After ‘One Cent Thief’, Astro will come up with a film inspired by the story of a 1 cent individual
AFTER coming up with an originals series called “One Cent Thief”, Astro is now planning to produce a film inspired by a real event that shook Malaysia before.
According to the Vice President of Malay Nusantara Business & Head of Astro Shaw, Raja Jastina Raja Arshad, Astro Shaw has already held a meeting with the ‘thief of one cent’ which is Aman Shah.
“That matter is in the planning. Astro has already met with Aman Shah but will share more details when the time comes.
“Now we will focus on Astro Originals’ premium serial drama, ‘One Cent Thief’ first,” she said .
“One Cent Thief” stars Syafiq Kyle, Faizal Hussein, Azira Shafinaz, Sofia Jane, Amerul Affendi, Fabian Loo, Aghonderan Sahadevan, Carmen Soo, Sathisvaran Magesvaaran, Rubi Rubini, Amir Nafis, Fadhli Masoot, Zain Hamid, Aleza Shadan, Syed Irfan and Airiezara Jasmin.
In addition, it also featured a special appearance by Tan Sri Nazir Razak.
This premium drama that highlights the crime thriller genre is an original idea by showrunner (creator) Alfie Palermo who is also involved as the head of the writer team Astro Shaw ( writers’ room ) with other writers, Natasha Azlan, Ashraf Modee Zain, Zaim Zakki.
While this work was touched by a young director who has been rising in the audience since directing telemovies such as Cerai, Rompak Raya, and the premium drama Dukun Diva, namely Ariff Zulkarnain.
Watch “One Cent Thief” starting October 8, every Saturday, at 9 p.m.
For the first time, premium dramas under the Astro Originals brand will be shown simultaneously on four channels in different languages, namely Astro Ria HD (channel 104), Astro Vinmeen HD (channel 202), Astro Shuang Xing De (channel 307) and PRIMEtime (channel 704).
Viewers also have the opportunity to watch each new episode a week earlier than it airs on the linear channel every Saturday at 12 midnight via stream on the Astro Go platform or On Demand.
source – Gempak