Sony Pictures International Productions (SPIP) is gearing up for its first production in Thailand, partnering with GDH on a reimagining of the 2004 romantic comedy 50 First Dates that marks the feature debut of Nicha Yontararak aka Minnie from K-Pop group i-dle.

Yontararak will star opposite Nadech Kugimiya, the lead in supernatural horror Death Whisperer 2, which became the highest-grossing Thai film of all time in 2024 on $24.7m (thb825m).

Mez Tharatorn, whose credits include 2014 romantic comedy I Fine….Thank You…Love You , will direct and produce. He co-wrote the screenplay with Thodsapon Thiptinnakorn of How To Make Millions Before Grandma Dies fame and Benjamaporn Srabua, whose credits incude Love Destiny: The Movie .

Sony’s original 50 First Dates starred Adam San

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