[2026.02.22] JOEL CHAN BRINGS HIS SON TO THANK HIS NEW FILM'S AUDIENCE IN MALAYSIA

Joel Chan, Oscar Leung and others arrive in Malaysia to promote and celebrate the Lunar New Year
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Joel Chan arrives in Malaysia to promote his new film MAMA NOT AGAIN. His son Jaco also tags along

Oscar Leung stars in MAMA NOT AGAIN and is also its screenwriter
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The Television Best Actor Joel Chan Shan Chung, Oscar Leung Lit Wai and Bob Lam Sing Bun invested, produced and starred Lunar New Year film MAMA NOT AGAIN (MA MA YAU YIU GA) has decent box office in Malaysia. Recently the three went there to attend the promotional events, Shan Chung even brought his wife, son Jaco and the domestic helper to the theater and announced that the Malaysian box office has exceeded the HK$4 million mark (2 million MR). He even celebrated with the drums, gave away posters and set off firework at the theater.

Referring to the double success of the new film at the box office and word of mouth, Shan Chung bluntly said that he was happy but did not dare to relax. He hoped to do his best to promote and thank the audience to pump up the box office. "Every time I hear the audience praise the movie for very entertaining, it is already the biggest reward for us to make this movie!" Chan Shan Chung revealed that his wife and Jaco both praised the film as exciting after watching. When he asked Jaco whether it was funny, his son cutely answered, "It has funny parts!" He joked that his son was happy because he had popcorn while watching the movie, but even his domestic helper thought MAMA NOT AGAIN was funny and had confidence in the quality of his work.

MAMA NOT AGAIN's story is about a mother announcing her remarriage to a "younger man". Should the children attend the wedding or not? Leung Lit Wai, Lam Sing Bun, Christine Ng Wing Mei and Chan Shan Chung's performance have all been praised. Wai Wai was also the screenwriter. Many comments praised the new film for being sincere and with laughter and tears, he said. "That's what I wanted to accomplish when I wrote this story, actually I have thanked the audience several times, and even when watching again from the side I couldn't help but cry! I am very grateful for the support of the audience."