CJ ENM HK to Co-Produce Kinmen-Set Drama Series

CJ ENM Hong Kong has signed a co-production agreement with Central Motion Pictures Corporation (CMPC) and Deepwaters Digital Support for an island-culture-based scripted series in Kinmen in 2023.

The collaboration, supported by Taiwan Creative Content Agency and Kinmen County’s Magistrate Yang Cheng-wu, is scheduled to begin production in the second half of 2023. The series will feature the scenery and cultural heritage of Taiwan and Kinmen.

Michael Jung, managing director of CJ ENM Hong Kong, said, “CJ ENM Hong Kong has been actively expanding our local language productions for the global streaming audience in recent years. We are very encouraged by the warm reception toward our first two Taiwan-collaborated Mandarin scripted original series Mum, Don’t Do That and The Amazing Grace of Σ, which premiered this year. Hence, we are delighted to continue our venture into Mandarin-language original content with another great collaboration in Taiwan in 2023.”

He added, “With the collaboration of top-notch production talents from Korea and Taiwan, we aim to raise the bar of quality drama content and production. We are looking forward to working on a new, amazing production based on CJ ENM’s IP and localizing the adaptation with Kinmen’s unique island culture.”

Paul Yang, general manager of Deepwaters Digital Support, said, “This three-way co-produced drama series is currently in the preproduction work led by Deepwaters Digital Support and CJ ENM Hong Kong. The series and cast will be announced through a press conference, which will be held in the first quarter of 2023. We hope that the three parties will continue this collaboration to develop and co-invest in the production of original and adapted content, with CJ ENM Hong Kong working with related international production houses, international streaming and linear platform channels.”

Yang added, “Central Motion Pictures Corporation has been actively creating an international standard production environment in the past few years. Both the production software and hardware at Central Motion Pictures Corporation’s film studio in Wai Shuangxi and the Central Taiwan Film Studios in Wufeng have been upgraded to production specifications required by international streaming platforms and large-scale film productions.”

“This collaboration project with CJ ENM Hong Kong is only the first step, and we look forward to more in-depth cooperation between the two parties in the future. In addition to continuing to co-produce creative films and series, we also hope that through the international influence of CJ ENM Hong Kong, we can showcase Taiwan’s first-class international film and television co-production capabilities and attract large-scale multinational film and television projects from Thailand and South Korea to work with Central Motion Pictures Corporation’s film studio for filming as well as pre-and post-production works.”