{"id":4296,"date":"2009-05-17T08:52:04","date_gmt":"2009-05-17T14:52:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/geek.ravenkai.com\/?p=4296"},"modified":"2009-05-21T00:02:24","modified_gmt":"2009-05-21T06:02:24","slug":"lumina-the-webseries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/uberscifigeek.com\/?p=4296","title":{"rendered":"Lumina — The Web Series"},"content":{"rendered":"

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At first glance the new web series Lumina<\/em><\/a> looks like an action thriller with a brooding atmosphere, but a closer look reveals a dark fantasy world that could be our own. I don’t know what influences series creator Jennifer Thym<\/a> drew from, but, while rewatching the trailer (which I’ve done many times now),\u00a0I am reminded of modern fairy tales (or urban mythology) by authors such as Neil Gaiman<\/a> and Charles De Lint<\/a>,\u00a0who write about worlds that secretly coexist and interact with our own. The images on the Lumina<\/em> website are beautiful and I look forward to seeing more of the world Jennifer Thym has created. I’m especially in love with the image of Lumina leaning against a wall while, in her reflection, Ryder caresses her. I think that image captures and poignantly illustrates the place inside all of us where our deepest loneliness is calling out to be loved.<\/p>\n

Lumina<\/em> premieres this summer on YouTube<\/a>.<\/p>\n

RockGinger and Sommertime\u00a0Productions are proud to announce that the Lumina<\/em> Web Series Official Trailer is\u00a0now available to view online at www.luminaseries.com in the new High Definition\u00a0YouTube format.<\/p>\n

Lumina<\/em> is a daring thriller web series starring JuJu Chan (Jiu Jo Remix MV for\u00a0Terence Yin and 24 Herbs, TVB People’s Choice Award for Miss Chinatown USA 2009<\/em>) as Lumina Wong, a young lonely Hong Kong woman who has a chance\u00a0encounter with the mysterious Ryder Lee, played by Michael Chan, star of the viral\u00a0YouTube sensation, Wall Street Fighter IV<\/em>. Lumina<\/em>\u2019s diverse international cast\u00a0includes Vince Matthew Chung, recent winner of The Amazing Race Asia 3<\/em>, as\u00a0Lumina\u2019s best friend, Teddy Waits.<\/p>\n

Directed and written by first time Asian American director Jennifer Thym\u00a0(RockGinger) and produced by Sommer Nguyen (Sommertime Productions),\u00a0Lumina<\/em> was filmed on location in Hong Kong with the cutting edge RED One\u00a0camera. The series will feature music from the independent Asian music collective,\u00a0The Enigmatic Army.<\/p>\n

\u201cLumina<\/em> will open your minds cinematically, and the story will open your hearts to\u00a0the impossible,\u201d says producer Sommer Nguyen. \u201cWeb series is a new and exciting\u00a0medium,\u201d adds director Jennifer Thym. \u201cWith Lumina<\/em>, we wanted to create a\u00a0beautiful and intricately woven story, something that you could watch in bite sized\u00a0internet friendly segments but would still tantalize you for hours to come.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

Lumina Wong (JuJu Chan) is beautiful but works far too much; although she lives in\u00a0a city of millions, she still feels lonely and isolated. Late one night, Lumina has a\u00a0chance encounter with Ryder Lee (Michael Chan), a handsome young man from\u00a0another world that she can see in mirrors and darkened window reflections. She revels\u00a0in the fantasy relationship until mirrorspy Eben Sanchez (Jacob Ziacan) comes into\u00a0her life, warning her of the treacheries of the people of the Dark Realm. Soon Lumina\u00a0must choose between the safety of the world she knows and the deadly allure of the\u00a0unknown.<\/p>\n

Lumina<\/em> the Web Series will premiere summer 2009. For more information, please\u00a0contact us or visit our website, www.luminaseries.com.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Lumina<\/em> Links:
\nLumina<\/em> — The Official Web Series Site<\/a>
\nLumina<\/em> on Alive Not Dead<\/a>
\nLumina<\/em> on Facebook<\/a>
\nThe Official RockGinger Blog<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

At first glance the new web series Lumina looks like an action thriller with a brooding atmosphere, but a closer look reveals a dark fantasy world that could be our own. I don’t know what influences series creator Jennifer Thym drew from, but, while rewatching the trailer (which I’ve done many times now),\u00a0I am reminded … Continue reading “Lumina — The Web Series”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,8,9,190],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4296","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-announcements","category-multimedia","category-opinion","category-web-series"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/uberscifigeek.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4296","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/uberscifigeek.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/uberscifigeek.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/uberscifigeek.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/uberscifigeek.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4296"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/uberscifigeek.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4296\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/uberscifigeek.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4296"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/uberscifigeek.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4296"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/uberscifigeek.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4296"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}