Friday Industries has acquired a major stake in Mbrella Movies, the Thai manufacturing firm that makes a speciality of worldwide co-productions and manufacturing companies all through Southeast Asia. The deal consists of each a capital injection and line of credit score designed to gasoline the prodco’s enlargement.
The acquisition positions Friday Industries to faucet into Thailand’s rising enchantment as a manufacturing vacation spot, with Mbrella providing entry to various places and studios throughout the area. Below the brand new association, Mbrella, whose credit embrace “Hellbound” and “Affinity,” will have the ability to bundle tax rebate financing and minimal assure financing alongside its full-service manufacturing help.
“Thailand is seeing increasingly more productions yearly — prices are very inexpensive, the places are unimaginable, and plenty of producers don’t notice what’s accessible right here,” stated Joshua Dixon, founder and CEO of Mbrella. “We now have robust authorities help and nice movie incentives, it’s the proper local weather for future movies and funding. We’re thrilled to hitch Friday Industries’ ecosystem and collaborate with its portfolio firms to help incoming productions in practically any capability.”
Mbrella has a world govt workforce led by American producer Dixon, whose credit embrace “King The Land” and “Hellhound.” Govt producer Adam Pray (“Stranger Than Fiction,” “Khattaf”) and producer Nick Rumpf (“Mission Unattainable III,” “Eyes In The Timber”) additionally serve full-time on the firm.
The deal brings Mbrella into Friday Industries’ movie community collective, which incorporates N8 and EST N8. The businesses have produced or distributed titles together with Michael Mann’s “Ferrari,” “Residence For Hire,” “Pabrik Gula” (Indonesia’s highest-grossing 2025 movie), Oscar-shortlisted “The Monk and The Gun,” Cannes 2025 Critics’ Week Grand Prize winner “A Helpful Ghost,” and Cannes official choice “Kennedy.”
“This funding additional solidifies our foothold in Asia and permits us to collectively speed up the infrastructure of content material manufacturing for the area,” stated Kris Eiamsakulrat, CEO and founding father of Friday Industries. “Bridging East and West has all the time been the underlying ethos for Friday Industries. With Mbrella Movies, we will present a streamlined end-to-end manufacturing resolution to our companions globally.”
Sean Thongchan, COO of Friday Industries, will be a part of Mbrella’s board as a part of the deal.
The transfer comes on the heels of Friday Industries’ latest partnership with British movie financier Goldfinch, which launched a $20 million collateralized credit score automobile for backing movie and high-end tv productions throughout the Center East, North Africa and Asia-Pacific areas.
