3 cheers to Singapore!

We’ve gotten the above decal from a Mobil petrol station. Go grab yours!

Winning the bid to host is more than a sporting milestone but it has so much potential in every other form – from economic through to cultural. It’ll definitely create more jobs for sure.

We’re excited with the potential of what this world sporting event will mean for us – sports-related movies and TV programmes. Already this year, because of the Beijing Olympics, there’s a slew of sports-related movies coming up. The first to start the ball rolling (literally!) in Singapore cinemas is KUNG FU DUNK starring Jay Chou. Another basketball movie coming up is Will Ferrell’s SEMI-PRO. I’ve heard there’s another basketball film from China. And then there’s a sports movie from South Korea about a women’s handball team (but I’ve no idea whether it’ll make it to Singapore shores).

  

At the homefront, there’s a soccer movie titled KALLANG ROAR.

We’ve also one in development although I can’t comment further at this moment.

But with the Youth Olympic Games in 2010, we may yet see a similar wave (albeit a smaller one) of sports-theme movies coming this way…