Keluang Man

Keluang Man (2025)

Former mental hospital patient Borhan takes up the mantle of the heroic Keluang Man to protect Kluang from a secret criminal syndicate led by his archenemy, Shamsir.

Date of release
2025-05-29
TMDB
8.2 / 10 (4)
Runtime
2h 17m
Genres
Action, Adventure, Comedy
Director
Anwari Ashraf

Casting

Interesting facts

Keluang Man is a 2025 Malaysian superhero film based on the eponymous Malaysian animated series by UAS Animation Studio. Produced by Astro Shaw and Pasal Productions, it is a live-action film based on the animated series created by the late Kamn Ismail, and will be the first fully live-action film from a Malaysian animation series of the 1990s. The film is directed, written and produced by Anwari Ashraf, who co-wrote it with Roshfaizal Ariffin, Luqman Sheikh Ghazali, Natasha Azlan and Zulaikha Zakaria. It stars Nas-T as Borhan, Remy Ishak as Shamsir, Rosyam Nor as Ahmad and Anwaar Beg Moghal as Inspector Sahab.

Production

Rumors of a live-action adaptation began on 2017 when Yahoo! News reporting that Rizal Halim was announced as director for the film with the support of Aziz M. Osman as producer by the title of Keluang Man Zero. It was eventually cancelled after Rizal himself left the production in April 2018 for unknown reasons. Rizal apologized to everyone including Indonesian and Singapore actors due to their excitement for acting in the film.

Official development began in 2019, when Astro Shaw Writers' Room planned to make a live-action film led by Anwari Ashraf, who has written Polis Evo franchise with Joel Soh, current managing director of Blackflag and Kyle Goonting, head of production and development in Astro Shaw and created two Astro Original Series, Projek: High Council and Projek: Anchor SPM, together with Roshfaizal Ariffin, who is known for writing and directing Didi & Frien…

Before Astro Shaw continued their project, it struck up a partnership with Iconic Animation Studio, the original IP of Keluang Man. The partnership were signed in Astro's HQ in Bukit Jalil in May 2022 with the attendance of Raja Jastina Raja Arshad, executive producer of the film. Raja Jastina told The Vibes;

"We trust that the Keluang Man brand is highly esteemed in the local animation scene and has its loyal following, many of which who grew up with the animation series.

"Even though the series first aired a long time ago, it is still beloved by many Malaysians, and we see high demand and huge anticipation from the fans for the return of Keluang Man, proving that this superhero has a special place in the audiences’ hearts and is indeed evergreen.

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