Lockdown
Hong Kong’s oldest broadcaster Asia Television (ATV) is returning to production with a slate of film and TV projects developed in partnership with UK production company Phoenix Waters Productions.
The first project, suspense thriller Lockdown, has already wrapped and is in post-production after shooting during the pandemic in the UK, US, Hong Kong, Italy and Japan. The primarily English-language film revolves around an actor who enters a video audition and must pass a series of tests to keep those around him alive. Some of his alt-right opinions are challenged along the way.
Directed by Bizhan Tong, the film was produced and co-financed by ATV, Phoenix Waters and YG Capital, an asset management firm with a shareholding in ATV. Tong, the formerly UK-based founder and CEO of Phoenix Waters, joined ATV last year as an executive producer.