Indonesian Horror 'Pablik Gula' Is Getting a Sequel—and Going IMAX
The 2025 Indonesian horror hit is expanding into a full franchise.
MD Entertainment, the Indonesian studio behind the 2025 horror breakout Pabrik Gula, is betting big on the franchise. They just announced a sequel locked in for early 2028, plus IMAX releases coming in 2027. The news dropped at Taiwan Creative Content Fest over the weekend via Astrid Wienardi, MD's head of content licensing and global business.
This is the move of a studio that's found something that works—both locally and internationally. Horror has always been a global lane, and Indonesian cinema's been leveling up hard. Taking Pabrik Gula to IMAX and greenlit sequencing it shows MD is thinking beyond their home market.
We'll see if the sequel can keep the momentum. Sometimes lightning strikes once, but when a studio's ready to expand like this, they usually see the juice worth squeezing.
Read the full story at Variety → https://variety.com/2026/film/markets-festivals/indonesian-horror-pabrik-gula-2028-sequel-1236942313/
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