{"id":459078,"date":"2026-04-29T04:56:12","date_gmt":"2026-04-29T04:56:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/459078\/"},"modified":"2026-04-29T04:56:12","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T04:56:12","slug":"parasite-producer-barunson-ea-boards-zona-merah-dead-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/459078\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Parasite\u2019 Producer Barunson E&A Boards \u2018Zona Merah: Dead City\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tBarunson<\/a> E&A, the Korean production and sales company behind Oscar winner Parasite, will handle international sales on Zona Merah: Dead City, a feature film adapation of acclaimed Indonesian horror series Zona Merah.<\/p>\n

\n\tProduced by Indonesia\u2019s Screenplay Films<\/a>, the project is co-directed by Sidharta Tata and Fajar Martha Santosa, the creators behind the original series, which became a hit on Indonesian streaming platform Vidio. Tata is returning as screenwriter and Santosa is overseeing story development to ensure continuity from series to feature.<\/p>\n

\n\tMuch of the original cast will reprise their roles, including Aghniny Haque, Andri Mashadi, Maria Theodore, Devano and Lukman Sardi, joined by new cast members Luna Maya, Bryan Domani, Shindy Huang, Myesha Lin and Derby Romero. Principal photography began on April 7 and continues through May 2026.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tBarunson E&A will introduce the film to buyers in Cannes<\/a>, along with Inherit, a Thai horror movie directed by Banjong Pisanthanakun and produced by GDH 559; and Indonesian filmmaker Joko Anwar\u2019s Ghost In The Cell, which had its world premiere in Berlin and is close to reaching two million admissions in its home market.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tScreenplay Films also has credits including Wait Until I Make It, currently the second highest-grossing film of 2026 in Indonesia, and Gundala, directed by Joko Anwar, which premiered at Toronto International Film Festival in 2019.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tThe original Zona Merah series, following a woman searching for her missing brother during a rapidly spreading zombie outbreak, drew more than 34 million views and resulted in a surge of new subscribers for Emtek-owned Vidio. The feature adaptation expands the story into a darker, more ambitious narrative, raising the stakes as another city falls and a new red zone emerges.<\/p>\n

\n\tScreenplay Films CEO Wicky V. Olindo said: \u201cZona Merah showed us what\u2019s possible when a story truly connects with its audience \u2013 the kind of connection that extends beyond a single format. Expanding it into a feature felt like a natural progression, both commercially and creatively. Zona Merah: Dead City builds on everything the series established, and we\u2019re pleased to have Barunson E&A with us on this next step.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tYoonhee Choi, CEO of Barunson E&A, added: \u201cIndonesia\u2019s genre landscape is at an inflection point \u2013 audiences are becoming more adventurous, creators are pushing boundaries, and stories from this market are increasingly resonating globally. Zona Merah was an early signal of that shift, and Zona Merah: Dead City takes it further. Cannes will be the right place to introduce it to the world.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Barunson E&A, the Korean production and sales company behind Oscar winner Parasite, will handle international sales on Zona…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":459079,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[263],"tags":[201951,10404,18,117,19,17,327,201952],"class_list":{"0":"post-459078","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-movies","8":"tag-barunson","9":"tag-cannes","10":"tag-eire","11":"tag-entertainment","12":"tag-ie","13":"tag-ireland","14":"tag-movies","15":"tag-screenplay-films"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/459078","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=459078"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/459078\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/459079"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=459078"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=459078"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=459078"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}