NEWS & VIEWS
October 2017
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What’s on Screen
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HBO Asia premieres SENT
SINGAPORE – HBO Asia has debuted its
first comedy drama series, SENT, on HBO
on StarHub TV.
Set in Singapore, the eight-episode
half-hour series tells the story of Jay Bunani
(played by Haresh Tilani), a financial com-
pliance officer whose only way of coping
with the stresses in life is to draft honest
emails to anyone who aggravates him. This
backfires one day as his draft emails are
Thrill is airing Unbreakable as part of its
Halloween Special, alongside The Conjuring,
The Sixth Sense, and many more classic horror
movies.
n Halloween
is home
for more Thrill
HONG KONG – This Halloween, Thrill is
welcoming viewers to the home of horror
with a line-up of horror movies, including
The Conjuring, The Sixth Sense, Unbreak-
able, and Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber
of Fleet Street.
Viewers can also catch Dead Again, a TV
series produced by Law & Order creator and
executive producer Dick Wolf. Dead Again
follows a team of detectives who re-examines
controversial murder cases in which un
resolved questions still linger long after the
verdict was determined.
n HOOQ
launches first
Thai original movie
Saranair Love You
Cinematic comedy Saranair Love You is HOOQ’s
first Thai original movie, and stars Willy
McIntosh and Kiattisak Udomnak.
BANGKOK – In collaboration with Thailand’s
movie studio Tech Digital Corporation,
HOOQ has released its first Thai original
movie — Saranair Love You — a cinematic
comedy directed by Kiattisak Udomnak.
With Udomnak also taking the role as
Peng and Willy McIntosh as Rang, Saranair
Love You follows the adventures and misfor-
tunes of the two best friends whose world
changed after getting caught in a diamond
heist. The duo is joined by a medley of stars,
including Tonhom Sakuntala, Sun Pracha-
korn, and Mario Maurer.
accidentally sent out, turning him into an
Internet sensation overnight — and not a
good kind.
SENT is HBO Asia’s third original pro-
duction this year, following the second sea-
son of Halfworlds, an action fantasy drama
series, and The Teenage Psychic, HBO Asia’s
first original Chinese series set in Taiwan.
Viewers can also catch SENT on HBO on
StarHub Go and HBO On Demand.
Directed and co-produced by Alaric Tay (second
from left), SENT features an ensemble cast of actors
such as Haresh Tilani, Carla Dunareanu and Alan
Wong.