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This is an upcoming film that has not yet been released, and so does not satisfy film notability or general notability. According to the film notability guidelines, films may be in three stages of production:

• 1. Films that have not begun production. These are not films but concepts of films, and are usually mentioned briefly in the article about the filmmaker.
• 2. Films that have begun or completed principal photography or animation, but have not been released. These films are only notable if production itself has been notable. Otherwise they may be mentioned in the article about the filmmaker.
• 3. Films that have been released. They are usually notable based on significant coverage by reviews and other secondary sources.

Articles about films that have not been released are usually promotional in nature because there is nothing else to say except that the film will be released.

This film is still scheduled for release, and so has not been reviewed. It was in article space, and was then (correctly) moved to draft space by User: Tenshi Hinanawi, citing the film notability guideline summarized above. It has been moved back to article space again, but is still promotional because it says that the film is scheduled to be released.

The Heymann criterion is for the film to be released and reviewed while this AFD is in progress, and for this article to be rewritten to describe the reviews. Robert McClenon (talk) 05:54, 3 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Film and Malaysia. Robert McClenon (talk) 05:54, 3 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Draftify till release. No point starting from scratch. The article isn’t AI written right, I can’t tell. DareshMohan (talk) 05:57, 3 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep It is literally releasing in 3 days. By the time this AfD is over, there will be no point for any result but keep. WP:NFF is a bit vague and not concrete (and has had a lot of discussions about it), but I think it’s incredibly silly to to only publish a page the millisecond it comes out in theatres. A page existing a week before release is fine. jolielover♥talk 07:31, 3 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Draftify unless WP:HEY happens. But I’d like to see not-yet-released films instantly draftified via some sort of analogy to speedy-deletion, because otherwise arranging that a Wikipedia article appear three days before the film comes out is going to become a standard part of the publicist’s job. We are not here to provide advertising space for films, and WP:FILM requires independent reviews before the article is published. Elemimele (talk) 10:38, 3 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

  User:Elemimele – It was draftified once, and one unilateral draftification is the limit. I would have draftified it again if that was permitted, but that would have been move-warring. Robert McClenon (talk) 18:07, 3 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

  The movie has been released and is running in cinemas. KualaLumpurian (talk) 07:27, 13 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]