Skip to main content
Home The New Paper
  • Home
  • News
    • Singapore
    • World
    • Business
    • Views
    • Backstage
    • Others
  • Sports
    • Football
    • Singapore Football
    • Team Singapore
    • School Sports
    • Athletics
    • Basketball
    • Cricket
    • Swimming
    • Tennis
    • Golf
    • Racing
    • Others
  • Entertainment
    • Movies
    • Music
    • TV
    • Star Style
    • School of Frock
  • Lifestyle
    • Makan
    • Hed Chef
    • Weets Eats
    • Health
    • Tech
    • Travel
    • Fashion
    • Shopping
    • Biker Boy
    • Celeb Chow
    • Others
  • Racing
  • Your Tip-Offs
  • Read E-Paper
  • Contests
  • Coupon
  • Team

Popular

  • COURT & CRIME
  • Food & Drink
TV

Neil Humphreys' TV show may snag Hollywood Chinese actor

Neil Humphreys' TV show may snag Hollywood Chinese actor
The New Paper columnist Neil Humphreys with his first crime novel titled, Marina Bay Sins.JEREMY LONG
Clariss Chia
Nov 15, 2020 09:55 pm
  • Share on Facebook
  • Share on Twitter
  • Share on WhatsApp
  • E-mail this article
  • 0 Engagements

When Mr Neil Humphreys first started crafting the character of police inspector Stanley Low, the misanthropic protagonist of his 2015 book Marina Bay Sins, he wrote it with local actor Adrian Pang in mind.

The best-selling Singapore-based British author and The New Paper sports columnist said: “Inspector Low is a polarising character - you either hate him or love him. He has no vulnerability, no ego, no vanity. 

“An actor like Adrian deserves better characters on TV. His acting is so authentic, and I’ve seen him go to dark places when he acts on stage.”

Marina Bay Sins, the first of Mr Humphreys' gritty crime thriller series, will be adapted by international producer and distributor 108 Media into a TV show comprising eight hour-long episodes set in Singapore and London.

Its sequels, Rich Kill Poor Kill and Bloody Foreigners, will be adapted as subsequent seasons.

Mr Humphreys, 45, would love for Pang to be involved ("Always have and always will"), but his dream casting is far from over, as another star is in the “early discussion stage” for the role.

Singapore

Book drives for the needy now on

Nov 21, 2017

Related Stories

Publisher cancelled launch of Oxley Castle book, says Art House

Natural remedies to get good sleep

Lobbyists' efforts for change chronicled

He said: “When they told me the Chinese actor’s name, I nearly fell off my chair and said ‘You’ll never get him’.

“Then later, they told me they had contacted his agent and he wants to read the script. I couldn’t believe it. He’s been in big Hollywood movies and TV series.”

Mr Justin Deimen, 108 Media’s president, added: “He fits the spirit of the role that Neil has written, and allows us to bridge this project with the rest of the world.”

Currently in its scriptwriting stage, Marina Bay Sins will likely start production in Singapore and the UK after July next year, and is slated for an early 2022 release.

Mr Humphreys, who is set to be an executive producer and scriptwriter, said: “Since I was young, I had always been infatuated with television and my entire knowledge of the world was from TV. It has always been my secret ambition to write for TV. Usually when I write my stories, I have a TV adaptation in mind, and visualise the stories scene by scene.” 

108 Media will also be adapting Sonny Liew’s graphic novel The Art Of Charlie Chan Hock Chye into an animated series as well as the late Gopal Baratham’s mystery novel Moonrise, Sunset

Get The New Paper on your phone with the free TNP app. Download from the Apple App Store or Google Play Store now

books

Clariss Chia

Read articles by Clariss Chia
  • Share on Facebook
  • Share on Twitter
  • Share on WhatsApp
  • E-mail this article
  • Newslink -  Purchase this article for republication

Top Stories this Month

Irfan Fandi (left) with fellow Singaporean Benjamin Tan, the Thai League's deputy chief executive and director of club licensing.
Singapore Football

Irfan first S'porean to win Thai L1 title

Mar 05, 2021
Actor Terence Cao and guest charged over rule breaches at party
Singapore

Actor Terence Cao charged over rule breaches at party

Mar 03, 2021
Jaime Teo to be sentenced in March over Twelve Cupcakes wages
Singapore

Jaime Teo to be sentenced next month in Twelve Cupcakes case

Feb 26, 2021
Home
  • Contests
  • Coupon
  • Team
  • Home
  • News
    • Singapore
    • World
    • Business
    • Views
    • Backstage
    • Others
  • Sports
    • Football
    • Singapore Football
    • Team Singapore
    • School Sports
    • Athletics
    • Basketball
    • Cricket
    • Swimming
    • Tennis
    • Golf
    • Racing
    • Others
  • Entertainment
    • Movies
    • Music
    • TV
    • Star Style
    • School of Frock
  • Lifestyle
    • Makan
    • Hed Chef
    • Weets Eats
    • Health
    • Tech
    • Travel
    • Fashion
    • Shopping
    • Biker Boy
    • Celeb Chow
    • Others
  • Racing
  • Your Tip-Offs
  • Read E-Paper
  • Contact TNP
  • About SPH
  • Privacy Statement
  • Data Protection Policy
  • Member Terms & Conditions
  • Website Terms & Conditions
SPH Digital News Copyright © 2021 Singapore Press Holdings Ltd. Co. Regn No. 198402868E