:KRU Studios
{{Short description|Malaysian media company}}
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|name = KRU Studios
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|type = Private Limited Company
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|key_people = Dato' Norman Abdul Halim, Chief Executive Officer
Yusry Abdul Halim, Chief Creative Officer
Edry Abdul Halim, Creative Director
Datin Dr Shireen M Hashim, Group COO & Group CFO
Zarina Abdul Rahman, VP – Operations
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|foundation = Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (1992)
|location_city = Bukit Jalil, Kuala Lumpur
|location_country = Malaysia
|homepage = {{URL|http://www.krustudios.com/}}
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KRU Studios is a Malaysian media and entertainment company. Founded in 1992, KRU Studios has since diversified and now provides a range of services related to the media and entertainment industry, specialising in both production and distribution capabilities.
With offices and representatives in Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore and the United States, KRU Studios' new {{convert|15|acre|m2|adj=on}} production and post production facilities, which also includes backlots, was opened in July 2010.
Products and services
=Films=
KRU Studios has produced a number of Malay language feature films such as Cicak-Man, Duyung, Cicakman 2 – Planet Hitam, Jin Notti, My Spy, Magika, and Karak. In June 2008, the company funded and co-produced an English language Hollywood film, Deadline featuring Brittany Murphy[http://www.varietyasiaonline.com/content/view/6271/ KRU makes Hollywood "Deadline", Variety Asia Online] for global distribution.{{Cite web |url=http://www.sinemamalaysia.com.my/main/index.php?mod=news&id=856 |title=KRU to Hollywood, Sinema Malaysia |access-date=27 September 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080817142158/http://www.sinemamalaysia.com.my/main/index.php?mod=news&id=856 |archive-date=17 August 2008 |url-status=dead }}
In March 2011, KRU Studios released its action adventure feature film Hikayat Merong Mahawangsa. The film, internationally known as The Malay Chronicles: Bloodlines, was licensed to more than 70 countries, making it the most widely sold Malaysian film globally.
In 2014, the company embarked on a project of restoring the 1981 film Bukit Kepong, a dramatization of the Bukit Kepong incident directed by and starring Jins Shamsuddin.{{cite news|last1=Yeoh|first1=Angelin|title=Proudly Malaysian: Iconic film Bukit Kepong restored to its full glory|url=http://www.star2.com/entertainment/movies/2015/08/27/iconic-film-bukit-kepong-restored-to-its-full-glory/|accessdate=5 March 2017|work=The Star|issue=Star 2|date=27 August 2015|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170305205729/http://www.star2.com/entertainment/movies/2015/08/27/iconic-film-bukit-kepong-restored-to-its-full-glory/|archivedate=5 March 2017}}
In 2018, the company themselves had made a Malaysian Cars mockbuster movie called Wheely: Fast & Hilarious.
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External links
- [http://www.krustudios.com Official website]
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Category:1992 establishments in Malaysia
Category:Entertainment companies of Malaysia
Category:Film production companies of Malaysia
Category:Companies based in Sepang
Category:Entertainment companies established in 1992