The integrated resort has officially named SGIFF as one of its designated charities and is planning to host a series of year-round activities that aim to grow the film and art audience in Asia and beyond.

For a start, Marina Bay Sands’ ArtScience Museum will be hosting the 10th anniversary screening of Wee Li Lin’s whimsical tale about the malls of Singapore, “Gone Shopping”, from October 1 to 8. Released to critical acclaim in 2007, “Gone Shopping” is the first-full length feature by female director Wee Li Lin.

The screening is part of the “ArtScience on Screen” project, which showcases the work of groundbreaking filmmakers and artists. ArtScience on Screen forms the backbone of the museum’s dedicated film programming, which aims to inspire audiences to discover art and science through film and moving images. From October 1 to 8, the film will be screened twice daily to the public, at 3pm and 5pm respectively. Admission is free.

Beyond the screening, the integrated resort will also be hosting an “In Conversations With” dialogue session with the director, Sonya Nair of “Gone Shopping” and Professor Chua Beng Huat from the National University of Singapore on October 7 at the museum. This dialogue session is part of an on-going series of talks with celebrities and prominent individuals from creative fields, who give insights into the world of film, television and art to young students interested in pursuing a career in a related discipline.

Marina Bay Sands has been a presenting sponsor of SGIFF since 2014 and continues to look for new ways to inspire aspiring filmmakers and grow the art audience in Singapore. As a strong champion of youth and arts education, the integrated resort has also launched the MBS x SGIFF: Youth Film Project.

Open to current tertiary students, this new initiative will give young filmmakers a chance to experience and participate in a filmmaking project taking place across the integrated resort during its annual Sands for Singapore Festival.

The youth mentorship programme aims to encourage innovative and personal ways of storytelling that broadens the scope of corporate-driven film projects, and to offer budding filmmakers a chance to be exposed and mentored by industry practitioners as they gain hands-on work experience within a corporate environment.

Under the guidance of Marina Bay Sands’ in-house visual media team and SGIFF, participants will co-produce and co-direct a five- to 10-minute documentary film shot at the integrated resort. The completed film will then be showcased on Marina Bay Sands’ website and across its social media platforms.

Co-shortlisted by the teams at SGIFF and Marina Bay Sands, the two participants this year are Nanyang Technological University students Lee Yi Jia and Martin Loh. Their documentary will capture the relationship between two people from seemingly different worlds and aims to challenge stereotypes against the Deaf Community and illustrate the strength and vibrancy of Deaf Culture.

“As part of our commitment to growing film literacy, we are happy to have the opportunity to give independent films the exposure beyond our festival period. Having a like-minded partner in Marina Bay Sands helps us to continue our mission in championing and nurturing the voices and diversity in Asian cinema to new audiences. This includes the hosting of the 10th anniversary screening of “Gone Shopping”, the debut feature film of one of Singapore’s pioneering female filmmakers in the 2000s, and a past winner of SGIFF’s Singapore Short Film Competition. We look forward to deepening our engagement with both cinematic talents and audiences, and journeying with them to explore the vast possibilities in our region’s independent cinema,” said Yuni Hadi, executive director of SGIFF.

To register for the “In Conversations With” dialogue session, log on to http://mbsxsgiff-goneshopping.peatix.com/ .

Four new television dramas will show next week on Thai Public Broadcasting Service (Thai PBS), each paying tribute to His Majesty the late King Bhumibol Adulyadej through their story lines.

Part of the “Saeng Jaak Phor” (“Drama Guiding Light”) series, two of the dramas are based on reallife tales, one featuring a female prisoner and the other an elephant mahout. The other two take their cue from the late King’s guidance.

“The ‘Saeng Jaak Phor’ series started at the end of last year and took shape at the beginning of August. The series presents four characters who applied the King’s guidance in their daily lives and used his wisdom to solve their problems. Our mes¬sage is that even though our father is no longer with us, his light shines on and supports us in everything we do,” Wilasinee Phitphikul, director general of Thai PBS, told the press during the recent launch at Siam Paragon.

“Each of four dramas has the word ‘saeng’, meaning ‘light’, in its title representing His Majesty the late King’s guidance. The characters in each of those dra¬mas have seemingly intractable problems but eventually over¬come their adversities and accomplish their dreams.”

The first drama, “Saeng Lang Fon”, showing on Monday at 8.30pm, is directed by Boonyawat Thongtong and stars Siriphan “Noon” Watanachinda, Patiparn “Mos” Pataweekarn, Panadda Gomaratat, and Poompandin “Nong Pandin” Rucha.

It is the inspiring real life story of a female prisoner who has trouble fitting back into soci¬ety after receiving a royal pardon from King Rama IX for no other reason than she is still branded a jail bird. Unable to find work, she contemplates suicide until a chance meeting with a widower, who plays music by night, shows her a way to turn her life round.

“I play Mai, a musician and father whose young son is going blind. I have to find ways for him to live without his sight so that he will be one day able to achieve his independence and live alone without his dad,” says Mos.

“I portray Fon, a female pris¬oner who is granted a royal par¬don by HM the late King after being sentenced to three years only to go home and discover that she has been cast out by those around her. The most important message in this drama is learning how to forgive our¬selves,” says Noon.

“Saeng Nai Marn Mok” airs on Tuesday at the same time. Directed by Sarasawadee “Nai” Wongsompetch and Phanpan “Note” Songkham, it stars Rong Khaomoonkhadee, Lalana “Jeab” Kongtoranin, and Anusorn “Yong Armchair” Maneetes.

It is based on the reallife story of Uncle Kaew Butrachart, who served as an elephant mahout for King Rama IX at Khao Kheow open zoo.

“Acting with an elephant, even a baby one, was very hard,” says Rong. “Every time I sat on its front leg, it would put its trunk round my neck!”

“I play a veterinarian called Pete,” adds Jeab. “Dr Pete is a new graduate who holds herself in high esteem and thinks she knows how to treat an elephant. In the end, though, she needs Uncle Kaew’s intervention to get near the animal.

“I’ve worked with animals before, in fact I was bitten by a horse last time I filmed with Nai. This time I get punched by an elephant!”

On Wednesday night, viewers can watch “Jud Sud Saeng”, which is directed by Prawit Treemek and stars Worradech “Dan” Danuwong, Phatchatorn “Ploy” Tanawat, and Chanon “Non” Rikulsurakan.

“I play a filmmaker whose first movie flops and leaves him feeling hopeless. Then he finds the late king’s camera and when he looks through the viewfinder, he suddenly sees where he went wrong in the past.

It’s a very moving story and one that illustrates the monarch’s message of persever¬ance,” says Dan.

The series closes out on Thursday with “Thien Mai Sin Saeng”, which shines the spot¬light on the work of Thailand’s bomb disposal experts. It’s directed by Kan “Pink” Hongrattanapon and features Chinawut Indracusin in the lead role.

“I play Pokpong, an explosive ordnance disposal specialist sol¬dier who has a brother, Pokpak. Both of us are following in the late father’s footsteps,” says the actor and singer.

“This drama also teaches all Thais about the EOD unit and what their work entails.”

DIFFERENT WAY TO WATCH

– The “Saeng Jaak Phor” series runs on Thai PBS from Monday to Thursday at 8.30pm.

– It is being live streamed on http://www.ThaiPBS.or.th/DramaGuidingLight also at 8.30pm, on Line TV at 9.10pm, and on http://www.YouTube.com/ThaiPBS at 9.40pm.

To do this, the streaming service analysed the viewing data of 104 million members across 190 countries who have watched the following Star Trek series on Netflix: “Star Trek: The Next Generation”, “Star Trek: Enterprise”, “Star Trek: Deep Space Nine”, “Star Trek: The Original Series” and “Star Trek: Voyager”. In an attempt to look for data beyond default behaviour, the first two episodes from any season were omitted from the data. “Rewatch” is defined when a member returns to watch at least 6 minutes of an episode they had previously completed.

The results are fascinating. Below are the questions posed by the computer.

How many members have watched all 695 episodes of Star Trek on Netflix?

Better set phasers to stun, because nearly 12,000 fans have spent over 536 hours (or 22 days) watching “Star Trek”.

Netflix data also reveals that “Voyager” boasts the most revisited episode in the universe: “Endgame: Parts 1 & 2” (Season 7, Episode 24)

Episodes that introduce iconic races, characters, or captains tend to be revisited most. And of course, time travel, alien abductions or crossover episodes are big winners with Star Trek fans.

What collection is the most popular on Netflix?

It’s not so simple. While “The Next Generation” and “The Original Series” have bigger audiences, “Voyager” and “Deep Space Nine” fans are better repeat customers, more likely to return for their favourite episodes. Despite fans’ mixed emotions on “Voyager”, plenty keep returning to the series. In the end, each collection has its merits: “Original Series” debuted Klingons, “TNG” set the stage for DS9 and “Voyager, DS9” took Star Trek into serialised territory, and “Voyager” had the first female captain. And with all episodes on Netflix, fans can decide how and when they watch each voyage. The journey into the unknown doesn’t stop there.

This Monday (September 25), Netflix will exclusively premiere “Star Trek: Discovery” in 188 countries (excluding the US and Canada). “Discovery” features a new ship and new crew, while embracing the same hope for the future that inspired a generation. Engage!

The news was announced by Casey Bloys, president of HBO Programming and series creators George Pelecanos and David Simon, who previously collaborated on the HBO series “The Wire” and “Treme”, are said to be delighted.

“We are thrilled to continue our creative collaboration with master storytellers David Simon and George Pelecanos,” says Bloys.

“Their unique gift for immersing the audience in their dark and edgy worlds brings a brilliant verisimilitude unlike any other. With the remarkably talented Maggie Gyllenhaal and James Franco leading an exceptional cast, we look forward to delving deeper as this captivating story evolves.”

“Everyone involved with this project is genuinely grateful to HBO for the chance to take the narrative where it needs to go,” Simon says. “We knew the theme and purpose of the story, but there are many people in the entertainment industry who might not have it told, or worse, would have told it for the wrong reasons. HBO is a serious outfit. And they don’t scare.”

“Many thanks to HBO, our longtime partners, who’ve now given us the opportunity to continue to tell this compelling story,” adds Pelecanos. “We’re ready to get back to work with our amazing cast and crew.”

Named after the local slang for New York’s fabled 42nd Street, “The Deuce” began its eight-episode season on Monday, September 11. The series is available for streaming exclusively on HBO Go, with new episodes premiering same time as the US every Monday at 8am.

The show chronicles the rise of the porn culture in New York from the early 1970s through the mid-1980s, exploring the rough-and-tumble world of the sex trade from the moment when both a liberalising cultural revolution in American sexuality and new legal definitions of obscenity created a billion-dollar industry that is now an elemental component of the American cultural landscape.

It follows a cast of barkeepers, prostitutes, pimps, police and nightlife denizens as they swirl through a world of sex, crime, high times and violence, and the porn business begins its climb from Mafia-backed massage parlours and film labs to legitimacy and cultural permanence.

For more information, visit http://www.HBOAsia.com.

Scandinavian cinema is taking a bow this month at Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden bring their favourite films to the inaugural Nordic Film Festival, which runs from Thursday to October 1 at Quartier CineArt of the fourth floor of EmQuartier.

Aiming to highlight the success of Nordic films, celebrate Nordic culture and raise awareness of sustainability and gender equality, the Nordic Film Festival 2017 is being organised by the embassies of Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden with the aim of generating interest in this creative and innovative region.

The films, two from each participating country, include dramas, comedies, nature documentaries, adventures and family films.

“The organising of the Nordic Film Festival will strengthen the already strong bonds between the Nordic foreign missions in Bangkok and increase the visibility of the work done by the Nordic countries present in Thailand,” Danish ambassador Uffe Wolffhechel told a recent press conference.

“The films we have selected to show are ‘A Second Chance’ and ‘Key House Mirror’, which offer very different examples of Danish film art. Both are dramatic and moving, and at the same time reflect our everdeveloping movie industry.

Finland offers “Tale of a Lake” and “Tale of a Forest”, the most-watched Finnish nature documentaries of all time.

“To celebrate Finland’s 100th anniversary, we are pleased to present two award-winning films about our unique nature. “Tale of a Forest” provides a sneak peek into the Finnish wonderland and its inhabitants while “Tale of a Lake” takes a breathtaking plunge into the life of Finland’s almost 200,000 lakes,” said Finnish ambassador Satu SuikkariKleven.

Norway brings “Operation Arctic”, which took home a People’s Choice Award for Best Feature Film from TIFF Kids International Film Festival,  and Best Children’s or Youth Film from Amanda Awards, and “Victoria”, which received the Amanda Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role.

Sweden’s “A Holy Mess” and “Eternal Summer” represent the top films from Swedish production companies, and present views with a different emotional direction and cultural identity.

The festival opens on Thursday at 6 with “Tale of a Forest” whose main characters are bears, elk, snakes, owls, ants, frogs, flying squirrels as well as the Siberian Jay and the Lapland Owl.

“Key House Mirror” follows at 7.30pm. A heartwarming drama, it centres on Lily and Max, who  have been married for more than 50 years and now live together in a nursing home, where Max has been reliant on professional care since his stroke. When a man known as “the Pilot” moves in next door, Lily is immediately charmed by him and his passion for life. But neither her family nor the other residents at the nursing home are fond of her new acquaintance. Misunderstood by her family and trapped in her life with Max, Lily decides to fight to escape the bars of her invisible prison and claim her freedom.

Friday’s screenings start at 6 with “Operation Arctic”, a family story set in the wild Arctic ocean near Svalbard where the winter storms are building and the sun is about to disappear. Thirteen-year-old Julia and her twin siblings, eight-year-old Ida and Sindre, have ended up on the deserted Half Moon island by mistake and have to conquer their fear as they learn how to cope with wild animals, raging weather and lack of food.

Another adventure follows at 8 in “Eternal Summer”, which tells the story of Isak and Em who leave everything behind to embark on a road trip through the breathtaking landscape of Northern Sweden. But what starts off as a carefree adventure soon turns into a panic fuelled chase.

Saturday’s cinematic menu features “A Second Chance” and “Tale of a Lake”. Showing at 3 and 6pm respectively, the first sees detectives and best friends Andreas and Simon called out to a domestic dispute between a junkie couple caught in a vicious cycle of violence and drugs. Marko Rohr’s “Tale of a Lake” lives up to its name in a beautifully filmed documentary about Finnish lakes, the nature around them, the circulation of water and ancient Finnish mythology.

The festival wraps on October 1 with “A Holy Mess” at 3 and “Victoria” at 6.

“A Holy Mess” is a comedy about the modern family and their continual struggle to “do things right” while “Victoria”, based on Nobel Prize winner Knut Hamsun’s 1898 novel of the same name, is a film young love, class difference and success against all odds.

The films have English subtitles. Admission is free and tickets will be handed out on a first-come, first-served basis. Reservations can be made at Quartier CineArt half an hour before each screening.

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Aiming to highlight the success of Nordic films, celebrate Nordic culture and raise awareness of sustainability, the festival 2017 is being organised by the embassies of Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden, with two films from each country selected for Thai audiences.

“The organising of the Nordic Film Festival 2017 will strengthen the already strong bonds between the Nordic foreign missions in Bangkok and increase visibility of the work done by the Nordic countries present in Thailand,” says Uffe Wolffhechel, Danish ambassador. “We have selected two dramas – ‘A Second Chance’ and ‘Key House Mirror’, which offer very different examples of Danish film art.

“Tale of a Lake” and “Tale of a Forest” are the most-watched Finnish nature documentaries of all time. These films won Best Original Score for a Documentary Feature award from International Film Music Critics Association Award (IFMCA). “Operation Arctic” comes with a People’s Choice Award for Best Feature Film from TIFF Kids International Film Festival and Best Children’s or Youth Film from Amanda Awards.

Norway is screening “Victoria”, which received the Amanda Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role and “Operation Arctic” while Sweden has selected “A Holy Mess” and “Eternal Summer”.

The films have both English and Thai subtitles. Admission is free and tickets will be handed out on a first-come, first-served basis. Reservations can be made at Quartier CineArt half an hour before each screening.

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viewers in Thailand can watch I streamed on HBO Go via AisPlay and AIS PlayBox.

“The Brave” follows 1st Lieutenant Adam Dalton and his heroic Special Operations squad of highly trained undercover military specialists as they t carry out on-ground missions across the globe. His team is armed with incredible sniper, Sergeant Jasmine “Jaz” Khan, Chief Petty Officer Ezekiel “Preach” Carter, combat medic, Sergeant Joseph “McG” McGuire and intelligence officer, Agent Amir Al-Raisani.

The team works hand in hand with the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) that is headquartered in Washington DC, carrying out missions such as hostage rescues, intelligence gathering, protecting the lives of the innocent and capturing or killing the world’s most dangerous warlords.

Led by Deputy Director of the DIA, Patricia Campbell (Anne Heche) and her team of analysts including Cultural Specialist, Noah Morgenthau (Tate Ellington) and mission coordinator, Hannah Rivera (Sofia Pernas), the DIA wields the world’s most advanced surveillance technology to identify threats and oversee covert missions. All members of this elite squad, both in Washington DC and across the world, have one thing in common: their resilience and commitment to freedom is unmatched by any other. Often facing insurmountable challenges, the team works tirelessly to get the job done and to prevail in even the most complex situations.

The missions take the Special Operations squad across the globe, from the jungles of South America, to the sleek streets of Berlin and from the snowy steppes of Russia, to the sun bleached plains of Somalia. The series portrays an authentic look at defence agencies by working closely with technical consultants from both the intelligence and operational spheres, including a former CIA agent and an ex-Navy Seal. It is also the first show to have direct cooperation from the DIA itself.

The Warner Bros. film, based on a Stephen King novel and starring Bill Skarsgard as a creepy clown who terrorizes a sleepy Maine town, earned an estimated $60.1 million for the three-day weekend, bringing its domestic total to $218.8 million in only two weeks, according to industry tracker Exhibitor Relations.

Trailing far behind were two new releases, “American Assassin” from CBS Films/Lionsgate, at $14.8 million, and “mother!” which took in just $7.5 million in ticket sales despite the star power of Jennifer Lawrence.

“Assassin” stars Dylan O’Brien as a CIA “black ops” recruit who teams up with crusty veteran agent Michael Keaton to try to prevent terrorists from starting a war.

Paramount’s “mother!” earned a dubious distinction: the lowest opening gross for a Lawrence film in wide release. A psychological thriller from Darren Aronofsky, it likely suffered from going head-to-head against “It.”

In the film, Lawrence and her husband, played by Javier Bardem, see their tranquil lives upended when strangers (Ed Harris and Michelle Pfeiffer) show up at their country home.

The movie drew a rare “F” from the ComScore website, despite a relatively strong 69 percent rating on Rotten Tomatoes. Aronofsky earned critical acclaim for earlier films, including “Black Swan” (2010), “The Wrestler” (2008), “Requiem for a Dream” (2000) and “Pi” (1998).

In fourth place was “Home Again” from Open Road Films, with a take of $5.2 million. The romantic comedy stars Reese Witherspoon as a recently separated woman whose life changes when she lets three young men move in.

And in fifth was “The Hitman’s Bodyguard,” at $3.6 million. The action comedy stars Ryan Reynolds as a bodyguard hired to protect a notorious hitman played by Samuel L. Jackson.

Rounding out the top 10 were:

“Annabelle: Creation” ($2.4 million)

“Wind River” ($2.6 million)

“Leap!” ($2.2 million)

“Spider-Man: Homecoming” ($1.9 million)

“Dunkirk” ($1.3 million)

The most important film festival in North America, and one of the largest film festivals in the world, the 41st edition of Toronto International Film Festival wrapped on Sunday night with the presenting of the Toronto Platform Prize to Warwick Thornton’s “Sweet Country”.

The Platform award is a new addition to the festival, which was non-competitive until 2015. Like their counterparts at the Venice Film Festival where it snapped up the Special Jury Prize, jury members Chen Kaige, Malgorzata Szumowska and Wim Wenders, were impressed by the Australian period western, which dwells on the country’s dark past and the mistreatment of its natives by white settlers.

The Grolsch People’s Choice Award, meanwhile, went to Martin McDonagh’s crime drama, “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri”, a win that surely ups its chances of being nominated for an Oscar.

Among 255 feature films screened at the festival this year was Pen-Ek Ratanaruang’s latest feature “Samui Song”. Premiered in Venice, it was shown in Toronto as part of the Contemporary World Cinema section.

Pen-Ek is a familiar face in Toronto, where he made his debut in 1999 with “6ixtynin9” as part of Midnight Madness. Indeed, all his films with the exception of “Nymph” have shown here, with 2011’s “Headshot” having its world premiere at Toronto in Vanguard section.

“The first time I came to Toronto was when I showed ‘Last Life in the Universe in 2003’,” says Pen-Ek. “The film had its premiere in Venice, and after Venice, I came straight to Toronto. I think I’ve shown my films here four or five times.”

“Back then there were many more delegations. It was a great era for art house cinema. ‘Last Life in the Universe’ sold very well. Fortissimo Films was our agent and also one of the film’s producers. I had such a luxurious time back then. There were big dinners every day and I had to attend many meetings and parties. I didn’t have to take care of anything. For ‘Headshot’, I was in Toronto with my producers, but it was different from the past.”

“Samui Song” is Pen-Ek’s latest feature and was almost two years in the making, the result, Pen-Ek says, of his adopting a different approach both to funding and making the film.

“This is the first time that my film has been totally funded by private investors. For ‘Headshot’, I got money from the Ministry of Culture of Thailand and Wild Side Films in France, but for ‘Samui Song’, all the investors were businessmen,” he explains.

“In the past I didn’t really meet investors. This time I became friends with them, We fought together from the beginning. And when the film was finished, it was more meaningful to us. I saw their happiness at the premiere and that affected me.”

“The idea for the film came to me when I spotted a well-known Thai actress and her foreign husband or boyfriend in a supermarket. They looked nice together so I followed them around. I was curious because she spoke to him in Thai and he spoke to her in English but they could understand each other. That stayed in my mind and gave birth to ‘Samui Song’.

“The film talks about Thai women. In Thai society, it is very difficult for a woman to show her real self. She has to play the role that the society wants her to.”

The woman in “Samui Song” is Viyada (Chermarn “Ploy” Boonyasak), a well-known actress who is married to Jerome (Stephane Sednaoui). Her husband is a follower of the strange cult led by “The Holy One” (Vithaya Pansringarm). When Viyada can no longer stand to be near her husband, she hires Guy (David Asavanond), a mysterious man with a sick mother to kill him. The plot twists and turns from that point forward, dealing mainly with the identity of woman in Thai society.

“Thai women have to be like actresses. For example, you can’t be too smart if you are looking for a boyfriend. You can’t have dark skin, as boys don’t like that. You can’t be yourself when you are with your husband, or even with your parents. The film is a portrait of Thai women, but we are talking about other things as well, such as a religious cult that asks people to donate money to them.”

Pen-Ek and Ploy first worked together on “Last Life in the Universe” back in 2003. “She was only on the set for two days while we were shooting ‘Last Life’. She was already well known but very young. In ‘Samui”, Viyada is a soap star. Ploy hasn’t always had it smooth in real life and has been boycotted by the Thai press, so I think she really understands her role.”

“Samui Song” will travel to Busan International Film Festival in October, and should be shown in Thai cinemas in February. Pen-Ek though is not optimistic about his next film.

“I think it’s going to be difficult. Art house films are dying; even mainstream films seem to be on the way out. Everything in cinemas now is from Marvel Studios. Okay, Christopher Nolan had the freedom to film ‘Dunkirk’ with 70mm film, but there’s only one Christopher Nolan. Even Quentin Tarantino has said he’s going to stop making films. Audiences have fallen in number.

“I think we need to look for something new. One day we may have to stop making films, but that doesn’t mean that other medium can’t tell the stories I want to tell. It could be books, paintings, comic books, or if I really want to make a film, I may have to make it with my phone,” says Pen-Ek with a shrug.

Los Angeles-based Hero Ventures and Hero Experience are teaming up to bring The Marvel Experience to Thailand, its first themed entertainment attraction to launch in South East Asia.

The Marvel Experience offers fans a unique and mind-blowing family entertainment experience with the latest in state-of-the-art interactive and multimedia technology set inside a custom-made domed venue. The project is currently under construction and is expected to open in the first half of 2018, The 10,000sqm venue in the Bang Na area will allow visitors to be a part of the action through a first-of-its kind interactive adventure featuring such well-known Marvel characters as Spider-Man, Iron Man, Hulk, Thor, Black Widow, Wolverine and Captain America.

“I am certain of the success, not just because there are loads of Marvel fans based in Thailand, but also because Thailand is always one of the top family destinations for tourists from around the world. Having this new themed entertainment attraction here will even draw more tourists which will surely help family entertainment tourism to grow,” said Noppadon Jason Chirasanti, co-chief executive of Hero Experience.

Noppadon added that the new attraction will be created activities for visitors and will be different from America’s The Marvel Experience. Thailand is the third country to have a Marvel Experience after the US and Busan, South Korea which will be open next month. Further detail about The Marvel Experience Thailand have yet to be revealed.