Well Go swoops on Johnnie To thriller 'Three' for US, UK

Well Go USA has pounced on Johnnie To’s upcoming crime thriller Three, acquiring rights for North America, UK, Australia and New Zealand.

Hong Kong-based Media Asia is handling sales on the film, which stars Louis Koo, Wallace Chung and Vicki Zhao Wei and is in post-production.

Well Go is planning a theatrical release in North America day-and-date with China on June 24, 2016.

Produced by Media Asia, Milkyway Image and Shanghai Hairun Film & TV, Three revolves around a showdown in a hospital involving a criminal with a bullet in his head, a policeman and a surgeon.

Media Asia is screening a 45-minute documentary about the making of the film in the Cannes market, which is being sold as a stand-alone programme.

Media Asia’s Cannes slate also includes John Woo’s action thriller Manhunt, starring Chinese actor Zhang Hanyu and Japan’s Masaharu Fukuyama, which is scheduled to start shooting this summer.