Callina Liang Stars in Cheating Thriller ‘Bad Genius’ Remake Trailer
by Alex Billington
August 30, 2024
Source: YouTube
“No one can do what you do.” Vertical has revealed an official trailer for Bad Genius, an English-language 2024 remake of the hit Thai film of the same name from 2017. This new version is set for a US release in October this fall, despite not showing up at any other festivals or elsewhere. The original Bad Genius from Thailand was a huge hit – we raved about it back in 2017 with this glowing review and it set new box office records in Thailand. It’s a twisty, complex thriller about exam cheating and the students caught up in this scheme. Genius scholarship student Lynn Kang starts a cheating operation at her elite private school to fund her college dreams, giving her a unique opportunity to challenge the American education system, and her morals, in the process. This version stars Callina Liang (a breakout actress who also stars in Soderbergh’s Presence ghost thriller), Jabari Banks, Taylor Hickson, Sarah-Jane Redmond, Adam Beauchesne, Tina Grant, with Benedict Wong. This remake looks solid, but I’m not so sure it’ll top the original flick.
Here’s the official trailer (+ poster) for J.C. Lee’s film Bad Genius, direct from Vertical’s YouTube:
Bad Genius is a high-stakes, high-octane thriller about a diverse group of students who team up to fight a system of injustice and inequity and take down the rigged academic institutions around them. Released in 2017, the original Thai version was written and directed by Nattawut Poonpiriya and produced by Thai film studio GDH 559 Company Limited. In addition to debuting at #1 at the box office in Thailand, the film quickly became the highest-grossing Thai film of the year and the most internationally successful Thai film ever, breaking box office records in several Asian countries, including China. Bad Genius is directed by producer / filmmaker J.C. Lee, after producing & writing on the series “Looking”, “How to Get Away with Murder”, “The Morning Show” previously. The screenplay is written by J.C. Lee & Julius Onah (also writers of Luce previously). Produced by Erik Feig, Ashley Stern, Jessica Switch, Patrick Wachsberger. Vertical will debut this Bad Genius remake in select US theaters starting October 11th, 2024 this fall. Who’s curious?
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