Donnie Yen’s ‘Sakra’ Heads for North American Release
variety.comPatrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief Sakra, a big-budget martial arts fantasy directed and starring Donnie Yen, is heading for a North American theatrical and digital release.
Rights to the film were acquired by WellGo USA which is a major stateside purveyor of Chinese and other Asian titles. The company has set dates in April for a theatrical outing, shortly followed by a release to digital platforms, according to an emailed conversation with its president and CEO Doris Pfardrescher.
Other details of its release and marketing campaign have yet to be finalized. The film, a mainland China-Hong co-venture, was released in theaters in several territories in Southeast Asia in late January in time for the Lunar New Year holiday peak season.
In China, it did not join the New Year scramble for screens and instead was released straight to streaming. Yen previously described “Sakra” as the most authentic film he had ever made and came at a time in his lengthy career when he only wished to make movies that moved the needle.
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