#FIRSTLOOK: MUBI TO RELEASE “VICE IS BROKE”

MUBI, the global film distributor, streaming service and production company, reveals the trailer and streaming release for Eddie Huang’s VICE IS BROKE. Following its world premiere at Toronto International Film Festival 2024 and a Grand Jury Prize nomination at DOC NYC 2024, the film will premiere exclusively on MUBI in North America, UK, Ireland, Latin America, Germany, Austria, Italy, Benelux, France, Turkey and India on August 29, 2025

SYNOPSIS
The meteoric rise and spectacular fall of Vice magazine—from scrappy Montreal alt-punk ’zine that made fringe culture mainstream, to media empire of the indie sleaze era valued at $5.7bn, up to its recent bankruptcy—directed by author, producer, host and chef Eddie Huang. A disaster capitalism exposé that’s emblematic of an era, from the irresistible insider’s point of view of a man on a mission to tell it like it is.

The film is financed and produced by QC Entertainment, the multi-Academy Award-nominated production/finance company behind a string of global box office hits approaching $1 billion at the worldwide box office. Led by producers Raymond Mansfield and Sean McKittrick, QC is renowned for backing commercially successful, socially resonant films such as Get Out and BlacKkKlansman. The company came aboard Vice is Broke in support of Huang’s bold vision and the moral urgency at the heart of the story. Edward H. Hamm Jr. serves as Executive Producer for QC, with Maya Rodrigo also producing.

ABOUT EDDIE HUANG
Eddie Huang is a filmmaker, actor, chef and television personality who made his feature directorial debut with the 2021 basketball drama Boogie for Focus Features, which he also wrote and co-starred in opposite Pop Smoke and Taylour Paige. His autobiographical book, ‘Fresh Off the Boat: A Memoir’, was adapted into a critically acclaimed ABC comedy series of the same name, which completed its six-season run in 2020. Huang also owned the iconic Baohaus for 10 years, which ushered in a generation of Taiwanese-Chinese restaurants and launched his career hosting cooking shows including ‘Cheap Bites’ & ‘Unique Eats’. Eddie also hosted ‘Huang’s World’ for Vice, which ran for 4 seasons and followed Eddie as he travelled around the world to learn about the local history, culture and food. Eddie directed and stars in this highly anticipated documentary about the rise and fall of Vice Media.

#GIVEAWAY: ENTER FOR A CHANCE TO WIN PASSES TO AN ADVANCED VIRTUAL SCREENING OF “BOOGIE”

Focus Features x Mr. Will want to give Readers a chance to attend a Virtual Screening of Fresh off the Boat Creator Eddie Huang‘s directorial debut, BOOGIE. The Screening takes place Thursday, March 25, 2021 at 7 PM ET.

Synopsis: 

The film follows a young Chinese-American basketball phenom who struggles to balance the expectations of his immigrant family with his own dreams of becoming a player for the NBA.

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BOOGIE is in theatres now and available on-demand March 5, 2021.

(Photo/video credit: Focus Features)

#FIRSTLOOK: NEW TRAILER FOR “BOOGIE”

If you love FRESH OFF THE BOAT, this is totally up your alley. Eddie Huang is back and directs for the first time in BOOGIE.

Synopsis:

From acclaimed writer, producer and restaurateur Eddie Huang comes his directorial debut BOOGIE, the coming-of-age story of Alfred “Boogie” Chin, a basketball phenom living in Queens, New York, who dreams of one day playing in the NBA. While his parents pressure him to focus on earning a scholarship to an elite college, Boogie must find a way to navigate a new girlfriend, high school, on-court rivals and the burden of expectation.

Huang, who wrote the best-selling Fresh Off the Boat: A Memoir, both directed and wrote the screenplay for Boogie starring Taylor Takahashi, Taylour Paige, Pamelyn Chee, Jorge Lendeborg Jr., Alexa Mareka, Mike Moh, Perry Yung, and Pop Smoke.

See the Trailer:

Focus Features release BOOGIE Friday, March 5, 2021.

(Photo credit: Focus Features)