Meet Derek Ting (producer, writer, and actor) and Joyce Yung (producer), who will be in attendance for the 7:36pm screening of Simon Yin’s $upercapitalist on Tuesday, September 18, 2012 at AMC Boston Common 19, 175 Tremont St, Boston, MA.
Derek Ting, producer, writer and star of Simon Yin’s Supercapitalist in New York. Photo by Lia Chang
You can catch the film at special Tugg screenings on September 18, at AMC Santa Anita 16, 400 Baldwin Ave, Arcadia, CA (7:30pm), click here for tickets; on Thursday, September 20 at Rave Motion Pictures University City 6 in Philadelphia, PA. at 7:30pm; and on Thursday, September 27 at Muvico Rosemont 18 in Rosemont, IL at 7:30pm.
Derek Ting and Kathy Uyen in $upercapitalist
$upercapitalist, a U.S./China co-production and the first English language financial thriller independently produced out of Hong Kong, follows Conner Lee (Derek Ting), a maverick New York hedge fund trader who moves to Hong Kong to orchestrate a mega-deal that swiftly escalates beyond his control. Caught between competing forces in America and Asia in a ruthless culture of profits at all costs, he desperately negotiates and maneuvers inside China’s closed, complex society. With his life and Hong Kong’s future staked on a corrupt billion dollar deal, the trader takes the ultimate risk.
Linus Roache in $UPERCAPITALIST
The film also stars Linus Roache, (Batman Begins, The Chronicles of Riddick, Wings of a Dove), Kenneth Tsang (Rush Hour 2, John Woo’s A Better Tomorrow), Richard Ng (Tomb Raider: The Cradle Of Life), Kathy Uyen (How I Met Your Mother), Darren E. Scott and 2-time Emmy winner, Michael Park (“As the World Turns”).
Jake Boswell, Richard Ng and Kenneth Tsang. Photo by Joyce Yung
The Screen Actors Guild Foundation’s Conversations at NYIT Auditorium on Broadway in New York on August 1,2012, with Supercapitalist’s stars Derek Ting, Linus Roache and Michael Park. Photo by Lia Chang
Ting talked about the challenges of wearing three hats as the writer, producer and lead actor, about the casting process, his inspiration for the storyline, and related the story of his $upercapitalist path. The actors also talked about what convinced them to be part of $upercapitalist, their advice for aspiring actors and filmmakers, and their projects in the works. $upercapitalist is currently available on Video on Demand and iTunes around the world.
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Joyce Yung and Derek Ting at Village East Cinema for the New York theatrical premiere screening of Supercapitalist on August 10, 2012. Photo by Lia Chang
Meet Derek Ting (producer, writer, and actor), Kathy Uyen (lead actress), Joyce Yung (producer), Rachel Tan (actress), and Paul Sheehan (actor), who will be in attendance for the 7pm screening of Simon Yin’s $upercapitalist on August 31, 2012 at Laemmle’s Noho 7, 5240 Lankershim Blvd. in North Hollywood. Click here to purchase tickets for the screening.
Derek Ting and Kathy Uyen in $upercapitalist
The screening will be followed by a Q & A and the after party hosted by Privy.net at Le Ka Restaurant and Lounge, 800 W. 6th St. in downtown LA. Your ticket stub from the movie will provide entrance into the Privy $upercapitalist event at Le Ka. For more details, click here to RSVP.
Derek Ting, producer, writer and star of Simon Yin’s Supercapitalist in New York. Photo by Lia Chang
$upercapitalist, a U.S./China co-production and the first English language financial thriller independently produced out of Hong Kong, follows Conner Lee (Derek Ting), a maverick New York hedge fund trader who moves to Hong Kong to orchestrate a mega-deal that swiftly escalates beyond his control. Caught between competing forces in America and Asia in a ruthless culture of profits at all costs, he desperately negotiates and maneuvers inside China’s closed, complex society. With his life and Hong Kong’s future staked on a corrupt billion dollar deal, the trader takes the ultimate risk.
Linus Roache in $UPERCAPITALIST
The film also stars Linus Roache, (Batman Begins, The Chronicles of Riddick, Wings of a Dove), Kenneth Tsang (Rush Hour 2, John Woo’s A Better Tomorrow), Richard Ng (Tomb Raider: The Cradle Of Life), Kathy Uyen (How I Met Your Mother), Darren E. Scott and 2-time Emmy winner, Michael Park (“As the World Turns”).
Supercapitalist’s stars Michael Park and Derek Ting at Village East Cinema for the New York theatrical premiere on August 10, 2012. Photo by Lia Chang
Jake Boswell, Richard Ng and Kenneth Tsang. Photo by Joyce Yung
The Screen Actors Guild Foundation’s Conversations at NYIT Auditorium on Broadway in New York on August 1,2012, with Supercapitalist’s stars Derek Ting, Linus Roache and Michael Park. Photo by Lia Chang
Ting talked about the challenges of wearing three hats as the writer, producer and lead actor, about the casting process, his inspiration for the storyline, and related the story of his $upercapitalist path. The actors also talked about what convinced them to be part of $upercapitalist, their advice for aspiring actors and filmmakers, and their projects in the works.
Supercapitalist’s producing team Joyce Yung, Derek Ting (writer and star), David Hou and Emeline Rodelas at Village East Cinema for the New York theatrical premiere of Supercapitalist on August 10, 2012. Photo by Lia Chang
$upercapitalist is currently available on Video on Demand and iTunes around the world.
Donna Tsufura attends the New York theatrical premiere of Supercapitalist at the Village East Cinema on August 10, 2012. Photo by Lia Chang
The $uper Party continues on Sept 1st at Icon, hosted by Friction Entertainment, 10:00pm -2:00 am
Rooftop level
1248 S. Figueroa St.
Los Angeles, CA 90015 http://frictionent.com/home.php
Lia Chang and Supercapitalist producer John Hsu, who flew in from Hong Kong to attend the premiere screening, at Crimson in New York for the afterparty on August 10, 2012.
Today, Simon Yin’s $upercapitalist opens theatrically at the Village East Cinema, 181 – 189 2nd Ave in New York, while simultaneously debuting day and date on Video on Demand and iTunes across North America.
Derek Ting and Kathy Uyen in $upercapitalist
$upercapitalist will open in Washington DC on Aug 17th at the E – Street; in San Francisco on Aug 24th at the SF Opera Plaza; and in Los Angeles at the Laemmle Noho on August 31st.
Derek Ting, writer, producer and star of Simon Yin’s $upercapitalist. Photo by Lia Chang
Kudos to Derek Ting, the writer, producer and star of $upercapitalist, for taking control of his destiny and realizing his vision with his six years in the making journey from inception to the big screen.
$upercapitalist, a U.S./China co-production and the first English language financial thriller independently produced out of Hong Kong, follows Conner Lee (Derek Ting), a maverick New York hedge fund trader who moves to Hong Kong to orchestrate a mega-deal that swiftly escalates beyond his control. Caught between competing forces in America and Asia in a ruthless culture of profits at all costs, he desperately negotiates and maneuvers inside China’s closed, complex society. With his life and Hong Kong’s future staked on a corrupt billion dollar deal, the trader takes the ultimate risk.
Linus Roache in $UPERCAPITALIST
The film also stars Linus Roache, (Batman Begins, The Chronicles of Riddick, Wings of a Dove), Kenneth Tsang (Rush Hour 2, John Woo’s A Better Tomorrow), Richard Ng (Tomb Raider: The Cradle Of Life), Kathy Uyen (How I Met Your Mother), Darren E. Scott and 2-time Emmy winner, Michael Park (“As the World Turns”). $upercapitalist had its world premiere as the Centerpiece Presentation on Saturday, July 28, 2012 at Clearview Chelsea Cinemas for the 35th Asian American International Film Festival.
Derek Ting, Michael Park, Joyce Yung and Linus Roache. Photo by Lia Chang
I met Ting and his wife, Joyce Yung, a producer on the film, when the Screen Actors Guild Foundation hosted a special Conversations advance screening of $upercapitalist, at the NYIT Auditorium on Broadway in New York on Wednesday, August 1, 2012. Ting, Linus Roache and Michael Park were in the house for a candid Q & A, moderated by actor Nick Sakai, SAG-AFTRA National Ethnic Employment Opportunities Committee Member.
Nick Sakai, Derek Ting, Linus Roache and Michael Park. Photo by Lia Chang
Ting talked about the challenges of wearing three hats as the writer, producer and lead actor, about the casting process, his inspiration for the storyline, and related the story of his $upercapitalist path.
Derek Ting. Photo by Lia Chang
Ting has always had a passion for acting, and rediscovered it while taking an acting class at Cornell University. After experiencing September 11, 2001, Ting decided that life was too short and started making the transition to become an actor. He had a successful run landing national commercials quickly, and bit parts on television shows, however he felt there were too few opportunities for him. Ting gave up acting to become a producer at CNN International in Hong Kong. However, local Hong Kong commercial directors asked him to be in their commercials, and then Ting soon followed up with a part in “Largo Winch,” an international French production starring Kristin Scott Thomas.
Derek Ting, Linus Roache and Michael Park. Photo by Lia Chang
The actors also talked about what convinced them to be part of $upercapitalist, their advice for aspiring actors and filmmakers, and their projects in the works.
Linus Roache. Photo by Lia Chang
In 2008, Ting had been searching for someone to play the key role in $upercapitalist of “Mark Patterson,” a hedge fund manager modeled after several notable shareholder activists like Daniel Loeb and Carl Icahn. He was introduced to Linus Roache through fellow filmmaker Donna Tsufura, and after reading the script in 2009, Roache signed on.
Linus Roache. Photo by Lia Chang
“The only reason I’m in this film is because of this man (Derek), because he was committed and dedicated to making this film,” said Roache. “I feel so proud and have so much respect for anybody who has a vision, has an idea, and takes it all the way, from nothing to a piece of paper, to a bunch of people, to this. It’s incredible. I’ve been offered things in the past but this is quite a unique story for me. I’m proud to be part of it.”
Michael Park. Photo by Lia Chang
During a trip to New York in 2010, Ting caught a performance of Will Eno‘s play Middletown Off-Broadway at the Vineyard Theatre, in which Roache was appearing with Michael Park, and knew he’d found the actor to play the role of Morris Brown. It took some convincing by Roache who talked Park into flying to Hong Kong for essentially a weekend, to shoot his scene in $upercapitalist at the Bloomberg studios in Hong Kong.
Michael Park. Photo by Lia Chang
“Sheer determination from this man got me to Hong Kong,” said Park. “When I got there, it was a lovely city, and an experience that I’ll never forget. The hosts were amazing. Talk about going on blind faith. I hadn’t met Derek. I had just spoken to him via emails and going on Linus’ recommendation as well. I got there and he had emailed me to look for the guy in the yellow jacket. Okay, Hong Kong airport, I’m sitting there looking around, do you know how many yellow jackets, about 20. And then all of sudden comes this man, ‘Michael’? It was wonderful. I’m also so proud. I had no idea you did everything.”
Nick Sakai, Derek Ting, Linus Roache and Michael Park. Photo by Lia Chang
On his Facebook page, Ting writes, “It’s an amazing feeling to know all those nights and weekends I gave up, all the family/investors/sponsors/cast/crew/friends/fans that really went the extra mile for this project, 6 years in the making, 11+ years to pursue a dream, it’s something I can’t describe but to tell you how much joy is in my heart. To stare down failure in the eye, to keep getting up after getting knocked down, to find my own true identity and wants in life, to find goodness in people and rejoice with them on this journey. Today, I know in my heart my conscience rests easy knowing and walking a path filled with glass and made it to the finish line. No one can take this moment from us.”
I’ll be at the premiere screening at 7;15pm tonight, and the afterparty at Crimson (corner of 21st St and Broadway) which kicks off at 10:30pm. You’ll need your ticket stub or receipt for free entry to the club and VIP area before 12am. Tickets to all New York showtimes are available through Fandango! http://supercapitalist.net/
In addition to premiere night, Derek Ting (Producer, Writer, Lead Actor), Joyce Yung (Producer), David Hou (Associate Producer), Emeline Rodelas (Associate Producer) and additional cast/crew will be available for Q&A’s at the following screenings:
- Saturday 4:15pm
- Saturday 7:15pm
- Sunday 4:15pm
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Derek Ting, Michael Park, Stacey Jackson, NY Director of Marketing and Special Events, Sag Foundation, Nick Sakai, SAG-AFTRA National Ethnic Employment Opportunities Committee Member, and Linus Roache. Photo by Lia Chang
Founded in 1985, the Screen Actors Guild Foundation is an educational, humanitarian and philanthropic 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. The mission of the Screen Actors Guild Foundation is to enhance the lives of actors by investing in programs which help them in their professional endeavors and the communities in which they live. Their programs reflect the concerns and interests of SAG-AFTRA members as well as their desire to “give back” to their communities. The SAG Foundation is independent from SAG-AFTRA but offers substantive services to SAG-AFTRA members, free of charge. The Foundation relies solely on the support from grants, corporate sponsorships, bequests and individual contributions to maintain our programs and create new ones. Their mission is to assist, educate and inspire actors. http://www.sagfoundation.org/userhome/eventdetails/9461
Jake Boswell, Richard Ng and Kenneth Tsang. Photo by Joyce Yung
$UPERCAPITALIST, an adrenaline fueled thriller which focuses on a vast financial conspiracy spanning Wall Street to Hong Kong, will open theatrically while simultaneously debuting day and date on Video on Demand and iTunes across North America on August 10th. Directed by former MTV VJ Simon Yin and produced and written by Derek Ting, the film opens in New York at the Village East on August 10th and in LA at the Laemmle Noho on August 31st with additional markets to be announced.
Derek Ting in $UPERCAPITALIST
The film features film stars from the U.S. and China including Linus Roache (Batman Begins, The Chronicles of Riddick, Wings of the Dove) and Hong Kong cinema veterans, Kenneth Tsang (Rush Hour 2, John Woo’s A Better Tomorrow) and Richard Ng (Tomb Raider: The Cradle Of Life). In addition to its U.S. theatrical debut, $UPERCAPITALIST will have its world premiere as the Centerpiece Presentation on Saturday, July 28, 2012 at Clearview Chelsea Cinemas (7:45pm), for the 35th Asian American International Film Festival which runs from July 25th to August 5th in New York.
Linus Roache in $UPERCAPITALIST
The U.S./China co-production, the first English language financial thriller independently produced out of Hong Kong, follows a maverick New York hedge fund trader who moves to Hong Kong to orchestrate a mega-deal that swiftly escalates beyond his control. Caught between competing forces in America and Asia in a ruthless culture of profits at all costs, he desperately negotiates and maneuvers inside China’s closed, complex society. With his life and Hong Kong’s future staked on a corrupt billion dollar deal, the trader takes the ultimate risk.
Derek Ting and Kathy Uyen in $UPERCAPITALIST
The film stars Derek Ting in his first leading role, Kathy Uyen (How I Met Your Mother), the Vietnamese American star of Passport to Love which is still one of the highest grossing films in Vietnam to date and also 2-time Emmy winner, Michael Park (“As the World Turns”).
“As an Asian American, I am extremely proud to have produced a film that bridges the dynamic force of the Hong Kong film world and the unique energy of New York, my two homes,” says writer, producer and star, Derek Ting. “It’s been a long journey—almost 7 years now—to make $UPERCAPITALIST and I couldn’t be happier to finally have it out in US theaters this summer. $UPERCAPITALIST will also be released theatrically in Hong Kong in October 2012.
Cindy Cheung makes her Off-Broadway debut in the world-premiere of Will Eno’s play, MIDDLETOWN, at the Vineyard Theatre (108 East 15 St.), with previews starting October 13 prior to an official opening night of November 3.
Directed by Ken Rus Schmoll, the all-star cast features Cheung, Heather Burns, JohAnna Day, Georgia Engel, David Garrison, Ed Jewett, McKenna Kerrigan, James McMenamin, Michael Park, Linus Roache, Olivia Scott, and Pete Simpson.
MIDDLETOWN is Will Eno’s deeply moving and funny new play exploring the universe of a small American town. As a friendship develops between longtime resident John Dodge (Roache) and new arrival Mary Swanson (Burns), the lives of the inhabitants of Middletown intersect in strange and poignant ways in a journey that takes them from the local library to outer space and points between.
MIDDLETOWN was named the inaugural recipient of the newly established Horton Foote Prize for Promising New American Play earlier this season.
The design team for MIDDLETOWN is David Zinn (set & costume design), Tyler Micoleau (lighting design), and Jill BC DuBoff (sound design).
Mr. Eno’s play THOM PAIN (based on nothing) was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Drama and enjoyed a year-long run Off-Broadway in 2004 following its debut at the International Edinburgh Fringe Festival and a subsequent transfer to London’s Soho Theatre. His play THE FLU SEASON won the 2004 Oppenheimer Award for best debut production. His other plays include TRAGEDY: a tragedy, and OH, THE HUMANITY and other exclamations, which debuted at The Flea Theater.
Cindy Cheung has appeared on the New York stage in The Seagull (NAATCO), Sides: The Fear is Real… (Ma-Yi/Miyagi), Antigone (NAATCO), Masha No Home (E.S.T.), The Karaoke Show (Project 400), Making Tracks (2G). Regional: W;T (Florida Studio Theater), The First Picture Show (A.C.T.). Film: Children of Invention (Sundance 2009), Lady In The Water, Robot Stories, Falling For Grace. TV: “White Collar,” “Fringe,” all 3 “Law and Order’s,” “One Life To Live,” “Jonny Zero,” “Sex and the City,” “Seinfeld.”
Ken Rus Schmoll directed the Vineyard Theatre’s production of Anne Washburn’s play The Internationalist, and won an OBIE for his direction of Telephone by Ariana Reines, at the Cherry Lane. Other productions include What We Once Felt by Ann Marie Healy at Lincoln Center, Hello Failureby Kristen Kosmas at P.S. 122, the NY premiere of Amazons and Their Men by JorDan Harrison and Demon Baby for Clubbed Thumb, and Girl Blog From Iraqat The Culture Project.
Vineyard Theatre is the recipient of the Tony Award for the musical AVENUE Q and continues as producer of the musical’s current production at New World Stages in New York. The Vineyard has also produced the musical [title of show] on Broadway. One of the nation’s leading non-profit theatre companies dedicated to new plays and musicals and bold programming, The Vineyard has produced the Pulitzer Prize-winning productions of Edward Albee’sThree Tall Women and Paula Vogel’s How I Learned to Drive. The Vineyard has consistently premiered provocative, groundbreaking works and developed innovative educational collaborations. Recent productions include Tarell Alvin McCraney’s acclaimed Wig Out!. The 2009-2010 season saw several enormously Popular Productions at the Vineyard, including: A Boy and His Soul, written and performed by Colman Domingo, the world premiere engagement of the musical The Scottsboro Boyswith music and lyrics by John Kander and Fred Ebb, book by David Thompson, and direction and choreography by Susan Stroman, the world premiere of Adam Rapp’sThe Metal Children and (along with Playwrights Horizons) the new musical The Burnt Part Boys by Mariana Elder, Nathan Tysen and Chris Miller, directed by Joe Calarco.
Douglas Aibel is Artistic Director of Vineyard Theatre; Jennifer Garvey-Blackwell is Executive Director.
Scheduled through November 21, performances of MIDDLETOWN run Tuesdays at 7:00pm, Wednesdays through Fridays at 8:00pm, Saturdays at 3:00pm and 8:00pm, and Sundays at 3:00pm. Tickets to MIDDLETOWN are $65 and can be reserved by calling the Vineyard Theatre box office at 212-353-0303 or online at www.vineyardtheatre.org. Additionally, there is a $20 day-of student rush ticket.
As a photographer and videographer, Lia collaborates with artists, organizations and companies in establishing their documentary photo archive and social media presence. She has been documenting her colleagues and contemporaries in the arts, fashion and journalism since making her stage debut as Liat in the National Tour of South Pacific, with Robert Goulet and Barbara Eden.
This year, selections of Lia’s archive of Asian Pacific Americans in the arts, fashion, journalism, politics and space will become part of newly created LIA CHANG THEATER PHOTOGRAPHY PORTFOLIO in the ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICAN PERFORMING ARTS COLLECTION housed in the Library of Congress Asian Division’s Asian American Pacific Islander Collection.
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Cindy Cheung makes her Off-Broadway debut in the world-premiere of Will Eno’s play, MIDDLETOWN, at the Vineyard Theatre (108 East 15 St.), with previews starting October 13 prior to an official opening night of November 3.
