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EXCLUSIVE: He whitethorn beryllium astatine nan upcoming Cannes Film Festival to preside complete nan jury, but Park Chan-Wook will besides beryllium heating up nan marketplace pinch a movie package that has superior firepower down it.
Park is assembling an A-list formed for his passion task Western The Brigands of Rattlecreek, pinch Oscar victor Matthew McConaughey (Interstellar), Oscar nominee Austin Butler (Dune: Part Two), four-time Emmy nominee Pedro Pascal (The Last of Us) and Chinese prima Tang Wei (Decision to Leave) each aboard for nan ride.
S. Craig Zahler (Bone Tomahawk)’s original screenplay is moving guardant arsenic Oldboy and The Handmaiden director Park’s adjacent film, which will beryllium connected waste successful Cannes pinch Patrick Wachsberger’s Legendary explanation 193.
The movie is understood to travel a sheriff and a expert who activity revenge against a group of bandits who usage nan screen of a torrential thunderstorm to rob and terrorize nan occupants of a mini town. The communicative will alight connected themes cardinal to Park’s oeuvre of vengeance, retribution, nan consequences of unit and nan powerfulness of representation and family, but this clip successful nan American West.
Producing are Bradley Fischer (Zodiac), and Park for Moho Film (No Other Choice). Jisun Back for Moho Film, Mike Medavoy and Georgia Kacandes are executive producers.
Park has been keen to make nan Black List book for adjacent to a decade and location were reports that Amazon was attached years ago. The task now has much impetus than ever pinch a slayer cast: it’s a uncommon package successful nan indie marketplace for its operation of genuine A-list talent, a beloved filmmaker and genre. Despite being disposable (for now) successful nan indie space, nan project’s scope remains awesome and we perceive nan fund is being pegged northbound of $60M.
Korean auteur Park is coming disconnected acclaimed crime-comedy No Other Choice, which debuted astatine Cannes, scored 3 Golden Globe nominations and much than $40M worldwide. His erstwhile English-language projects see constricted bid The Sympathizer, miniseries The Little Drummer Girl and Fox Searchlight’s Stoker.
Park is represented by WME, Industry Entertainment and Hansen Jacobson Teller. Zahler is represented by UTA and Range Media Partners. McConaughey is represented by WME and Yorn Levine. Butler is represented by WME, Brillstein Entertainment, and Sloane, Offer. Pascal is represented by CAA and Jackoway Austen. Wei is represented by CAA. Fischer is represented by Gang, Tyre.
