Singapore’s Robotic Playground Media (RPM) has recruited animation firms from Asia-Pacific and Europe to work on a brand new animated horror anthology collection titled A Banquet for Hungry Ghosts.
Based mostly on the eponymous work of creator Ying Chang, the 10-part collection received backing eventually yr’s Mediacorp Content material Growth Pitch occasion. The pilot episode Egg Fried Rice will launch in early 2024. It was commissioned and can be financed by Mediacorp with 108 Media co-financing on a collection order.
A Banquet For Hungry Ghosts’ ten episodes had been conceptualized as a ten-course banquet, with every representing a unique dish to be served in the course of the Hungry Ghost Pageant, a Chinese language customized the place meals choices are made to appease ghosts that wander the earth in the course of the seventh month of the lunar calendar.
The ten episodes can be titled:
- Egg Fried Rice
- Steamed Dumplings
- Candy and Bitter Pork
- Scorching Pot
- Kung Pao Hen
- Peking Duck
- Chilly Platter
- Glutinous Rice Balls
- Dim Sum
- Lengthy Life Noodles
RPM additionally shared some thrilling early idea artwork:
Aligning with the present’s deal with the Chinese language diaspora and its cultural influences – notably its delicacies – the worldwide studios that can be concerned with manufacturing embrace Igloo Studio (Thailand), Studio Climb (Malaysia), One thing Massive (France), Disnosc (France), Werlen Meyer (France), Xanthus Animation (Taiwan), and RPM will produce two episodes. Extra studios can be introduced quickly.
The present can be govt produced by Justin Deimen, Ying Compestine, and Abhi Rastogi for 108 Media and Ervin Han, Bernard Toh, and former Disney animator Raul Garcia for Robotic Playground Media.
In a launch, Ervin Han, CEO and co-founder of Robotic Playground Media, mentioned:
The mix of Chinese language meals and the afterlife is an irresistible pairing for what we envision to be a groundbreaking animated collection for a contemporary viewers. Ten deliciously macabre tales created by a few of the most enjoyable indie studios from Asia and around the globe. Horror is a style that has been underserved in animation for too lengthy. With Banquet, we goal to create a long-running horror collection that can fulfill the urge for food of a worldwide viewers hungry for daring, enjoyable, and imaginative grownup animation. Let the feast start!
Angeline Poh, chief buyer and company improvement officer at Mediacorp, added:
Robotic Playground Media wowed us with their pitch for A Banquet for Hungry Ghosts at our Content material Growth Pitch competitors. We’re thrilled to be working with them to provide ‘Egg Fried Rice’. This collaboration underlines Mediacorp’s dedication to put money into the event of fine tales, in addition to our dedication to nurturing and supporting artistic abilities. This thrilling and modern idea guarantees a spine-chilling viewing expertise for the worldwide viewers, and we will’t wait to delve into this distinctive culinary journey of terror!”
