{"id":2166742,"date":"2025-11-19T16:27:10","date_gmt":"2025-11-19T16:27:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2166742"},"modified":"2025-11-19T16:27:10","modified_gmt":"2025-11-19T16:27:10","slug":"taiwans-thunder-entertainment-fund-backs-golden-horse-frontrunner-a-foggy-tale-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/taiwans-thunder-entertainment-fund-backs-golden-horse-frontrunner-a-foggy-tale-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Taiwan\u2019s Thunder Entertainment fund backs Golden Horse frontrunner \u2018A Foggy Tale\u2019 | News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"inline_image inline_image_left image_size_med\" data-attachment=\"1465263\" data-sequence=\"1\">\n<p class=\"picture\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>EXCLUSIVE<\/strong>: Golden Horse Awards frontrunner <em>A Foggy Tale<\/em> has been revealed as the first project backed by Thunder Entertainment, a new film fund set up to support and facilitate Taiwanese film and TV production.<\/p>\n<p>The Taiwanese fund has been set up by acclaimed producers Lee Lieh and Roger Huang, veteran distributor Steve Wang and private investor Rick Lei.<\/p>\n<p>Further projects to receive the first wave of backing by the fund include Japanese director Sabu\u2019s upcoming action comedy <em>Arrested Memory<\/em>, on which filming is underway in Taiwan until late November. <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.screendaily.com\/news\/taiwans-lhb--an-attitude-readies-co-pros-starring-ethan-ruan-hsu-kuang-han-tseng-jing-hua\/5208382.article\">The Taiwan-Japan co-production<\/a> has Shozo Ichiyama as a producer along with Lee, with Ethan Ruan leading the cast.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat sets our fund apart is we don\u2019t just provide financial support. We also offer the knowhow and experience to support filmmakers when developing their projects from scratch, even without a script,\u201d Lee told <em>Screen<\/em>. \u201cWe\u2019ll follow through from development, production to marketing and distribution.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"inline_image  image_size_full\" data-attachment=\"1465264\" data-sequence=\"2\">\n<p class=\"picture\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Arrested Memory BTS\" src=\"https:\/\/d1nslcd7m2225b.cloudfront.net\/Pictures\/480xany\/2\/6\/4\/1465264_251105_00756_284071.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1023px) 100vw, 780px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d1nslcd7m2225b.cloudfront.net\/Pictures\/480xany\/2\/6\/4\/1465264_251105_00756_284071.jpg 480w,https:\/\/d1nslcd7m2225b.cloudfront.net\/Pictures\/600xany\/2\/6\/4\/1465264_251105_00756_284071.jpg 600w,https:\/\/d1nslcd7m2225b.cloudfront.net\/Pictures\/780xany\/2\/6\/4\/1465264_251105_00756_284071.jpg 780w\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"lazyloaded\" width=\"8640\" height=\"5760\"\/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Lee serves as a producer to the projects backed by Thunder Entertainment to ensure production quality. The seasoned producer is behind commercial hits <em>Monga<\/em>, <em>Zone Pro Site: The Moveable Feast <\/em>and<em> The Pig, The Snake And The Pigeon<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Lee is a producer of <em>A Foggy Tale<\/em> along with fellow Taiwanese producer Yeh Jufeng. Directed by Chen Yu-hsun, the historical drama opened the Golden Horse Film Festival on November 6 and is the frontrunner at the upcoming Golden Horse Awards with 11 nominations. The ceremony is set to take place on Saturday (November 22).<\/p>\n<p>Advance screenings are rolling out this weekend from November 21-23, ahead of its theatrical release on November 27 through Wang\u2019s marketing and distribution company Activator, which has handled several major hits such as <em>Detention<\/em> and <em>Incantation<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>The film is backed by Taiwan Creative Content Agency (TAICCA), Yeh\u2019s Mandarin Vision, Thunder Entertainment, Arrow Cinematic Group, and The Millet Films.<\/p>\n<p>A further project backed by Thunder Entertainment is <em>The Ancient Tree<\/em> by Singing Chen, the Taiwanese director who has previously won two top prizes at Venice Immersive. Her latest feature is a co-production with France\u2019s Zorba Production. Filming is scheduled to begin by year-end, with Nadim Carlsen (<em>Border<\/em>, <em>Holy Spider<\/em>) as cinematographer and Matthieu Laclau (<em>Ash Is Purest White<\/em>, <em>Black Dog<\/em>) as editor.<\/p>\n<p>Thunder Entertainment co-founder Lei has more than three decades of experience in the tech industry, having served as vice president at Acer and chief strategy officer at BenQ. Now retired, he also runs a separate Glory Foundation for Taiwan\u2019s creative industries.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\n!function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s)\n{if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\nn.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};\nif(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';\nn.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\nt.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\ns.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window, document,'script',\n'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\nfbq('init', '1787080818148630');\nfbq('track', 'PageView');\n<\/script><script>\n!function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s)\n{if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\nn.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};\nif(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';\nn.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\nt.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\ns.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window, document,'script',\n'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\nfbq('init', '400707963055585');\nfbq('track', 'PageView');\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.screendaily.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>EXCLUSIVE: Golden Horse Awards frontrunner A Foggy Tale has been revealed as the first project backed by Thunder Entertainment, a new film fund set up to support and facilitate Taiwanese film and TV production. 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