The first poster for Vinaman, a film by movie star, director and producer Ngo Thanh Van. (Photo courtesy of Studio68) HCMCity (VNS/VNA) - Movie star, director and producer Ngo Thanh Vanof HCM City has launched her latest project on a Vietnamese superhero.
The film, Vinaman, will featurechallenges and secrets about a superman who fights evil and protectsjustice.
Its first poster was released on Van’s Facebook page last week, attracting manylikes and comments from film critics and fans.
Van and her studio, Studio68, are working on casting the film.
“The world has Superman, IronMan and SpiderMan. How about us? I wanted tocapture a Vietnamese superhero named Vinaman, who has a Vietnamese spiritand character, in my new film,” Van wrote on her Facebook page.
Her film is based on real stories in Vietnam during the COVID-19 pandemic.“I saw many doctors and volunteers in the fight against the virus. I don’tthink a superman should be the strongest. I believe he should be a person whomakes the biggest sacrifice,” she wrote.
Nguyen Thi Kim Chi, a 10th-grade student from HCM City, said: “Vanhas a lot of experience in the industry. She performed in Hollywoodfilms and has worked with talented Vietnamese and foreign film directors. Herfilm, Vinaman, will be the best workof its kind on superman in Vietnam."
Van began her movie career in 2004 with a leading role in Rouge, a 13-part TV series produced byinternational channel MTV Asia, after spending years in music and on thecatwalk.
In 2006, she played a leading role in DongMau Anh Hung (The Rebel), a kung fu filmdirected by Vietnamese-American Charlie Nguyen. The film won the GrandJury Award at 2007 Sharing Visions,a biennial international film festival for Vietnamese filmmakers held inLos Angeles.
Van hasperformed in several films and TV shows before becoming a directorand producer. Her first movie as a producer was the comedy film Ngay Nay Ngay Nay (Once Upon A Time), aco-production between the artist and her partner, Canadian-Vietnamese directorCuong Ngo, in 2015.
One year later, she directed her first film, TamCam-Chuyen Chua Ke (Tam Cam-The Untold Story), a fantasy work based ona fairy tale known as the Vietnamese version of Cinderella. She investedmore than 20 billion VND (nearly 900,000 USD) in filming.
Tam Cam-Chuyen Chua Ke was released in 37 cinema complexes in Hanoi,HCM City and provinces, earning more than 70 billion VND (3.1 million USD) inticket sales.
In March, Van began post-production for TrangTi, a film featuring Vietnamese folk stories. She used blockbusterdirector Phan Gia Nhat Linh to help guarantee ticket sales./.
VNA
