Lucy Liu (Charlie’s Angels, Kill Bill, Presence, Rosemead) has boarded Reset, a sci-fi dramedy from writer-directors Celine Tien and Jerry Hsu, as executive producer.
Following its world premiere at the Fantasia International Film Festival, the short is now being developed as a feature film. Liu has signed on to executive produce both the feature and short film from production company SPL Max.
The short film, set in a near future, stars Olivia Liang (The CW’s Kung Fu) and Sam Song Li (Netflix’s The Brothers Sun). In a society where citizens are physically reset to six years old at the age of 65, Reset “follows a young woman who must care for her newly reset mother and find her estranged father before the state intervenes – only to discover that healing her family means reparenting the child her mother never had the chance to be,” reads a synopsis. “Inspired by the filmmakers’ families and their experiences with inherited trauma, the film explores intergenerational cycles through the lenses of karma and the psychology of empathy.”
“Supporting Reset has been a true joy,” said Liu. “Seeing such gifted filmmakers bring their vision to life is a powerful reminder that storytelling remains our most enduring form of art.”
