The 2025 Tet film market promises to explode

Although there are still nearly 4 months left until Lunar New Year 2025, the Tet film market has begun to stir with the participation of many famous directors/producers such as: Tran Thanh, Nguyen Quang Dung, Thu Trang...

Tran Thanh returns to the 2025 Tet movie race with “The Four Guardians”. Photo: Character provided

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The opening project is “The As You Wish Bus” produced by comedian Thu Trang. “The As You Wish Bus” is introduced to have the theme of family affection and Tet culture, with content revolving around the last bus leaving Ho Chi Minh City on New Year’s Eve. Two completely different girls with different personalities and families encounter an unexpected incident that causes both of them to fall into a funny and sad Tet holiday. The film is expected to bring images with strong identity. Vietnamese culture to let the audience see that in modern life there are still cultural values that last forever.

Another film that is equally anticipated is the film “The Four Guardians” by Tran Thanh. The film was shot last July and is said to be more comedic than the works the male artist has ever made. Tran Thanh revealed that “The Four Guardians” will not have the theme of family or love like “Bo Gia”, “Mai” or “Nha Ba Nu”... However, up to now, the script and cast have not been revealed.

At the end of August, the movie "Love by mistake best friend" - a Vietnamese adaptation of the famous Thai movie directed by Nguyen Quang Dung - officially started filming. The movie is expected to be released on the first day of the Lunar New Year 2025 with the participation of names loved by the audience such as: Kaity Nguyen, Tran Ngoc Vang, Thanh Son... The movie tells the story of the ironic love between two best friends of the opposite sex with countless funny situations.

“Love by mistake” is a Thai original film that is humorous and adorable, so when it is Vietnamese-ized, it is expected to bring laughter to the audience during the Lunar New Year holidays.

Promise of explosion

Up to now, the 2025 Tet film race has had 3 works, all of which are from highly anticipated artists and are names that "guarantee revenue". With the title of "hundred billion director", the audience is looking forward to Tran Thanh's "The Four Guardians" in this year's Tet season. Tran Thanh's previous works are all in the Top of Vietnamese films with the highest revenue ever, such as "Bo Gia" - the debut film that earned more than 400 billion VND, bringing Tran Thanh's name into the group of directors with revenue of hundreds of billions.

“Mrs. Nu's House” brought Tran Thanh and his crew nearly 500 billion VND and especially “Mai” once made a splash at the box office with more than 500 billion VND and became the Vietnamese film with the highest revenue in the history of cinema in Vietnam. Although Tran Thanh's films still face controversy over their content revolving around the theme of family, familiar cast... it is hard to deny the appeal of these works every time they are released in theaters during Tet.

Especially when Tran Thanh revealed that “The Four Guardians” will be a completely new color compared to previous works. “If my previous works are stories and messages about love between couples and touching family affection, this time I want to bring a new color to my audience. We will welcome the new year together with lots of refreshing laughter,” the male artist revealed.

The Vietnamese version of the movie “Love by mistake for a best friend” when the cast was announced also received a lot of attention from the audience. As one of the young and talented actors, Kaity Nguyen received attention when taking on the female lead role of “Love by mistake for a best friend” with Tran Ngoc Vang. This movie also marked the collaboration between director Nguyen Quang Dung and Kaity Nguyen after “Blood Moon Party” - the movie Vietnamese movies The adaptation has received a lot of praise. Kaity Nguyen's natural acting is expected to show the same cheerfulness and playfulness as Baifern Pimchanok's original.

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