CJ CGV’s Vietnamese production arm, V Studios, has closed five territory sales on Red Woman before the film opens in Vietnam on November 27, 2026. The supernatural fantasy, the company’s first fully in-house feature, will be handled by NewGates Corporation in Japan and Mockingbird Pictures in the US and Canada.
The deal map
- Japan: NewGates Corporation
- US and Canada: Mockingbird Pictures
- Australia and New Zealand: Infinity Entertainment
- South Korea: NK Contents
- Cambodia: Westec Media
That is a meaningful footprint for a Vietnamese genre title. Japan and North America are two of the most competitive theatrical windows for Asian horror, and both have committed ahead of local box office rather than waiting for proof.
Red Woman stars Minh Hang in a return to cinema after a three-year hiatus; her earlier titles include Sweet Trap and Sister Sister 2, and Naked Truth was streamed by Netflix in Southeast Asia. The cast also includes Rima Thanh Vy, Nhat Kim Anh, Khuong Le, Phat La and Dai Nghia. Jack Carry On directs, with Tam Tuong on board as executive producer.
A blank-canon folk figure
V Studios describes Red Woman as an oral tradition rather than an established mythology: generations of Vietnamese children have been warned about a mysterious woman who takes children away. Unlike many Asian supernatural figures, she has no definitive appearance or origin story. The studio says that absence lets filmmakers turn a familiar cultural fear into an original cinematic mythology. The premise is direct: when someone is desperate, resentful or longing, Red Woman appears and offers their wish. As the studio puts it, “every miracle carries a price.”
Why the presales matter
For film sellers, the deal pattern is the story. International buyers often wait for local box office or a festival breakout before placing a bet. V Studios has secured North America and Japan on its first fully produced feature, using an IP that arrives with cultural specificity but without a fixed canon. That lowers the financial risk of the November domestic release and signals that Vietnamese genre films are being evaluated as global commercial product, not just regional curiosities.
Vietnamese genre’s export moment
Red Woman lands after a run of Vietnamese hits built on folk beliefs and culturally specific supernatural imagery. Deadline notes Crimson Snout, Ma Da: The Drowning and The Sisters have shown local appetite, and that more of these titles are finding theatrical distribution across Southeast Asia and beyond.
What to watch
The Vietnam release arrives on November 27, followed by an international rollout. For distributors and media planners, the next signal is whether the domestic opening matches the confidence buyers have already shown. If it does, expect more presale-led packages for Southeast Asian folklore IP. If it doesn’t, the international deals still provide a floor.
Source: Deadline
