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‘Badarawuhi Di Desa Penari’ – Horror Prequel Makes History as First Southeast Asia Production to Film for IMAX
Indonesian filmmaker Kimo Stamboel (Macabre, Headshot, The Queen of Black Magic) is back in the director’s chair for Badarawuhi Di Desa Penari, a prequel to the record-breaking hit KKN Curse Of The Dancing Village that is itself set to make history in Southeast Asia.
Deadline reports, “Indonesia’s MD Pictures has announced that Badarawuhi Di Desa Penari is the first production in Southeast Asia to be filmed with IMAX-certified digital cameras.”
The film “will receive a wide Imax release across Indonesia on April 10, 2024 during the Eid holiday period. It will feature Imax-exclusive Expanded Aspect Ratio, with some scenes expanding to fill the entirety of the screen and maximizing the viewing experience.”
“The film is again set in a remote Indonesian village where a mysterious local entity is terrorizing the local population,” Deadline also details in today’s exclusive report.
Aulia Sarah, Maudy Effrosina, Jourdy Pranata and Claresta Taufan star.
Christopher Tillman, Imax VP of International Development and Distribution, said: “We’re thrilled to collaborate with MD Pictures to bring the epic follow-up to the hit film KKN Curse Of The Dancing Village to Imax. Anticipation is at a fever pitch for this film, and we couldn’t be more excited to transport fans back to ‘desa penari’ for an unforgettable experience in Imax.”
KKN Curse Of The Dancing Village is the highest grossing film in Indonesian box office history. You can watch the trailer for that movie below. Stay tuned for more from the prequel.
Recent comments from producer Jason Blum suggested that a retool was in order when last year’s The Exorcist: Believer wasn’t as successful as Blumhouse and Universal hoped. That certainly seems to be the case, as Deadline reports tonight that Mike Flanagan is in talks to direct the next Exorcist movie.
Director David Gordon Green was initially on board to direct an entire trilogy of new movies in the franchise, with The Exorcist: Believer intended to be only the first film in that three-film sequel series. Originally set to hit theaters on April 18, 2025, sequel The Exorcist: Deceiver was delayed when Green left the project.
If talks come to fruition, Flanagan will take over, likely steering the franchise in a new direction.
The first film in the trilogy was released theatrically on October 13, 2023, with Leslie Odom Jr. starring alongside a returning Ellen Burstyn from the original classic.
In Believer, “Since the death of his pregnant wife in a Haitian earthquake 12 years ago, Victor Fielding (Leslie Odom, Jr.) has raised their daughter Angela (Lidya Jewett) on his own.
“But when Angela and her friend Katherine (Olivia Marcum) disappear in the woods, only to return three days later with no memory of what happened to them, it unleashes a chain of events that will force Victor to confront the nadir of evil and, in his terror and desperation, seek out the only person alive who has witnessed anything like it before.”
The final moments of The Exorcist: Believer brought Linda Blair’s Regan MacNeil back into the fold, seeming to suggest that the legacy character could return in future installments.
As for Flanagan, the horror filmmaker has Life of Chuck on the way. Flanagan previously helmed Stephen King adaptations Doctor Sleep and Gerald’s Game, and he’s also known for titles including Ouija: Origin of Evil and Oculus, along with the Netflix horror shows The Haunting of Hill House, The Haunting of Bly Manor, and The Fall of the House of Usher.
Stay tuned for more as we learn it.
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