PHILIPPINES, SEPTEMBER 12, 2013 – HBO Asia’s
first original drama series SERANGOON
ROAD is premiering on Sunday, September 22 at 9pm on HBO / HBO HD. A
co-production with Australian Broadcasting Corporation Television, this ten episode
hour-long detective noir series is set against the tumultuous backdrop of 1960s
Singapore, when the global balance of power is shifting and Singapore is at its
crossroad; a time when the British colonial rule is coming to an end,
independence is on the horizon, and the island state can finally forge its own
identity.
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| Photo courtesy of HBO Asia |
SERANGOON ROAD is
the heartbeat of the nation stemming from one main artery that runs through the
island. Be it culture or crime, politics or patriotism, espionage or
enterprise, all paths lead to Serangoon Road.
This is the world of Sam Callaghan (Australia’s Don Hany), Kang
(Singapore’s Alaric Tay), Patricia Cheng (international Hollywood movie star,
Joan Chen) and the clients of the Cheng Detective Agency. Sam Callaghan agrees
to help Patricia Cheng after her husband is killed while working on a case.
While Patricia may not be a detective, she knows the company needs a good
investigator with contacts in the local communities, as well as among the
ex-pats. Sam is all of that.
The Cheng Detective Agency’s cases range from the usual (straying
spouses and petty fraudsters) to conspiracies and events with international
implications. Sam’s contacts from his military days are useful - but they drag
him back into a dark world that he would prefer to leave behind.
Filmed in Singapore and Batam, Indonesia, SERANGOON ROAD stars Don Hany (East
West 101; Jack Irish: Black Tide) and Joan Chen (The Home Song Stories; Red Rose, White Rose), other series regulars
include Hollywood-based actor Chin Han, (The
Dark Knight; Contagion), Singaporean talents Alaric
Tay (18 Grams of Love; The Noose) and
Pamelyn Chee (Little Nyonya; The Princess
of Nebraska), rising Indonesian star Ario Bayu (Java Heat; Dead Mine), and a stellar Australian cast
including Maeve Dermody (Rake; Bikie
Wars: Brothers in Arms), Rachael Blake (Wildside;
Sleeping Beauty) and Michael Dorman
(Daybreakers; Killer Elite).
Guest
stars include some of Singapore’s most prominent actors, including Lim Kay Tong
(The Photograph), Tan Kheng Hua (The Blue Mansion), Edmund Chen (Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun Li),
Xiang Yun (We Not Naughty),
Priscelia Chan (My Sassy Neighbour),
Bernard Tan (Point Of Entry), Melody
Chen (The Teenage Textbook Movie),
Randall Tan (Twisted), Joshua Tan (Ah Boys To Men), Nurul Huda (Singapore Idol finalist) and Timothy Nga (The High Cost Of Living).
Be sure to catch the premiere of this HBO Asia Original drama
series SERANGOON ROAD on Sunday,
September 22 at 9pm on HBO / HBO HD. Also available on HBO On Demand. Brand new
episodes air weekly at the same time.
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About HBO ASIA
Singapore-based HBO Asia is able to
bring the best of Hollywood to Asia first because of its exclusive licensing
deals with major Hollywood studios - Paramount Pictures, Sony Pictures,
Universal Studios and Warner Bros., as well as a large number of major
independent studios. HBO Asia has proprietary and award-winning HBO
Original programs that are produced exclusively for HBO viewers. HBO Asia offers a bouquet of channels and services
including 24-hour commercial-free subscription movie channels in
standard-definition and high-definition – HBO, HBO SIGNATURE, HBO FAMILY and
HBO HITS – as well as HBO GO, HBO ON DEMAND, CINEMAX and RED. HBO Asia
is the exclusive distributor of BabyFirst and WarnerTV in Asia and a joint
venture of HBO (a Time Warner company) and Paramount. Log on to www.hboasia.com for more information.
HBO, Home Box Office and HBO Asia
Originals are service marks of Home Box office, Inc. Used with permission. ©
2013 Serangoon Road Productions Pty Ltd, Infinite Frameworks Pte Ltd. HBO
Pacific Partners, V.O.F, ScreenWest Inc. and the Australian Broadcasting
Corporation. ©2013 HBO Asia. All rights reserved.
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