JAKARTA - The second season of the HBO Asia Original horror anthology series, Folklore, will go into production early next year. Indonesian director Billy Christian will be involved in it.
The main shoot of the one hour seven-episode series will be shot in seven countries including Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan and Thailand. Each episode will be directed by a local director from each country.
Driven again by the famous Singaporean filmmaker Eric Khoo, the second season of Folklore will be even more tense because it studies the human condition when possessed by supernatural forces related to thinking about fighting themselves, each story presents a different view and perspective.
This season's directors include Sittisiri Mongkolsiri from Thailand, Shih-Han Liao from Taiwan, Erik Matti from the Philippines, Billy Christian from Indonesia, Nicole Midori Woodford from Singapore, and Bradley Liew from Malaysia. Also pop songwriter, Seiko Matsuda, will be making his directorial debut for the episode from Japan.
"Horror genres have always done well in Asia. Following the success of Folklore's first season, WarnerMedia has approved the second season of the award-winning series, expanding the anthology series in even more Asian countries," said Magdalene Ew, Head of Entertainment, WarnerMedia India, Southeast Asia and Korea quoted from Antara, Friday, December 4.
Folklore's first season has been screened at several international film festivals such as the Toronto International Film Festival (Toronto, Canada), SITGES International Fantastic Film Festival of Catalonia (Barcelona, Spain), Fantastic Fest (Texas, USA), Scream Fest (Singapore), Five Flavors Asian Film Festival (Warsaw, Poland), Asian World Film Fest (California, USA), Geneva International Film Festival (Geneva Switzerland), and Trieste Science + Fiction Festival (Trieste, Italy).
In addition, this film was shown at the Philadelphia Asian Film Festival (Philadelphia, USA), San Diego Asian Film Festival (San Diego, USA), CinemAsia International Festival (Amsterdam, Netherlands), Festival Series Mania (Lille, France), Tokyo International Film Festival (Tokyo, Japan), and Ehime International Film Festival (Ehime, Japan).
Folklore season 2 will air in late 2021 on HBO GO and HBO.
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