108 Media, a global content financing & media rights management company focused on emerging markets, has attached Zainir Aminullah's premium production shingle Revolution Media as the co-producer for its original action-crime series I AM VASH (8 x 60min) with a top-tier talent line-up leading the charge for a May 2022 production start towards an early 2023 delivery.
Revolving around the crime-ridden sea-side town of Port Klang during the groovy 1970s Malaysia and charted through Vash, a rebellious policewoman up against societal and political pressures while working the biggest case of her career as she tirelessly hunts down her big whale - an ambitious gang leader creating carnage across the country in his pursuit of dominating the Southeast Asian criminal underworld.
Helmed by one of Malaysia's most successful and prolific directors Adrian Teh in his signature elevated genre style, the series also counts two of the top actors in Malaysia as part of its topline cast with the versatile Sangeeta Krishnasamy (Best Female Actor winner at the 29th Malaysian Film Award) playing the titular role of Vash and Bront Palarae, one of the most recognisable faces in the region playing her partner Rahman.
The project will be led and executive produced by Justin Deimen, Abhi Rastogi, and Micah Tadena (108 Media) with Zainir Aminullah and Anne Low (Revolution Media), as well as a creative and producing team, set across Southeast Asia and Los Angeles, consisting of David Chang, Choong Chi-Ren, Tony Pietra Arjuna, Justin Wong, Shern Chong and Leon Tan.
After making waves in the regional industry with ground-breaking commercial films such as THE WEDDING DIARY, PASKAL and WIRA, director Adrian Teh is enthusiastic about the project's unique setting "A female lead from an ethnic minority in a retro setting with action? That’s intriguing to me as a director. I'm in!"
