Sony Footage has acquired worldwide distribution rights to “YOLO,” a mainland Chinese language comedy movie that releases in China on Saturday, the primary day of the Lunar New Yr vacation.

The movie is written, directed by and stars Jia Ling, China’s top-grossing feminine filmmaker. She portrays Le Ying, an unemployed lady in her thirties who nonetheless lives together with her mother and father till at some point, she meets a boxing coach (portrayed by Lei Jiayin), who simply could change her life.

Jia’s first function was “Hello, Mother,” a heartwarming movie by which a younger lady, whose mom has been fatally injured in a automobile accident, travels again to the early Nineteen Eighties. There, she turns into greatest mates with the youthful model of her mom and is ready to work on giving her mom a greater life than the primary time round.

“Hello, Mother” launched on the mainland China field workplace in the course of the Lunar New Yr vacation interval three years in the past and earned a large RMB5.41 billion ($750 million at present change charges). That made it the world’s top-grossing film directed by a solo feminine till it was overtaken by “Barbie” final yr.

Sony just lately introduced it had acquired the English remake rights to “Hello, Mother,” which is at the moment in growth, with Jia government producing. Escape Artists is producing together with She Wenxin and Laura Kosann adapting the script.

Sony has not but disclosed its North American or worldwide launch methods for “YOLO.” These could also be influenced by issues over the subsequent few days.

The movie is certainly one of eight titles that launch into the crowded, however extremely profitable, Lunar New Yr vacation interval in China and is taken into account one of many three frontrunners to dominate the field workplace. Based mostly on pre-sales to Friday morning, Chinese language ticketing companies Maoyan and Taopiaopiao level to the movie opening in first or second place on Saturday. It can play in common and Imax theaters in China.