EXCLUSIVE: Thai rising star ‘Financial institution’ Thiti Mahayotaruk (Hormones: The Collection) will head the solid of motion comedy Esarn Seven, produced by Bangkok-based manufacturing outfit TSixtySix in collaboration with Kliff Studios, 185 Movies, True-CJ Creations and White Gentle Submit.
TSixtySix is the Thai-language manufacturing arm of manufacturing companies outfit Indochina Productions, which has serviced and co-produced world titles together with The White Lotus: Season 3, The Creator, The Meg 2 and Extraction. Kliff Studios not too long ago co-produced Cannes Critics Week winner A Helpful Ghost.
Directed by Chantana Tiprachat (Nha Harn), Esarn Seven follows a down-on-his-luck filmmaker who returns to his hometown in Thailand’s northeast to reclaim his household’s stolen land from a corrupt native politician. To fulfil his mission, he assembles a motley crew of outdated associates, locals and misfits for a high-stakes heist set in opposition to the chaos and color of the Bun Bang Fai rocket pageant.
The movie will probably be produced by TSixtySix’s Cod Satrusayang, Tri Kanchanadul, Siripas Yomchinda and Nicholas Simon, with Kliff Studios’ Tanat Tananivit, Kip Tiaviwat and Annie Yang serving as government producers. Patchara Jiaravanon and Yaovarat Nirandara are additionally on board the challenge as government producers.
“We wished to focus on an neglected a part of Thailand for our subsequent movie and we discovered the right story,” mentioned Cod Satrusayang, producer and head of TSixtySix. “It’s the form of movie that captures the spirit of recent Esarn – humorous, defiant, and bursting with life – whereas providing worldwide audiences a distinctly native story informed with world craft.”
Indochina Productions founder Nicholas Simon mentioned: “We’re investing closely in Thai content material as we see its world class potential, particularly with the wealth of younger expertise.”
The ensemble solid additionally contains Praew Chermawee Suwanpanuchoke (Dr Climax), Chatchai Chinsri (Name Me Daddy), Thiti Srinual (The Undertaker) and Wisarut Himmarat (A Helpful Ghost) as a part of the heist crew, whereas Thai boxing legend Samart Payak-arun will play the function of the antagonist Governor Por.
Principal pictures will start later this 12 months in Nakhon Ratchasima and Nong Khai, aiming for a Winter 2026 launch.
