Sony Pictures has got the English-language remake rights to Chinese comedy drama, “Hi, Mom”. The movie was very popular in China.
The movie “Hi, Mom” is known in Chinese as “Hello, Li Huanying”. Li Huanying is Jia Ling’s late mother’s real name. It tells the story of a young woman whose mother has been injured in a car accident. The young woman travels back to the early 1980s. There she becomes best friend to the younger version of her mother.That enables her to work on giving her mother a better life than first time around. Jia co-starred as the young woman, while Zhang Xiaofei played the younger version of her mother.
“Hi, Mom” was released in February 2021, and it is the third highest performing film of all time in China. And it also scored highly and earned screenplay and directing awards for Jia and multiple acting awards for Zhang. It was “such a wonderful movie that will have audience everywhere in tears.”
Laura Kosann is adapting (改编) the screenplay with Escape Artists’ Todd Black, Jason Blumenthal, Steve Tisch and Becky Sanderman producing along with Wenxin She (“A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood”). Jia will work as executive producer.
“I am looking forward to this cooperation (合作) and I am so glad that my story with my mom can be shared with more people. I believe that while everyone’s story with their mom is special, the love in these stories is universal and something we can all resonate with (产生共鸣),” Jia said.
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