Archive · 4 Dec 2025
Yume Entertainment Launches with ‘The Red Room’
Andrea Bucko and Motoko Kimura have started a new company called Yume Entertainment.
The company wants to make movies and TV shows that connect Hollywood and Asia.
Their first project is a movie called ‘The Red Room,’ which is based on a scary Japanese story from the early days of the internet.
The story is about a girl who disappears after seeing a cursed pop-up on her computer.
Years later, her friends get an email that brings back the same pop-up and leads them into a scary part of the internet.
The company is also working with other big names in comics and publishing to make more projects.
They want to help new storytellers make exciting and unique films.
Andrea Bucko and Motoko Kimura launched Yume Entertainment to bridge Hollywood and Asian film industries.
Their first project is ‘The Red Room,’ based on a Japanese urban legend about a cursed computer pop-up.
The story follows a mysterious disappearance in the 1990s and its repercussions two decades later.
CAA Media Finance will handle North American rights for the film.
Yume is also collaborating with Dark Horse Comics and other companies on Japanese IPs.
- Who
- Andrea Bucko and Motoko Kimura
- What
- Launched Yume Entertainment and announced their first project, ‘The Red Room’
- When
- Not specified
- Where
- Not specified
- Why
- To bridge Hollywood and Asian film industries and champion emerging creators
- Company Name
- Yume Entertainment
- Founders
- Andrea Bucko, Motoko Kimura
- First Project
- The Red Room
- Inspiration
- Japanese urban legend
- Rights Handler
- CAA Media Finance
- Collaborators
- Dark Horse Comics, Shogakukan, Gentosha
- Meaning of Yume
- Born from a dream