Fortune Cookies (2024)
Guess who's coming with dinner?
So, you're a talented young actor. It's the eve of your theatrical debut. Would you turn down your big break to help save the family business? And appear with them on their favorite TV game show? Fortune Cookies is the debut feature film from Writer/Director Brenda Lee. Shot in Northampton, UK, by Screen Northants.
- Date of release
- 2024-08-29
- TMDB
- 7.0 / 10 (1)
- Runtime
- 1h 36m
- Genres
- Comedy
- Director
- Brenda Lee
Casting
- Carmen Pat — Susan
- Eric Mok — Hugh
- Belinda Duong — Jenny
- Siu Hun Li — Cyril
- Helena Huang — Joan
- Lucy Sheen — Grandma
- Isabella Speaight — Lucy
- Robert Firth — Ernie Summers/Narrator (voice)
- Paul Courtenay Hyu — Mr. Chung
- Daphne Cheung — Penny Lau
- Gang Chi — John Lau
- Cindy Humphrey — Mrs. Harper
Interesting facts
Fortune Cookies is a British family comedy film written and directed by Brenda Lee in her feature film debut.
Production
Brenda Lee's Fortune Cookies, inspired by her own 1990s upbringing and family's takeout restaurant, was originally in development in 2011 and 2012 with Reelscape Films and a different cast including Elaine Tan and David Yip, but the project did not come into fruition at the time.
Casting began in October 2019. Produced by Screen Northants with support from BBC Children in Need, principal photography took place on location in Northampton in early 2020. Filming locations included Golden Hill in Kingsthorpe among other Chinese takeaway restaurants, the Guild Hall, the Racecourse, Royal & Derngate, The Deco, and Northampton International Academy.
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