Exclusive: Deadline has learned that Parasite studio Cj Entertainment and Anonymous Content are teaming for a feature adaptation of Choe Sang-Hun’s inspiring April 2019 New York Times inspiring story “Running Out of Children, a South Korea School Enrolls Illiterate Grandmothers,” about grandmothers who returned to school in South Korea to fill classrooms.
Korea-born writer and producer Jason Kim, whose credits include HBO’s Barry and Girls and the Netflix series Love, will adapt. Kim received a WGA Award and was nominated for an Emmy, PGA, and the NAACP Image Award for his work on Barry. He is repped by Wme and Gang, Tyre, Ramer, Brown & Passman.
Choe’s story details how, amidst plummeting birth rates in South Korea and the emptying of rural schools, one school, in an effort to fill its classrooms, opened its doors to women who have for decades dreamed of learning to read.
Cj Entertainment optioned...
Korea-born writer and producer Jason Kim, whose credits include HBO’s Barry and Girls and the Netflix series Love, will adapt. Kim received a WGA Award and was nominated for an Emmy, PGA, and the NAACP Image Award for his work on Barry. He is repped by Wme and Gang, Tyre, Ramer, Brown & Passman.
Choe’s story details how, amidst plummeting birth rates in South Korea and the emptying of rural schools, one school, in an effort to fill its classrooms, opened its doors to women who have for decades dreamed of learning to read.
Cj Entertainment optioned...
- 6/11/2020
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
As part of its expansion into Hollywood, Cj Entertainment –the Korean studio behind “Parasite” — is plotting an English-language remake of “Save the Green Planet!” — a genre-bending cult film from 2003. “Midsommar” director Ari Aster will produce the remake, it was announced Thursday.
The original film’s director and writer Joon-hwan Jang will return to direct the remake, and Aster and Lars Knudsen will produce the remake through their Square Peg banner.
Cj Entertainment will finance and produce, and the studio has tapped Will Tracy, a writer on “Last Week Tonight” and “Succession,” to write the screenplay.
Also Read: Why 'Parasite' Studio Cj Entertainment Is Betting Big on Skydance
“Save the Green Planet!” is an offbeat black comedy and apocalyptic sci-fi thriller that played the festival circuit in 2003, including Cannes, and has since received a cult following. Though the plot or the tone isn’t easy to describe, the original...
The original film’s director and writer Joon-hwan Jang will return to direct the remake, and Aster and Lars Knudsen will produce the remake through their Square Peg banner.
Cj Entertainment will finance and produce, and the studio has tapped Will Tracy, a writer on “Last Week Tonight” and “Succession,” to write the screenplay.
Also Read: Why 'Parasite' Studio Cj Entertainment Is Betting Big on Skydance
“Save the Green Planet!” is an offbeat black comedy and apocalyptic sci-fi thriller that played the festival circuit in 2003, including Cannes, and has since received a cult following. Though the plot or the tone isn’t easy to describe, the original...
- 5/7/2020
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
Cj Entertainment, the studio behind multi-Oscar-winner “Parasite,” is poised to remake Korean classic “Save The Green Planet” in English. It will produce with Square Peg, the Ari Aster and Lars Knudsen label behind recent breakout “Midsommar.”
The story is an eccentric and particularly black comedy involving a disillusioned young man who captures and tortures a businessman who he believes to be part of an alien invasion. A battle of wits ensues between the captor, his devoted girlfriend, the businessman and a private detective.
The 2003 original was a cult hit that collected prizes at fantasy festivals including those in Bucheon, Buenos Aires and Brussels, and mainstream events including Rotterdam, Tokyo Filmex, and Moscow. “Green Planet” earned Jang Joon-hwan the Golden Bell award for best new director in Korea the same year.
Jang is now set to direct the remake, from an English-language adapted script by Will Tracy (HBO’s “Succession” and...
The story is an eccentric and particularly black comedy involving a disillusioned young man who captures and tortures a businessman who he believes to be part of an alien invasion. A battle of wits ensues between the captor, his devoted girlfriend, the businessman and a private detective.
The 2003 original was a cult hit that collected prizes at fantasy festivals including those in Bucheon, Buenos Aires and Brussels, and mainstream events including Rotterdam, Tokyo Filmex, and Moscow. “Green Planet” earned Jang Joon-hwan the Golden Bell award for best new director in Korea the same year.
Jang is now set to direct the remake, from an English-language adapted script by Will Tracy (HBO’s “Succession” and...
- 5/7/2020
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
Parasite producer Cj is lining up another genre-bending treat. The Korean powerhouse is teaming up with Midsommar and Hereditary duo Ari Aster and Lars Knudsen on an English-language remake of cult Korean movie Save The Green Planet!
The off-beat, black comedy-sci-fi mashup from 2003 follows a man who believes the world is on the verge of an alien invasion and sets out to save the planet by first kidnapping his boss. Check out the wild trailer for the original below.
Cj, which also produced the 2003 film, will finance and produce alongside Aster and Knudsen’s Square Peg production banner.
The original film’s writer-director Joon-hwan Jang will return to direct the movie. Cj and Jang most recently teamed up on 2017 political thriller 1987: When The Day Comes. Will Tracy, writer on HBO’s Succession and Last Week Tonight With John Oliver, has been tapped to write the adapted screenplay.
Executive producers...
The off-beat, black comedy-sci-fi mashup from 2003 follows a man who believes the world is on the verge of an alien invasion and sets out to save the planet by first kidnapping his boss. Check out the wild trailer for the original below.
Cj, which also produced the 2003 film, will finance and produce alongside Aster and Knudsen’s Square Peg production banner.
The original film’s writer-director Joon-hwan Jang will return to direct the movie. Cj and Jang most recently teamed up on 2017 political thriller 1987: When The Day Comes. Will Tracy, writer on HBO’s Succession and Last Week Tonight With John Oliver, has been tapped to write the adapted screenplay.
Executive producers...
- 5/7/2020
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
“Parents, Inc.,” the story of a young woman dealing with parents in a post-apocalyptic world, is the winner of the latest Easterseals Disability Film Challenge, a short film contest that highlights the work of filmmakers with disabilities.
The annual challenge gives filmmakers 55 hours to make short films featuring at least one person with a disability in front of or behind the camera. This year’s films were written, shot and edited April 5-7. The awards were presented Thursday night.
The best film went to Amy Hopper for “Parents, Inc.” Best director went to Carl Hansen for “I/O.” Nicole Evans won best actor for “Human Helper” and Rachel Handler won best awareness campaign for “The Vanished.”
Also Read: 'Special' Creator Ryan O'Connell on Challenging Hollywood's Perception of Disabilities (Video)
You can watch “Parents Inc.” above and all the other winners here.
Actor Nic Novicki founded the film challenge in 2014. When he started,...
The annual challenge gives filmmakers 55 hours to make short films featuring at least one person with a disability in front of or behind the camera. This year’s films were written, shot and edited April 5-7. The awards were presented Thursday night.
The best film went to Amy Hopper for “Parents, Inc.” Best director went to Carl Hansen for “I/O.” Nicole Evans won best actor for “Human Helper” and Rachel Handler won best awareness campaign for “The Vanished.”
Also Read: 'Special' Creator Ryan O'Connell on Challenging Hollywood's Perception of Disabilities (Video)
You can watch “Parents Inc.” above and all the other winners here.
Actor Nic Novicki founded the film challenge in 2014. When he started,...
- 5/11/2019
- by Tim Molloy
- The Wrap
Amy Hopper’s “Parents Inc.” took honors for best film at the sixth annual Easterseals Disability Film Challenge Thursday night, in ceremonies held at the Sony Pictures lot.
Other winners were Carl Hansen, director for “I/O”; Nicole Evans, best actor for “Human Helper”; and “The Vanished,” which took home the awareness award, accepted by Melanie Waldman.
The program was hosted by Nic Novicki, who founded the Film Challenge to empower filmmakers (with or without disabilities) to tell unique stories while providing opportunities for inclusion and representation for people with disabilities (or Pwd). Novicki reminded the enthusiastic audience that Pwd represent about 20% of the population, but only account for 3% of onscreen depictions.
Participating teams had 55 hours to write, shoot and edit a three-to-five-minute short based on an assigned genre. This year, the genre was sci-fi. Their productions were created on the weekend of April 5-7, with more than 200 people with...
Other winners were Carl Hansen, director for “I/O”; Nicole Evans, best actor for “Human Helper”; and “The Vanished,” which took home the awareness award, accepted by Melanie Waldman.
The program was hosted by Nic Novicki, who founded the Film Challenge to empower filmmakers (with or without disabilities) to tell unique stories while providing opportunities for inclusion and representation for people with disabilities (or Pwd). Novicki reminded the enthusiastic audience that Pwd represent about 20% of the population, but only account for 3% of onscreen depictions.
Participating teams had 55 hours to write, shoot and edit a three-to-five-minute short based on an assigned genre. This year, the genre was sci-fi. Their productions were created on the weekend of April 5-7, with more than 200 people with...
- 5/10/2019
- by Tim Gray
- Variety Film + TV
The truth is, that despite common belief, horror is not dominant at all as a genre in Asia; in fact the only time it ever was, was during the J-horror explosion. However, a number of very interesting productions in the realm of the extreme do continue to be produced, while this year, “One Cut of the Dead”, a zombie movie, became one of the most impactful productions of the year, for various reasons, with the same applying to “Dukun”, a Malaysian film which was completed in 2007, but managed to be screened only this year, due to its controversial nature.
Nevertheless, here are the best horror/splatter/thriller movies of 2018, in random order. By thriller, we mean the part that leans towards the horror, not films like “I Saw the Devil”, for example. “Liverleaf” does not fall exactly under this category, but the gore involved allowed us to include it in...
Nevertheless, here are the best horror/splatter/thriller movies of 2018, in random order. By thriller, we mean the part that leans towards the horror, not films like “I Saw the Devil”, for example. “Liverleaf” does not fall exactly under this category, but the gore involved allowed us to include it in...
- 12/26/2018
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
Each year Variety’s New Leaders feature profiles the most prominent up-and-comers in the entertainment business. To determine this year’s worthies, Variety looked across disciplines, from television, digital, music and film, to law and finance, as well as content creators. They were proposed by their bosses and peers who have worked with them and seen their rise. All are age 40 or under, and Variety has measured them by the progress of their career trajectories: do they take calculated risks? How fast have they risen in their companies? Are they innovative and employ solutions to problems that are creative? As part of the salute to the qualities that keep the town humming, filmmaker/producer Travis Knight, who founded Laika Studios and is also being honored with Variety’s Creative Leadership Award. The New Leaders, Variety’s 10 Asis finishing up the anticipated “Bumblebee” for Paramount, as well as Variety‘s 10 Assistants...
- 10/17/2018
- by Variety Staff
- Variety Film + TV
Lee Chang-hee’s feature directorial debut “The Vanished” is a remake of the 2012 Spanish thriller “The Body”/”El Courpo” (dir. Oriol Paulo). While Lee’s film keeps the main plot points of the original, he intensifies the neo-noir qualities through cutting out extraneous characters and locations and heightening the interpersonal dynamics between the protagonist and antagonist within a morally ambiguous world. As the interplay between the original Spanish title and the Korean one suggests, the central narrative enigma concerns a body that vanishes into the night. It should also be no surprise that it is a female body that disappears and needs to be found, deciphered and narratitvized in order to resolve male conflict and restore order.
“The Vanished” is part of the Asian selection at Fantasia International Film Festival
The body that vanishes is that of Yoon Seol-hee (Kim Hee-ae), a wealthy business woman and head of a chaebol,...
“The Vanished” is part of the Asian selection at Fantasia International Film Festival
The body that vanishes is that of Yoon Seol-hee (Kim Hee-ae), a wealthy business woman and head of a chaebol,...
- 8/8/2018
- by Colette Balmain
- AsianMoviePulse
A remake of the 2012 Spanish film The Body, Fantasia 2018 brought us the North American premiere of The Vanished from director Lee Chang-hee. Unlike a few of my ScreenAnarchy colleagues, I am not an expert in Asian films, but damn, I'd guess that The Vanished is a standout in South Korean cinema, even with all of those excellent revenge thriller that the region produces. As the plot goes, when we first meet Park Jin-han (Kim Kang-woo), he's putting in eye drops and enters a room full of sad, black-clad people, pretending to cry. Someone's passed away, and in this case, it's rich heiress and CEO Yoon Seol-hee (Kim Hee-ae)...
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- 8/2/2018
- Screen Anarchy
Korean distribution and production powerhouse Cj Entertainment is launching a specialty genre label – 413 Pictures.
The Snowpiercer producer, which is growing its U.S. footprint, plans to develop, produce and finance 2-4 English-language genre films a year, along with 4-5 local-language Asian titles. The label will include original projects and remakes and is focusing on elevated thrillers and supernatural horrors.
All Cj genre films, both English-language and local-language Asian movies, will be released under the banner going forward. The first films released in the U.S. will be Hide And Seek, which is due to go into production this fall, and The Housemaid, which is earmarked for a 2019 start.
Joel David Moore (The Guest) is directing the former, a remake of the hit Korean social horror-thriller written and directed by Huh Jung. The latter is an English-language remake of Vietnam’s highest-grossing horror film. Geoffrey Fletcher (Precious) is writing the adapted...
The Snowpiercer producer, which is growing its U.S. footprint, plans to develop, produce and finance 2-4 English-language genre films a year, along with 4-5 local-language Asian titles. The label will include original projects and remakes and is focusing on elevated thrillers and supernatural horrors.
All Cj genre films, both English-language and local-language Asian movies, will be released under the banner going forward. The first films released in the U.S. will be Hide And Seek, which is due to go into production this fall, and The Housemaid, which is earmarked for a 2019 start.
Joel David Moore (The Guest) is directing the former, a remake of the hit Korean social horror-thriller written and directed by Huh Jung. The latter is an English-language remake of Vietnam’s highest-grossing horror film. Geoffrey Fletcher (Precious) is writing the adapted...
- 7/27/2018
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
South Korea’s leading movie studio, Cj Entertainment, is developing 10 film projects in Hollywood. Two of them, North American versions of “Miss Granny” and “Hide and Seek,” are set to start production this year.
Cj Entertainment, part of the Cj E&M conglomerate that also owns TV channels and TV production companies, confirmed the details in emails with Variety on Monday. Production expansion outside creative, but crowded, Korea also matches the internationalization of its Cj-cgv exhibition chain, which is now one of the world’s top five.
“We’re proceeding with our global productions as planned. There will be more projects added to the lineup, including both remakes and originals,” spokesperson Yoon In-ho told Variety. Cj has previously indicated production budgets of up to $35 million for its U.S. pictures.
3Pas Studio is currently attaching cast for its Spanish-language remake of 2014 romantic comedy “Miss Granny,” Cj’s most successful international franchise to date.
Cj Entertainment, part of the Cj E&M conglomerate that also owns TV channels and TV production companies, confirmed the details in emails with Variety on Monday. Production expansion outside creative, but crowded, Korea also matches the internationalization of its Cj-cgv exhibition chain, which is now one of the world’s top five.
“We’re proceeding with our global productions as planned. There will be more projects added to the lineup, including both remakes and originals,” spokesperson Yoon In-ho told Variety. Cj has previously indicated production budgets of up to $35 million for its U.S. pictures.
3Pas Studio is currently attaching cast for its Spanish-language remake of 2014 romantic comedy “Miss Granny,” Cj’s most successful international franchise to date.
- 6/5/2018
- by Sonia Kil
- Variety Film + TV
South korea’s film distribution market is in the midst of such rapid change that it’s likely to soon face a new chapter in its existence.
There are multiple factors behind this shakeup, not the least being the agreement between Disney and 21st Century Fox for the Walt Disney Co.’s $52.4 billion acquisition of 20th Century Fox. One result will probably be for the two studios’ Korean offices to be merged by this summer.
That will clearly impact the releasing patterns of their lineups. Also, according to the Korean Film Council’s annual report, the two companies together accounted for 15.9% of the total box office revenue in 2017, which exceeds Cj Entertainment’s 15%.
At the same time, traditional market leaders including Cj Entertainment and Next Entertainment World have been losing their grip. The Kofic data shows that Cj Entertainment has been the top local distributor in the country since 2003. It remained on top last year,...
There are multiple factors behind this shakeup, not the least being the agreement between Disney and 21st Century Fox for the Walt Disney Co.’s $52.4 billion acquisition of 20th Century Fox. One result will probably be for the two studios’ Korean offices to be merged by this summer.
That will clearly impact the releasing patterns of their lineups. Also, according to the Korean Film Council’s annual report, the two companies together accounted for 15.9% of the total box office revenue in 2017, which exceeds Cj Entertainment’s 15%.
At the same time, traditional market leaders including Cj Entertainment and Next Entertainment World have been losing their grip. The Kofic data shows that Cj Entertainment has been the top local distributor in the country since 2003. It remained on top last year,...
- 5/10/2018
- by Sonia Kil
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Like Crazy director Drake Doremus is to direct romantic-drama Aurora for Korean production and distribution powerhouse Cj Entertainment, I can reveal.
The Handmaiden and Snowpiercer backer Cj, which is ramping up its multi-territory production slate, is developing, producing and financing the movie, which is being scripted by Salvador Paskowitz, co-writer of The Age of Adaline.
The project, currently in development, is described to me as a “sweeping romantic drama with a supernatural elements.” It follows a widower who, 25 years after his wife’s death, continues to live alone in Iceland. When a young man comes into his life with a mysterious connection to his past the two develop an uneasy relationship, causing them to question their identities and their past lives.
Producing for Cj Entertainment will be Tae-sung Jeong, CEO of Cj Entertainment, Francis Chung, VP of Global Co-Productions and Head of U.S. Production as well as director Doremus.
The Handmaiden and Snowpiercer backer Cj, which is ramping up its multi-territory production slate, is developing, producing and financing the movie, which is being scripted by Salvador Paskowitz, co-writer of The Age of Adaline.
The project, currently in development, is described to me as a “sweeping romantic drama with a supernatural elements.” It follows a widower who, 25 years after his wife’s death, continues to live alone in Iceland. When a young man comes into his life with a mysterious connection to his past the two develop an uneasy relationship, causing them to question their identities and their past lives.
Producing for Cj Entertainment will be Tae-sung Jeong, CEO of Cj Entertainment, Francis Chung, VP of Global Co-Productions and Head of U.S. Production as well as director Doremus.
- 5/9/2018
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
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