{"id":6215,"date":"2016-06-09T10:27:08","date_gmt":"2016-06-09T14:27:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/hbo-asia-commissions-halfworlds-season-two\/"},"modified":"2016-06-09T16:17:30","modified_gmt":"2016-06-09T20:17:30","slug":"hbo-asia-commissions-halfworlds-season-two","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/hbo-asia-commissions-halfworlds-season-two\/","title":{"rendered":"HBO Asia Commissions Halfworlds Season Two"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>SINGAPORE: HBO Asia has ordered an eight-episode second season of the original action fantasy series <em>Halfworlds<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>The show was created by HBO Asia and is helmed by Ekachai Uekrongtham (<em>Beautiful Boxer<\/em>, <em>Skin Trade<\/em>). Season two will expand on the\u00a0<em>Halfworlds<\/em> universe, shifting the action from Jakarta to Bangkok. The second season will feature an ensemble cast of actors from Thailand, Indonesia, the Philippines and Taiwan. Reza Rahadian (<em>Habibie &amp; Ainun<\/em>) and Arifin Putra (<em>The Raid 2<\/em>) reprise their lead roles as Tony and Barata.<\/p>\n<p><em>Halfworlds<\/em> is produced by HBO Asia with Singapore-based Infinite Studios. Thailand-based Halo Productions will provide production services in Bangkok, while Singapore-based companies Yellow Box Studios and Gravitate will be responsible for audio post-production. The series is produced in partnership with the Media Development Authority of Singapore (MDA).<\/p>\n<p>Jonathan Spink, CEO of HBO Asia, said \u201c<em>Halfworlds<\/em> was created to transcend geographical boundaries, so HBO Asia is of course, delighted by the impact it\u2019s made on audiences across the region and thrilled to be bringing it back. We\u2019re looking forward to drawing more audiences into our fictional world of\u00a0<em>Halfworlds<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Angeline Poh, assistant CEO (industry group) at the MDA, said, \u201cMDA is delighted to partner [with] HBO Asia on the next season of\u00a0<em>Halfworlds<\/em>, creating the opportunity for Singapore media professionals and companies to participate in this exciting project and hone their craft in producing compelling drama. This is the first in a pipeline of projects as part of the MDA-HBO Asia partnership aimed at raising the bar on quality original dramas produced by Singapore talent.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SINGAPORE: HBO Asia has ordered an eight-episode second season of the original action fantasy series Halfworlds.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":350,"featured_media":6216,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[984,985],"class_list":["post-6215","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-halfworlds","tag-hbo-asia","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>HBO Asia Commissions Halfworlds Season Two - TVDRAMA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/hbo-asia-commissions-halfworlds-season-two\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"HBO Asia Commissions Halfworlds Season Two - 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