Triple Green CineCapital Invests in Vietnamese Video Game Adaptation 'The Scourge'
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· 2 sourcesTriple Green CineCapital (TGC) has made its first investment in a Vietnamese project by partnering with Charlie Nguyen's Chanh Phuong Films on a horror film adaptation of the video game *The Scourge*, as reported by Deadline. The project was launched to buyers at the Cannes Film Market, according to Variety. The film will retain the game's haunted apartment setting, inspired by a real abandoned building in Ho Chi Minh City, while expanding the narrative with local urban legends and Vietnamese customs, Deadline noted.
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Summary
Triple Green CineCapital (TGC), a Southeast Asian film investment fund, has made its first investment in a Vietnamese project by partnering with Charlie Nguyen's Chanh Phuong Films on The Scourge. The film is a horror drama adaptation of a popular Vietnamese video game of the same name, which boasts over 100,000 downloads and a 94% positive rating on Steam. The adaptation will retain the game's central setting—a haunted apartment building inspired by a real abandoned building in Ho Chi Minh City—while expanding the narrative with local urban legends, ghost stories, and traditional Vietnamese customs.
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· 3 pulledSoutheast Asian film investment fund Triple Green CineCapital (TGC) has announced its first investment in a Vietnamese project, partnering with Charlie Nguyen's Chanh Phuong Films on The Scourge.
The horror drama is based on a Vietnamese video game of the same name, which has more than 100,000 downloads and a 94% positive rating on Steam.
The film adaptation will keep the game's main setting – a haunted apartment building inspired by a real abandoned building in Ho Chi Minh City – but will add to the game by mixing in local urban legends, ghost stories and old Vietnamese customs.
