracking the case, the more he loses himself in the role.
Supporting roles include local Thai veteran actors Byron Bishop (Only God Forgives), Sahajak Boonthanakit (The Beach) and model-actress Jenny Philomena Van Der Sluijs.
Before directing Bangkok Dog, Supannarat was a producer and frequent collaborator of the late director Pearry Teo (Shadow Master, The Assent, Gene Generation).
The film is produced by Ariel and Ehud Bleiberg at Bleiberg Entertainment, who are also representing worldwide rights for the film, and Charlie LaHaie and D.Y. Sao at Rock Solid LLC. The film was written by Laurence Walsh (Matching Hearts).
“We are thrilled to be working with Well Go. We’ve had great experiences with them in the past and believe they are the perfect partner to present this incredible, action-packed film to US audiences,” said producer Ariel Bleiberg.
Negotiations were handled by Ehud Bleiberg for Bleiberg Entertainment and Doris Pfardrescher for Well Go.
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