EXCLUSIVE: Oscar winner Alicia Vikander (The Danish girl) and Oscar-nominated Michael Fassbender (12 years slave) is intended for leadership roles in office hopeAward-winning Korean director Na Hong-Jin’s first project since the 2016 hit the cry.
The mainly Korean-language film follows the residents of Hopo Port, where a mysterious discovery is made on the outskirts of the remote port city. Soon the residents find themselves in a desperate fight for survival against something they have never encountered before.
Additional casting and pre-production for a shoot later this year in Korea is underway. We know married couple Fassbender and Vikander will be speaking English in the film and wanted to be a part of it after being impressed with the director’s work so far. This is the second time they have appeared together in the same film since then The light between the oceans.
Korean producer and distributor Plus M Entertainment, owned by multiplex chain Megabox, is behind the project, which recently signed a financing and distribution deal with Na, also known for Korean films. The hunter And The Yellow Sea.
Cinematographer Hong Kyung-pyo, known for his work on parasite And combustionis also on board, marking his second collaboration with Na since then the cry.
hope it sounds like it’s cut from the same cloth as the filmmaker’s previous films, all of which were blockbusters. Thriller 2016 the cry starred in Cannes before grossing $50 million worldwide from an estimated budget of $6 million. This film showed how a mysterious disease spreads after a stranger arrives in a village. A police officer involved in the incident is forced to solve the mystery to save his daughter.
hope is produced under the production banner of Na’s Forged Films. Plus M handles international distribution and UTA Independent Film Group and Plus M handles North America. The Korean company is already exploring other IP options for the project.
The director said today: “Often one person’s good will can lead to unintended disasters simply because of different perspectives. My hope for this film is to capture this phenomenon on film in a way that has never been seen before.”
Commenting on their decision to fund the film, Plus M said, “Director Na hope is not only a high-quality film, but also an enthusiastic project that has the potential to expand its intellectual property to various content distribution channels. We decided to invest in this project mainly because we have full confidence in director Na’s creative vision. Plus M will cooperate and support hope to make it a global success.”
Plus M was founded in 2014 by Megabox, one of the largest multiplex chains in Korea, and is a subsidiary of JoongAng Group, which also owns JoongAng Ilbo, a major Korean daily newspaper, and cable channel JTBC. The company said earlier this year that it plans to invest $600 million in content. The film board is included hunt (2022), The end (2022), Small forest (2018), The prohibitions (2017), Anarchist from colony (2017) and Dongju: The Portrait of a Poet (2016). Drama series included I didn’t try my best which aired in 2022 and Dimensions (WT), which will be produced in 2023.
expecting, ex machine And Tomb Raider Star Vikander stars as Katherine Parr opposite Jude Law as Henry VIII in Karim Ainouz’s feature film, blight.
job opportunities, X men And 12 years slave Star Fassbender will next appear in Taika Watiti’s The next goal wins and starring in David Fincher’s thriller, The killer for Netflix.
After being represented by UTA and Ziffren Brittenham. Vikander is repped by UTA, Tavistock Wood, Tapestry and Fassbender is repped by Conor McCaughan, Range Media Partners, Sloane, Offer, Weber & Dern, Tapestry. Hong is repped by WME. Forged Films is repped by UTA.
Source: Deadline
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