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Five Blind Dates First Amazon Original Australian Movie for For Prime Video

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March 29, 2022

Five Blind Dates, the first Australian Amazon Original film, has been greenlit and will begin filming in April, according to Prime Video.

Five Blind Dates is a romantic comedy written and directed by actor and influencer Shuang Hu (The Family Law, Ronny Chieng: International Student) and actor and comedian Nathan Ramos-Park (As We Babble On, Club Mickey Mouse, Bone). It tells a story of a tenacious tea shop owner who is told by a fortune teller that she will meet her soulmate on one of the next five dates she goes on.

The feature-length romantic comedy, produced by Amazon Studios and Goalpost Pictures Australia, will be Prime Video’s first scripted Australian Amazon Original film, and will be shot in Townsville and Sydney. Five Blind Dates will be available to Prime members in Australia and over 240 other nations and territories across the world.

Shuang Hu will lead an ensemble cast in Five Blind Dates, with more cast members to be announced later. The film will be directed by Shawn Seet (Baron, Storm Boy, The Code).

Lia (Shuang Hu) finds herself at a comedically chaotic family luncheon with her best friend Mason while visiting her family in Townsville for her sister Alice’s engagement festivities, and is granted an unwelcomed prophecy that she would soon meet her suitor. Lia’s family, concerned about her capacity to choose a spouse for herself, arranges for her to go on five blind dates. Despite the fact that her actual interest and current emphasis is on saving her grandmother’s tea shop, Lia unwillingly agrees to go on these dates.

Erika North, head of originals, Asia Pacific, at Amazon Studios, said:

“As a melting pot of cultures, traditions and communities, Australia is fertile ground for local stories. With Five Blind Dates, Prime Video Australia’s first feature film, we are celebrating Chinese-Australian culture and its warm family dynamics to full and joyful effect.
“Shuang and Nathan have created an effervescent and lighthearted romantic comedy which we know will be enjoyed by millions of Prime members worldwide. We cannot wait to work with the incredibly talented Goalpost team to bring this heartwarming story to life.”

Shuang Hu, creator, writer, producer, and actor, and Nathan Ramos-Park, creator, writer, and producer of Five Blind Dates, said:

“For Five Blind Dates to be the first Australian Amazon Original Feature is such an honour. The script has been a real labour of love for us both and we can’t wait for production to begin!”

Goalpost Pictures Australia’s Kylie du Fresne said:

“The script for Five Blind Dates was irresistible, as is the creative energy of Shuang and Nathan. We couldn’t be more excited to working with them to produce the first Amazon Australia Original feature film.”

Five Blind Dates will be produced by Goalpost Pictures Australia, with Goalpost’s Kylie du Fresne as producer and Ben Grant and Rosemary Blight as executive producers.

Since 2019, Prime Video has commissioned 15 Amazon Original series in Australia — The Test: A New Era for Australia’s Team, Making Their Mark, a series of 10 stand-up comedy specials by some of Australia’s best comedians, LOL: Last One Laughing AU with Rebel Wilson, Back to the Rafters, Luxe Listings Sydney S1 & S2, The Moth Effect, Head Above Water, the award-winning feature-length documentary Burning, and the upcoming Kick Like Tayla, Warriors On The Field, Deadloch, The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart, and Class of ’07.