Vietnam’s BHD & Vietnam Media Corp are launching gross sales right here in Cannes on historic martial arts motion film The Final Secret Of The First Emperor, set to star Johnny Tri Nguyen (Da 5 Bloods).
The movie shall be directed by Nguyen Phan Quang Binh, recognized for warfare drama Music Of The Stork (2002), which was bought to greater than 25 territories, and The Floating Lives (2010), which on the time of its launch was Vietnam’s highest grossing arthouse movie ever. His current credit embrace romantic drama Secrets and techniques Of The Wind (2019).
Johnny Tri Nguyen, a Vietnamese-American actor whose credit embrace Spike Lee’s Vietnam-set Da 5 Bloods, may even function martial arts motion director on the movie. Nguyen, who works between the U.S. and Asia, has additionally had roles in motion movies corresponding to Charlie Nguyen’s The Insurgent and Fanatic and Prachya Pinkaew’s The Protector.
BHD says the movie will characteristic high-octane martial arts motion sequences, however may even be a story of household bonds, romance, noble sacrifice and Vietnam’s wealthy historical past and tradition. It is going to be filmed in Vietnam’s Ninh Binh province, recognized for its gorgeous landscapes, with help from the provincial authorities.
The story follows seven warriors on a top-secret mission: to move 99 coffins as a strategic diversion designed to mislead hostile forces. Their true goal is to make sure that the tomb of Vietnam’s first Emperor stays an everlasting thriller.
At present in pre-production, the movie will shoot for 60 days in November and December 2025 for launch within the second quarter of 2026.
“There’s one thing about Vietnamese martial arts that may be very particular for us, as a result of all through historical past, the little nation of Vietnam has been dealing with a whole lot of large enemies, and there’s one thing distinctive in regards to the martial artwork that carried us by way of,” Nguyen mentioned.
“I wish to current that little secret to the viewers within the movie. We’re going to place a whole lot of consideration into ensuring that it’s traditionally appropriate, even right down to the wardrobes and costumes and set.”
Vietnam has a pavilion and is internet hosting a collection of occasions at this 12 months’s Cannes Marche organised with the help of the Vietnam Ministry of Tradition, Sports activities and Tourism, Vietnam Tourism Growth Fund (VTFF) and the Vietnam Movie Growth Affiliation (VFDA).
On the delegation’s opening convention, BHD Senior Vice President Ngo Bich Hanh mentioned the challenges and alternatives for Vietnamese movies within the worldwide market: “Within the final decade, the worldwide business and audiences have primarily acknowledged Vietnamese cinema by way of impartial movies which have gained awards at prestigious worldwide movie festivals corresponding to Cannes, Venice, Berlin and Busan,” she mentioned
“In the meantime, Vietnamese industrial movies, which obtain excessive home field workplace success, are sometimes comedies, a style that doesn’t at all times translate simply to the worldwide market, although some corresponding to Mai have reached over $2M internationally.
“We imagine that the native business has developed strongly, and this decade, the Vietnamese film business will be capable of inform its tales in an enormous, epic method that appeals to each native and worldwide markets. The Final Secret Of The First Emperor, a historic epic martial arts movie in regards to the thriller of Vietnam’s first Emperor, could possibly be a kind of movies.”
