“The White Lotus” breakout Dom Hetrakul has signed on to star in “Debt Sentence,” a buzzy Thai crime-horror movie headed to the Cannes Movie Market.
The undertaking marks the characteristic directorial debut of Warun Siriprachai and is predicated on the viral brief movie “Find out how to Run Away From Your Debt,” which racked up multi-million views on-line.
The movie facilities round Suchart, performed by Yasaka Chaisorn (“Demise Whisperer 2,” “Halabala”) a person whose spouse, performed by Sawanee Utoomma (“The Medium,” “The Creator”) and baby have been murdered of their condo. Suchart, the suspected perpetrator of the crimes, is set to show his innocence and discover the wrongdoer of the crime, performed by Hetrakul.
Hetrakul, who beforehand appeared in “The Man with the Iron Fists 2,” gained vital visibility from HBO’s “The White Lotus” Season 3, which shattered the sequence’ viewership data with its finale drawing 6.2 million viewers.
Bangkok-based Night time Edge Footage is backing the undertaking alongside manufacturing studio Wilan Prumpara and producer Panida Ngamsompong (“Homestay,” “Friendzone”). Night time Edge has a longtime observe document in Thailand with profitable theatrical releases together with “Speak to Me,” “Late Night time With the Satan,” and “Terrifier 3,” in addition to this 12 months’s Neon releases “Collectively” and “We Bury the Useless.”
“We’re excited to have this movie in our roster of Thai movies as we convey to the worldwide stage extra thrilling Southeast Asian tales that problem the norm and break the mildew,” stated Hans Audric Estialbo, CEO of Night time Edge Footage. “Dom, Yasaka and Sawanee are wonderful international Thai skills and their ardour to convey unbiased movies to a world stage is unmatched.”
“Debt Sentence” is at the moment in manufacturing with a focused launch within the second quarter of 2026.
