KUALA LUMPUR: A new production label, Komet Studios Sdn Bhd, has secured a strategic joint venture with one of Singapore's leading media and entertainment companies, mm2 Asia Ltd, to explore creative content originating from Southeast Asia (SEA).
The partnership will see Komet focusing on the investment, production and distribution of creative content, that features new and progressive content creators and filmmakers from the SEA region.
Leveraging on mm2's expertise in film production, the upcoming works by Komet will serve as an extension of mm2's film slate for non-Chinese language content. "Southeast Asia is emerging as a hotbed of exceptional content creators, producing high calibre works that captivate audiences.
"Their talent for uncovering and crafting unique and engaging content from this dynamic region is truly remarkable," said Komet's chief explorer, Datuk Ahmad Izham Omar in a statement yesterday.
The respected SEA content and media professional added: "Drawing upon my extensive experience in music, media and content, I am firmly convinced that Southeast Asia is poised to become the next frontier of compelling content for global consumption."
"Our partnership with the esteemed team at mm2, a company I have long admired, supercharges this vision and propels us forward with an unwavering commitment to our shared goals," he said.
Izham has more than a decade of experience as CEO of Primeworks Studios, a subsidiary of Malaysian media giant, Media Prima Berhad, where he spearheaded commercial hits like the Ejen Ali franchise, which spawned a top-grossing Malaysian movie and a TV series syndicated in over 50 territories globally.
He is also credited as the executive producer and screenwriter for the multi-award-winning film Pulang, which became a Netflix original film. More recently, as the executive director of content and creative at Disney+, he was responsible for overseeing the slate of Originals at Disney+ Hotstar for SEA.
"We are proud to be partnering with Komet and Izham to expand our core business offerings to non-Chinese content for the Southeast Asian market. "In recent years, films in Malaysia and Indonesia have broken pre-pandemic box office records, indicating a significant growth in the popularity of the medium.
"The plan is to start with these territories and quickly expand to other non-Chinese language markets in the region. "I have personally known Izham for over twenty years, and it is exhilarating to be working with him again on this new slate of films," said mm2 Asia executive chairman Melvin Ang.
Izham added that Komet's upcoming projects will be announced soon.