Netflix Unveils Busy Indonesian Slate With Projects From Timo Tjahjanto, Joko Anwar And Kamila Andini

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Netflix has announced its biggest slate of Indonesian projects to date, with seven new films and TV series from leading local talents including Timo Tjahjanto (The Night Comes For Us), Joko Anwar (Impetigore) and Kamila Andini (Before, Now & Then).Tjahjanto is directing his first action comedy film for Netflix, The Big 4, about a female detective who teams up with a group of assassins to investigate her father’s murder.

Known internationally for horror and action films, also including cult favorites Headshot and May The Devil Take You, Tjahjanto has signed a multi-project deal with Netflix.Anwar, also known internationally for stylish action and horror movies, is working on a sci-fi thriller series, Nightmares And Daydreams, for Netflix.

The series has multiple storylines about ordinary people encountering strange phenomena. “Indonesia is so full of unique and extraordinary stories.

I’m always excited to have the chance to bring these stories to a wider audience,” Anwar said.As previously announced, producer and showrunner Shanty Harmayn is working with directors Kamila Andini and Ifa Isfansyah on Gadis Kretek, Netflix’s first Indonesian period drama, set against the backdrop of the country’s cigarette industry in the 1960s.The slate also includes Dear David, a coming-of-age story, created by Muhammad Zaidy and directed by Lucky Kuswandi; quirky sitcom Ex-Addicts Club (Klub Kecanduan Mantan) from Salman Aristo; Today We’ll Talk About That Day (Hari Ini Akan Kita Ceritakan Nanti), the latest installment in a popular franchise by director Angga Dwimas Sasongko; and Comedy Chaos (Komedi Kacau), a series from  director and comic Raditya Dika.Indonesia is shaping up to be the latest battleground in Asia as the streamers