{"id":220300,"date":"2019-06-26T03:19:28","date_gmt":"2019-06-26T07:19:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=220300"},"modified":"2019-06-26T03:19:28","modified_gmt":"2019-06-26T07:19:28","slug":"filipino-director-mikhail-red-signed-with-hollywood-rep","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2019\/06\/26\/filipino-director-mikhail-red-signed-with-hollywood-rep\/","title":{"rendered":"Filipino director Mikhail Red signed with Hollywood rep"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Mikhael also responds that he was \u201csurprised and excited,\u201d also telling Inquirer.net, \u201cAfter all, it has always been my objective to eventually transition to English-language works and international projects. Having an agent represent me stateside could only propel me closer to my goals.\u201d (File photo<\/a>: @red_mikhail\/Instagram<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Known for his works like Oscar-nominated \u201cBirdshot,\u201d \u201cEerie,\u201d \u201cNeomanila,\u201d \u201cRekorder,\u201d and \u201cBlock Z,\u201d 27-year-old Filipino filmmaker Mikhail Red is expected to make waves in Hollywood after signing with 3 Arts Entertainment.<\/span><\/p>\n

The management and production company based in both New York and Beverly Hills, California is representing Mikhael through agent Ari Lubet, who is \u201cvery excited about this partnership.\u201d He describes Mikhael as \u201ca prolific and gifted filmmaker,\u201d stating, \u201cI reached out to him after seeing the trailers for his films. But once I saw the feature films that he\u2019s made, I was blown away by his powerful storytelling and visual aesthetic.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Mikhael also responds that he was \u201csurprised and excited,\u201d also telling Inquirer.net, \u201cAfter all, it has always been my objective to eventually transition to English-language works and international projects. Having an agent represent me stateside could only propel me closer to my goals.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Looking to the future, the young talent describes \u201choping to achieve the same balance [relevant social commentary with accessible genre cinema] when [he] works on English-language projects.\u201d He adds, \u201cMy films have always been set in the Filipino milieu, but my themes about the human condition are actually very universal, that\u2019s why my films travel well.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n

Lubet also shares, \u201cWe are working on breaking Mik into the US market. I hope that Mik will continue to make powerful and engaging films that reach a worldwide audience.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Currently, the Filipino is working on an action\/fantasy mini-series, a Japanese sci-fi film, and a movie about Black Dahlia, a serial killer who escaped Manila during martial law.<\/span><\/p>\n

3 Arts Entertainment is the same company that manages A-listers like Chris Evans, Robert Pattinson, Tina Fey, Amy Poehler, Kevin Hart, Jessica Alba, and Debra Messing.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Known for his works like Oscar-nominated \u201cBirdshot,\u201d \u201cEerie,\u201d \u201cNeomanila,\u201d \u201cRekorder,\u201d and \u201cBlock Z,\u201d 27-year-old Filipino filmmaker Mikhail Red is expected …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":220423,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,106,46],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-220300","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","category-hollywood","category-entertainment-ph","mauthors-gianna-llanes","mauthors-philippine-canadian-inquirer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/220300","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=220300"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/220300\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":220425,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/220300\/revisions\/220425"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/220423"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=220300"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=220300"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=220300"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}