The Fox King

The Fox King (2026)

Semusim Lara

Ali and Amir are inseparable fraternal twins with a telepathic bond. The brothers are forced to fend for themselves when their father abandons them after remarrying a younger bride. The arrival of a new teacher, Lara, tests their brotherly bond.

Date of release
2026-09-17
Runtime
1h 34m
Genres
Drama
Director
Woo Ming Jin

Casting

Interesting facts

The Fox King is a 2025 drama film written and directed by Woo Ming Jin. A co-production of Malaysia and Indonesia, it stars Dian Sastrowardoyo, Idan Aedan, Hadi Putra, Chew Kin Wah, and Amerul Affendi.

Production

Woo, a twin himself, "want[ed] to explore the complexity of the bond between twins, that goes beyond words." It marks the second collaboration between Woo's Greenlight Pictures with Jakarta-based KawanKawan Media, following Stone Turtle (2022).

The project participated at the Tokyo Gap-Financing Market in October 2023, held during the Tokyo International Film Festival. In November 2023, it was also selected to participate at the QCinema Project Market, held during the QCinema International Film Festival.

The film is coproduced by the Malaysian companies Sunstrong Entertainment, Greenlight Pictures, and Da Huang Pictures and Indonesia’s KawanKawan Media, making it one of the first Malaysian-Indonesia co-productions. It also had support from National Film Development Corporation Malaysia. Woo noted that while Indonesia films were often shown in Malaysian, the reverse is not true and helped that The Fox King would buck the trend.

In May 2024, it was reported that principal photography had wrapped.

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