Blockbuster ‘Operation Red Sea’ to Shoot 40 Episodes for Television
Blockbuster ‘Operation Red Sea’ to Shoot 40 Episodes for Television The Chairman of Bona Films, Yu Dong, recently disclosed at the “Record the New Age” creative conference that Operation Red Sea , the second best-selling domestic film in the history of China’s box office, will be adapted for TV. The 40 episode series will expand on the film as well as lay out its backstory. The line-up of the drama has yet to be disclosed. In March 2015, the Navy’s 19th escort convoy successfully completed its mission to evacuate Chinese citizens from Yemen. Operation Red Sea was adapted from this event. The film premiered during the Spring Festival of 2018 and has made 3.6 billion RMB in China’s box office. On May 4, director Dante Lam published a statement on Weibo thanking the Ministry of Transportation for supporting the crew. Lam, a fan of all things military, has already been thinking ahead about his next movie. According to sources, he has contacted...