The deal has triggered a September 25 day-and-date release that will see the distributor open the film in North America on the same day as its Chinese launch.
Xu Zheng’s comedy, a sequel to the 2012 release Lost In Thailand, centres on an aspiring artist who becomes embroiled in a murder investigation before a vacation.
Zheng wrote, produced and stars alongside Zhao Wei and Du Juan.
Well Go USA president and CEO Doris Pfardrescher brokered the Lost In Hong Kong deal with Enlight Pictures.
The distributor holds US rights to Toronto Midnight Madness selection SPL 2: A Time For Consequences.
- RLJ Entertainment has acquired all non-theatrical North American rights to Thomas K Phillips’ The North Star, about two slaves who escape to freedom from a Virginia plantation in the mid-19th century. Production company LuckPig Studios will release in theatres in September, while RLJ will air the feature on its digital channel Urban Movie Channel. Jeremiah Trotter andThomas C Bartley Jr star.
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