Amazon Prime Video has acquired the worldwide streaming rights to Islanders, an bold Taiwanese drama sequence set to premiere worldwide on July 18.
Co-helmed by Singaporean filmmaker Ler Jiyuan (Invisible Tales) and Taiwanese theater director Tsai Pao-Chang, the eight-part sequence blends sharp social commentary with cinematic aptitude, in line with the producers. Based mostly on the award-winning novel Islands by Lolita Hu, the present traces the unraveling of a strong businessman whose internet of romantic relationships is uncovered after a cocktail party argument goes viral. As his scandal consumes the nation’s consideration, his loyal assistant begins to reevaluate her place in a society reworked by social media, shifting cultural norms and emotional alienation.
Set towards the backdrop of early 2010s Taipei, Islanders stars Golden Horse and Golden Bell Award winner Wu Kang-Jen, Southeast Asian icon Christopher Lee, Taipei Movie Awards honoree Rima Zeidan, and veteran actress Yu Tzu-Yu. Japanese actor Yusuke Fukuchi additionally seems in a notable supporting position.
Shot on location in Taiwan, New York and Alaska, the sequence has a manufacturing scale and cross-cultural scope that’s uncommonly bold for a Taiwanese drama.
Along with its Prime Video debut, Islanders will stream in Taiwan on Catchplay+ and Line TV, and in Hong Kong by way of Now TV. It can additionally air weekly on the Catchplay Film Channel.
Produced by Screenworks Asia, the manufacturing arm of regional streamer Catchplay+, Islanders is the second Taiwanese title after The World Between Us: After the Flames to safe a world launch on Prime Video.
