PTS Taigi Begins Production On 'Gunshot' Police Drama
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- PTS Taigi started production on 'Gunshot,' an eight-episode Taiwanese-language police drama co-produced with S11 Partners and Third Culture Content, exploring modern law enforcement shaped by social media and public opinion.
- The cast is led by Kent Tsai (The Teenage Psychic) as detective Hao, Chan Tzu-Hsuan as rookie officer Shih-Ting, Cheng Chih-Wei as veteran cop Hou, Golden Horse winner Lu Hsiao-Fen, and Singaporean Golden Horse winner Mark Lee as crime boss Long.
- Hsiao Li-Hsiu (Wake Up) and creator-director Chang Kai-Chih co-direct, with Chen Fang-Chi (Hotel Saltwater) and Hsu Shih-Hui (The Abandoned) writing, and the story follows three officers clashing over what justice means when performance metrics and visibility trump virtue.
- Producers Cora Yim and Janice Chua reunite on the project following their Disney+ series 'Taiwan Crime Stories,' which earned 12 Golden Bell Award nominations and recognition at the Asia Contents Awards in Busan.
- 'Gunshot' originated from EMERGE, a development initiative launched by TAICCA and Imagine Entertainment to support internationally minded Asian creators, with Imagine Entertainment continuing as a producer on the series.
Why it matters: The series represents a deliberate expansion of Taiwanese-language drama into contemporary crime territory beyond its traditional roots, backed by the same producing duo whose 'Taiwan Crime Stories' drew 12 Golden Bell nominations — a track record that gives PTS Taigi's bet on a social-media-era cop drama real industry weight. Singaporean star Mark Lee's casting signals cross-border ambitions for what the producers describe as 'a distinctly Taiwanese story' aimed at audiences beyond Taiwan.
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