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EXCLUSIVE: Neon has group nan North American merchandise day for Na Hong-Jin Cannes sci-fi deed Hope arsenic Wednesday, September 9th.
Following its well-received premiere astatine nan 79th Cannes Film Festival wherever it screened In Competition, nan action-sci-fi precocious secured 1 of nan highest volumes of overseas pre-sales for a Korean movie pinch much than 200 territory income worldwide.
Set successful nan distant South Korean colony of Hope Harbor, nan movie follows “police outpost main Bum-seok (Hwang Jung-min) and serviceman Sung-ae (Hoyeon) who are called to find a mysterious animal that has wreaked havoc connected nan village. In nan adjacent forest, a coterie of section hunters, including Sung-ki (Zo In-sung) group retired to way nan beast and find themselves hunted instead. But each is not arsenic it seems, and perceptions tin beryllium misleading.”
Starring are Hwang Jung-min, Zo In-sung, Hoyeon, Taylor Russell, Cameron Britton, pinch Alicia Vikander, and Michael Fassbender.
In Deadline’s Cannes reappraisal for nan film, Pete Hammond wrote: “Fasten your spot belts. Cannes conscionable unveiled Hope, a sci-fi alien monster mash from South Korean director Na Hong-Jin that ne'er lets up for a infinitesimal of its two-hour, 40-minute moving clip and out-Hollywoods thing of its benignant made by Hollywood.”
Pic was written and directed by Na Hong-Jin, produced by Forged Films, co-produced by Plus M Entertainment, Westworld, and presented and distributed by Plus M Entertainment. The Korean merchandise is lined up for this summer.
