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| ▲ This photo shows director Bong Joon-ho. (Yonhap) |
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SEOUL, July 9 (Yonhap) -- South Korean masterpiece “Parasite”’s director Bong Joon-ho and Steven Yeun who starred in South Korean movie “Minari” will be collaborating on Bong’s next feature film.
According to Deadline, Hollywood entertainment breaking news media, on July 8 (US time), Korean American Hollywood actor Steven Yeun will reunite with Bong Joon-ho on the director’s next film.
It has been five years since they collaborated on the Netflix’s original film “Okja” in 2017.
Director Bong Joon-ho accomplished a feat of winning 4 awards including the best picture award for his movie “Parasite” at the 2020 Academy Awards.
Moreover Steven Yeun was recently nominated for the Best Picture at the Oscars under the movie Minari, and the Korean actress Youn Yuh-jung who also starred in Minari left a legacy as a South Korean actress to get awarded with the Best Supporting Actress award at the 93rd Oscar for the first time.
Hollywood media such as Deadline described “The project is Bong’s first since his 2019 South Korean masterpiece Parasite swept the world to become a global cultural touchpoint and shattered box office records.” Adding “Steven Yeun who have recently received some of the best reviews of his career due to Minari, will be joining in Bong Joon-ho’s next film at Warner Bros.”
Bong Joon-ho’s next film will be a SF genre, although it does not have a title yet, it will be based on the novel “Mickey7”.
“Mickey7” by Edward Ashton is a novel about a human clone that is sent to colonize the unknown planet.
Director Bong Joon-ho will be working hand in hand with Hollywood studio Warner Bros on the production, directing and the script.
Bong Joon-ho’s new movie will star English actor Robert Pattinson who plays the Batman in the new “Batman” movie, and Mark Ruffalo who is well known for his role as HULK.
Moreover, Australian actress Toni Collette who starred in movies “The Sixth Sense” and “Knives Out” and Naomi Ackie who rose to fame with the Netflix series “End of the F***ing World” will also star in director Bong Joon-ho’s new movie.
(This article is translated from Korean to English by Joonha Yoo.)
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