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- THE HIMALAYAS to Scale 63 Markets
- by Pierce Conran / Dec 15, 2015
- 45-Theater US Rollout Begins This Week
LEE Seok-hoon’s mountaineering drama The Himalayas is poised to climb the local charts this week as well as 63 other markets in the near future, per distributor CJ Entertainment. US office CJ Entertainment America will launch the film in the United States this Friday (December 18th), just two days after its domestic bow, before rolling out to 45 theaters across North America by January.In addition to the US, CJ Entertainment will directly distribute the film in China, Indonesia, Japan and Vietnam through local affiliates. The distributor also locked a raft of deals on the title following its presentation at the American Film Market (AFM) in Santa Monica, CA last month. With 63 on board to screen The Himalayas, the title marks the biggest pre-sales success of a CJ film since Snowpiercer clinched 167 early deals in 2013.Other markets on board for the expedition epic include the Middle East (Gulf Film), HK & Macau (Panorama), Turkey (Medyavizyon), Ex-Yugoslavia (Blitz), French Speaking Europe (AAA), Philippines (Viva Communications), Thailand (M Pictures) and Mongolia (Bloomsbury), among others.HWANG Jung-min (Veteran) stars as real-life climber UM Hong-gil, who returns to Mount Everest to retrieve the body of a fallen comrade (played by C'est Si Bon’s JUNG Woo). The drama comes from production company JK Film, which previously released such hits as Haeundae (2009) and Ode to My Father (2014). Director LEE is hoping to add another hit to his bow, following 2012’s Dancing Queen (also with HWANG) and last summer’s period action film The Pirates.The Himalayas is currently tracking second on the reservations chart in Korea, ahead of local contender The Tiger but behind US behemoth Star Wars: The Force Awakens.
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