On November 23, actress-producer Sylvia Sanchez hinted at more movies acquired by Nathan Studios.
At the media event at the Podium Cinema in Pasig, which LionhearTV covered, Sanchez revealed that their production company had acquired six movie titles with varying genres.
“Second to, actually lahat ng nabili naming movies, anim. Yes, next year mayroon mga palabas pa. At hindi lang ‘yung drama, hindi lang ‘yung art film, hindi lang action, mayroon din kaming comedy, iba-iba. Ano bang susunod, marami, mayroon kaming animation, mayroon kaming mga ganon. So iba-iba, hindi kami nag-stick sa drama lang.”
Aside from acquiring distribution rights for these six movies, she also discussed their plans to produce a film under Nathan Studios.
“Marami pa, maraming pang aabangan. Bukod sa pagdi-distribute ng movies dito, magpro-produce kami. ‘Yan nag-start na ‘yung isa naming prinoproduce, gumawa na kami ng– nagstart na, nagstart na, ayaw kong sabihin, bawal pa po, pero malaking project po ito.”
She then detailed how Nathan Studios scouts for films they would acquire through film festivals.
“Basta mayroon lang nag-eemail sa amin, mayroon kaming kino-contact, or di ba, pumupunta kaming Locarno, pumupunta kaming Cannes, pupunta kami ng Austin, Texas, kung saan-saang mga festival. So doon nakakakuha kami ng mga movies tapos ina-approach namin sila. Gusto namin itong i-distribute sa Pilipinas. Ganon lang, tapos email-email lang. Namimili kaming mga producers kung ano ‘yung maganda at sulit dito sa atin, na pwedeng ipalabas, na tumutugma sa kulturang Pilipino.”
As for the movie, ‘Silent Night’ stars Joel Kinnaman with Catalino Sandino Moreno, Kid Cudi, Vinny O’Brien, Yoko Hamamura, Harold Torres, Anthony Guiletti, and John Pollack.
Through the partnership between Nathan Studios and 888 Films International, from the direction of action director John Woo and John Wick producer Basil Iwanyk, ‘Silent Night’ opens in PH cinemas on November 29.Â
