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A “connection” to Maria, the critically acclaimed 2019 Filipino action film from director Pedring Lopez (Nilalang) is in-the-works. Lopez has recruited Indonesian heavies Yayan Ruhian (Beyond Skyline) and Cecep Arif Rahman (The Raid 2) to star and direct the action.
Read the official press release:
Blue Fox Entertainment announced today that they have acquired worldwide rights to the upcoming Asia-set action film, Gi, by director Pedring Lopez (Maria). Written by Lopez’s team, the film will star action standouts Cecep Arif Rahman (John Wick 3, The Force Awakens, The Raid 2) and Yayan Ruhian (John Wick 3, The Force Awakens, The Raid, The Raid 2).
Gi is set to start production on location in Indonesia this spring. Blue Fox’s international sales division is introducing the film to international buyers at this week’s virtual EFM.
In Gi, a female assassin is forced to fight back through hell and everyone in her way to rescue her mother from the clutches of a rival gang. Outnumbered and outgunned, Gi must make her way through unknown territory in Jakarta, while fighting against the city’s most dangerous gang, the Palembang. Along the way, she joins forces with Jakarta’s deadliest assassin as they fight and survive to save her mother, and defeat those who want to take her place as the region’s most dangerous syndicate boss.
Gi will be produced by Pedring Lopez (Maria), Rex Lopez (Maria), Scott Rosenfelt (Mystic Pizza, Teen Wolf) and Maia Yambao-Lopez (Maria) and is a BlackOps Studios Asia Production in Association with Psyops8 Productions.
We’ll keep you updated on Gi as more news becomes available. Until then, if you haven’t seen Maria, be sure to check it out while it’s still on Netflix.
Am I missing something because Maria is coming in at a 4.9 rating out of 985 reviews on IMDb but another Netflix original the night comes for us it’s sitting at a 7 rating out of 14,300 views and is still waiting on a sequel. Why do you think that is?
Are you talking about the difference in hits, or the rating average? If it’s the former, one was a Netflix “original” and obviously received big promotion as a result. More people saw it, simple as that. Even if we took that away, it would have still gotten more eyeballs simply based on the fact how many people were familiar with The Raid and Headshot. There’s a cult following there which I don’t think Maria has, at least not as big.