Screenplay Movies has greenlit a function movie adaptation of “Zona Merah,” the Indonesian horror sequence that drew robust viewers response on its debut.
Manufacturing is ready to run from April to Might 2026, with the shoot kicking off April 7.
Sidharta Tata and Fajar Martha Santosa will co-direct the movie, with Tata additionally returning as screenwriter. Santosa will oversee the general growth course of, with the intention of bringing larger cohesion to the story because it strikes from sequence to function format.
A number of forged members from the unique sequence will reprise their roles, together with Aghniny Haque, Andri Mashadi, Maria Theodore, Devano and Lukman Sardi. They are going to be joined by a slate of recent additions – Luna Maya, Bryan Domani, Shindy Huang, Myesha Lin and Derby Romero – who play recent characters coming into the story’s zombie-survival universe.
The function expands the world into darker, extra unforgiving territory, with extra intricate conflicts and deeper character work. Survival towards the undead risk turns into a extra determined and relentless proposition than the sequence allowed.
Luna Maya takes on a twin function within the mission, starring within the movie whereas additionally serving as govt producer. “As an govt producer, I see ‘Zona Merah’ as having large potential – not solely creatively, but in addition when it comes to its positioning inside the business. This is a crucial step in bringing a neighborhood IP to the following stage, each in manufacturing scale and viewers attain,” she stated.
“‘Zona Merah’ already has a robust basis in its world-building and storytelling from the sequence. With the movie, we intention to raise every part to the following stage – emotionally, when it comes to battle scale, and within the general visible expertise. We would like audiences to really feel unsafe of their cinema seats – darker and extra unsettling than something we’ve created earlier than,” added director Sidharta Tata.
