Lucy Liu (Charlie’s Angels, Kill Invoice, Presence, Rosemead) has boarded Reset, a sci-fi dramedy from writer-directors Celine Tien and Jerry Hsu, as govt producer.
Following its world premiere on the Fantasia Worldwide Movie Pageant, the quick is now being developed as a function movie. Liu has signed on to govt produce each the function and quick movie from manufacturing firm SPL Max.
The quick movie, set in a close to future, stars Olivia Liang (The CW’s Kung Fu) and Sam Tune Li (Netflix’s The Brothers Solar). In a society the place residents are bodily reset to 6 years outdated on the age of 65, Reset “follows a younger lady who should take care of her newly reset mom and discover her estranged father earlier than the state intervenes – solely to find that therapeutic her household means reparenting the kid her mom by no means had the prospect to be,” reads a synopsis. “Impressed by the filmmakers’ households and their experiences with inherited trauma, the movie explores intergenerational cycles by the lenses of karma and the psychology of empathy.”
“Supporting Reset has been a real pleasure,” stated Liu. “Seeing such gifted filmmakers carry their imaginative and prescient to life is a robust reminder that storytelling stays our most enduring type of artwork.”
Lucy Liu, courtesy of SPL Max
Tien and Hsu stated: “Impressed by our households’ lived experiences, Reset turned a technique to look at the inheritance of trauma and empathy throughout generations. We wished to ask the query: Can we ever actually develop up?”
Julien Soros produced the quick, with cinematography by Charles Xiuzhi Dong. Branton Choi, previously of the Russo brothers’ AGBO, Eva Li Hsieh, Care.com founder Sheila Marcelo, Journey.com founder James Liang, and Adam Marcelo additionally served as govt producers.
The quick was awarded the Silver Viewers Award for finest worldwide quick movie at Fantasia. The function adaptation of Reset is at present “in lively improvement,” in response to the artistic group.
THR may also solely premiere the official teaser trailer for Reset. Watch it proper right here.
