Asian Persuasion, the movie debut directed by three-time Tony Award and Grammy Award winner Jett Tolentino, has been confirmed for North American distribution and will likely be out there on the upcoming U.S. Movie Market.
Hawaii-based Scatena & Rosner Movies has acquired world rights to the romantic comedy. The movie tells the story of a lovable underachiever who hatches a stunning plan to keep away from paying alimony to his style govt ex-wife.
Scatena & Rosner Movies will distribute the movie in North America, or “home” markets, and has earmarked a spring 2025 launch date. The corporate will start licensing rights in all different territories subsequent week at AFM in Las Vegas (November 5-10).
The screenwriter of this movie is McKeon. The collection stars quite a lot of actors, together with Dante Basco (“Hook”), KC Concepcion (“Golden Boys: Photographs”), Kevin Kreider (“Bling”) “Empire”) and Paulo Montalban (“Cinderella”).
“Asian Persuasion” is produced by Jhett Tolentino Productions, with Tolentino and author Ang serving as producers. Cinematography is by Andrea Walter (The Fabulous Filipino Brothers, Designing the Void), with manufacturing and costume design by Sheena Alexis (Watchers) of Dedalus Transferring Footage Serve. Music is by Eunike Tanzil (“Be Someone”), with casting by Bess Fifer.
Tolentino has produced 19 stage productions on and off Broadway, together with Vanya and Sonia, Martha and Spike, starring Sigourney Weaver; Denzo Washington’s Within the Solar of raisins”. As a music producer, he oversaw the recording of the solid album for The Coloration Purple starring Cynthia Erivo, Jennifer Hudson and Danielle Brooks. His filmmaking credit embody 2017’s Life Is What You Make It and Isabel Sandoval’s Lingua Franca, which premiered on the 2019 Venice Movie Competition.
“We’re excited to convey Asian Persuasion to a world viewers,” mentioned Zach Stampone, vp of distribution for Scatena & Rosner Movies, which negotiated the rights. “The movie’s intelligent, participating plot, coupled with a gifted solid and crew from 21 Asian nations, make it the standout romantic comedy of 2025 and past. Director Tolentino tells a real story and The power to resonate with audiences makes us excited to share this movie with a large viewers.
Scatena & Rosner Movies is a movie manufacturing, finance, distribution, gross sales and placement firm led by Gato Scatena and Jordan Rosner. Its movie gross sales lineup consists of Luke Sparks’ “Preventing for Life” and Patrick Giles’ “I Am Charlie Walker.”
