Known for always managing to capture the right essence that truly represents Singapore, filmmaker Jack Neo's first "Long Long Time Ago" film was a huge success in Singapore, topping the Chinese New Year box office in the country this year as it beats big Hong Kong films like "The Monkey King 2" and "The Mermaid". Although the same exact success was not reflected in neighbouring Malaysia, it still remained its successful streak and proved to attract audiences in the country due to the strong ties and similarities both the countries share. When the second part of the movie was released a few months later in Singapore, it then grossed SGD1.06 in four days, surpassing the opening week of the first part. Creating a whole new franchise of his own, this of course comes as no surprise as Jack Neo is also known for spearheading another highly successful franchise, the "Ah Boys to Men" series. But as that is temporarily placed on the back burner, Neo is now focusing on "Long Long Time Ago 2" and brings back the ensemble cast from the first movie which includes Aileen Tan, Mark Lee, Wang Lei, Charmaine Sei, Benjamin Tan, Ryan Lian, Suhaimi Yusof and more. Cinema Online talks to the director who said that he's far from putting the franchise to rest, and tells us what to expect from the next sequels, if they get greenlighted, which might just happen very soon! Cinema Online: "Long Long Time Ago 2" was released in Singapore a few months back, why is it only coming to Malaysia now? Jack Neo: It's because we cannot get enough cinemas in Malaysia as the cinemas here prioritised all the big Hollywood movies. My initial plan was to screen the film in both countries together, but it's really hard with all the blockbusters – that's the biggest problem that we've always faced. You've previously mentioned that you plan on making the third and fourth "Long Long Time Ago" films. Is that still happening? We're still planning on it. Since there have been a lot of request from the public, we are considering on making the third and fourth films too. But if you ask me, I would definitely want to do more because I only did two films and the story hasn't ended yet. I feel like I need to complete the whole story so that everyone can see the whole 50 year development of Singapore.