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Neon has nabbed its 5th movie successful nan Cannes Competition pinch Na Hong-Jin’s Hope.
Neon has taken North American and English-language authorities to nan adjacent movie by nan The Wailing director. Neon is said to person been aggressively pursuing nan task since an early footage position successful November.
The movie stars Korean prima Hwang Jung-min (Deliver Us from Evil), Zo In-sung (Moving), Hoyeon (Squid Game), Alicia Vikander (Ex Machina), Michael Fassbender (Steve Jobs), Taylor Russell (Bones and All), and Cameron Britton (Umbrella Academy).
The synopsis reads: “In Hope Harbor, a distant colony adjacent nan Demilitarized Zone, constabulary main Bum-seok receives alarming news from section youths that a tiger has appeared. As nan colony erupts into panic, Bum-seok is forced to face a reality beyond belief.”
The move now brings nan full of Neon titles astatine nan show to six – pinch Arthur Harari’s The Unknown, Cristian Mungiu’s Fjord, Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s All of a Sudden, and Hirokazu Koreeda’s Sheep successful nan Box successful title and Nicolas Winding Refn’s Her Private Hell retired of competition. Neon has had nan past six Palme d’Or winners.
The Cannes berth marks Na’s 4th return to nan show pursuing his 3 erstwhile films, including The Wailing, which screened Out of Competition successful 2016, nan crime-thriller The Yellow Sea, which screened successful nan Un Certain Regard conception successful 2011, and his thriller The Chaser, besides Out of Competition successful 2008.
Written and directed by Na Hong-Jin, nan movie is produced by Na Hong-Jin, Saemi Kim, and Saerom Kim for Forged Films. It is executive-produced by Jeongin Hong and co-executive produced by Eugene Kim, pinch Plus M Entertainment financing nan film. The woody was negotiated by UTA Independent Film Group and Sarah Colvin for Neon.
Eugene Kim, Head of Content astatine Plus M Entertainment, stated: “We are thrilled to partner pinch Neon, a supplier that has consistently demonstrated an unparalleled oculus for world masterpieces. She further added, “Given nan genre-bending quality of Hope, I americium eager to spot what a powerful belief it will make connected North American audiences done Neon’s blase expertise”.
News of Neon’s pursuit began to leak connected societal media and movie blogs coming and past was confirmed by our sister publication Variety first.
