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Magnolia Pictures Takes On 'Chocolate'
Thursday, September 25th, 2008
Magnolia Pictures' genre arm Magnet is taking a bite out of "Chocolate." The Wagner/Cuban Co. distributor has acquired North American rights to the martial arts actioner from director Prachya Pinkaew and leading Thai producer Sahamongkolfilm International, the team behind the hit "Ong Bak: The Thai Warrior."
"Chocolate" tells the story of an autistic girl (Jeeja Vismistananda) who learns martial arts to track down thugs that owe her ailing mother money. After its world premiere this month in the Toronto International Film Festival's Midnight Madness section, the film played to enthusiastic crowds at Austin's Fantastic Fest last weekend. | City On Fire
9/25/2008 11:50 PM |
| #2 | I don't see anything there about a remake. Is this not just for North American distribution rights? | TheDenizen
9/26/2008 11:26 AM |
| #3 | I'm pretty sure Magnet is just releasing "Chocolate" and not remaking it. I haven't read anything alse about it's plans with the film besides distribution. | Hiroyuki
9/26/2008 1:12 PM |
| #4 | My bad. I typed it wrong. Hopefully an admin can edit the subject. | City On Fire
9/26/2008 9:26 PM |
| #5 | yeah, i don't know any starlet from the states that has the physical ability or the training like the lead in "Chocolate"... | Elephantstampede
9/27/2008 2:56 PM |
| #6 | I'm really glad it's not a remake and just that Magnolia and friends are releasing it for us here in the states. Because you know that if they remade it they would put someone like Milla Jovovich or Angelina Jolie in the title role and just throw in a bunch of physics defying cgi fights scenes and quick cut action. That would kind of kill it for me, you know? | Guano Pig
9/28/2008 9:36 AM |
| #7 | Magnolia Pictures is awesome. They are planning to release the film in theaters in 2009. I don't know how wide a release it will get but if your town has an art house theater or theater that specializes in independent/foreign films, they should get it. Anyway, Magnolia will put out a quality DVD relase with good subtitles and likely uncut. I'm excited they picked it up over Dragon Dynasty. | WuxiaFan
10/1/2008 1:56 PM |
| #8 | I notice that the Malaysian version is 99 minutes and the US versions are 88 minutes. Anyone know what they cut? I'd like to get the BluRay disc but not with 10% of the film excised. | Chaiwallah
12/10/2008 12:39 PM |
| #9 | For what it's worth, the running time of the US version is based on the manufacturer's pre-release information, which is often sketchy. It may change once we've got it in stock and have had a chance to manually verify it. | Choco
12/10/2008 12:58 PM |
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