Romantic comedy “Finding Mojo” opens nationwide in Malaysia on July 23, with a Singapore release following on July 31 and an Indonesian bow in the works.
Astro Shaw is distributing the film locally, while SC Films International handles sales in territories outside Southeast Asia.
The release marks the first feature from Sympatico, the Malaysia-U.K. production label Double Vision launched with veteran British producer Richard Johns. Double Vision is now part of Vision Entertainment Group, a recently rebranded studio operation with Min Lim serving as group CEO. The company, with nearly four decades in Malaysian television production behind it, is also developing “Emergency,” a limited series with Luke Evans attached to star, as Sympatico’s next project.
The film follows Adi, a rising executive at a dairy company whose viral cow, Mojo, has become a social media star. When the company’s push to acquire small farms runs into a village that refuses to sell, and the village’s farmer kidnaps the cow to force negotiations, Adi is sent undercover to retrieve the animal – only to fall for the farmer’s daughter and reconsider his priorities. The cast is led by Indonesian actor Adipati Dolken, Malaysian actress Mimi Lana and veteran actor Wan Hanafi, alongside supporting players Namron, Dato A. Tamimi Serigar, Aziz M. Osman, Tony Eusoff, Gambit Saifullah and Farah Ahmad. Honey Ahmad wrote the screenplay, with Zahir Omar serving as executive producer and creative consultant.
