Exclusive: Korea’s Cj Enm is off to a strong start in the international arena in 2023, with its U.S. co-production Past Lives emerging as one of the biggest hits of Sundance and Berlin, and Vietnamese family comedy House Of No Man becoming the highest-grossing film of all time in its home territory.
In addition to overseeing global distribution of Korean hits such as Parasite, Decision To Leave and Broker, Cj Enm’s Head Of Film Business Jerry Kyoungboum Ko is spearheading an ambitious international strategy that involves English-language production in the U.S., as well as local-language content across several territories.
Celine Song’s Past Lives, which Cj co-produced and co-financed with A24, garnered rave reviews when it premiered at this year’s Sundance film festival and went on to win more acclaim in Berlin. Produced by U.S. labels Killer Films and 2Am, the film stars Greta Lee,...
In addition to overseeing global distribution of Korean hits such as Parasite, Decision To Leave and Broker, Cj Enm’s Head Of Film Business Jerry Kyoungboum Ko is spearheading an ambitious international strategy that involves English-language production in the U.S., as well as local-language content across several territories.
Celine Song’s Past Lives, which Cj co-produced and co-financed with A24, garnered rave reviews when it premiered at this year’s Sundance film festival and went on to win more acclaim in Berlin. Produced by U.S. labels Killer Films and 2Am, the film stars Greta Lee,...
- 3/12/2023
- by Liz Shackleton
- Deadline Film + TV
After producing Bong Joon Ho's Oscar-winning Parasite, Cj Entertainment is teaming up with Ari Aster and Lars Knudsen’s Square Peg production partnership to produce a remake of 2003's Save the Green Planet!, with the original film's director Joon-hwan Jang returning to helm the English-language reimagining from a screenplay by Will Tracy:
Press Release: Cj Entertainment, Korea’s leading entertainment conglomerate, and producer of Bong Joon-ho’s ground-breaking, multiple Oscar®-winning film Parasite, has identified its next English language remake, announcing today that the company will finance and produce an English language remake of genre bending Korean film Save The Green Planet!, alongside Ari Aster and Lars Knudsen’s Square Peg production banner.
A film that has achieved modern cult classic status since its release in 2003, the uniquely offbeat, black comedy, sci-fi thriller Save The Green Planet! was written and directed by Joon-hwan Jang (Cj Entertainment's 2017 political thriller 1987:...
Press Release: Cj Entertainment, Korea’s leading entertainment conglomerate, and producer of Bong Joon-ho’s ground-breaking, multiple Oscar®-winning film Parasite, has identified its next English language remake, announcing today that the company will finance and produce an English language remake of genre bending Korean film Save The Green Planet!, alongside Ari Aster and Lars Knudsen’s Square Peg production banner.
A film that has achieved modern cult classic status since its release in 2003, the uniquely offbeat, black comedy, sci-fi thriller Save The Green Planet! was written and directed by Joon-hwan Jang (Cj Entertainment's 2017 political thriller 1987:...
- 5/7/2020
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
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.
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“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
Original director Jang Joon-hwan attached to reprise role; Succession’s Will Tracy adapt screenplay.
South Korean powerhouse and Parasite producer Cj Entertainment is teaming up with Midsommar and Hereditary director Ari Aster on an English-language remake of its 2003 genre-bender Save The Green Planet!
The original film’s director Jang Joon-hwan is attached to return to the director’s chair and Cj is producing with Aster and Lars Knudsen’s Square Peg.
Cj handles global sales on the remake, which is likely to stir up a bidding war among distributors both in the Us and internationally.
Jang, whose credits include thriller 1987: When The Day Comes,...
South Korean powerhouse and Parasite producer Cj Entertainment is teaming up with Midsommar and Hereditary director Ari Aster on an English-language remake of its 2003 genre-bender Save The Green Planet!
The original film’s director Jang Joon-hwan is attached to return to the director’s chair and Cj is producing with Aster and Lars Knudsen’s Square Peg.
Cj handles global sales on the remake, which is likely to stir up a bidding war among distributors both in the Us and internationally.
Jang, whose credits include thriller 1987: When The Day Comes,...
- 5/7/2020
- by 36¦Jeremy Kay¦54¦
- ScreenDaily
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
Exclusive: Jonathan Rhys Meyers (The Tudors), Jacinda Barrett (Bloodline), Joe Pantoliano (The Sopranos) and Mustafa Shakir (Luke Cage) will lead cast in Cj Entertainment’s horror-thriller remake Hide And Seek. Principal photography begins this week in New York City.
Actor-director Joel David Moore (Youth In Oregon) is directing the redo of New’s 2013 hit which took more than $35M at the Korean box office. Bones and Dodgeball actor Moore adapted the screenplay from writer-director Huh Jung’s original.
The socially-minded horror, which nods to the crisis in affordable housing and the growing chasm between rich and poor, follows a man searching for his long-lost brother who stumbles upon a secret world of squatters terrorizing the homes of unsuspecting tenants.
Korean powerhouse Cj Entertainment, which is growing its U.S. footprint, developed the remake and is financing and producing the film, which is due to be the first in a slate...
Actor-director Joel David Moore (Youth In Oregon) is directing the redo of New’s 2013 hit which took more than $35M at the Korean box office. Bones and Dodgeball actor Moore adapted the screenplay from writer-director Huh Jung’s original.
The socially-minded horror, which nods to the crisis in affordable housing and the growing chasm between rich and poor, follows a man searching for his long-lost brother who stumbles upon a secret world of squatters terrorizing the homes of unsuspecting tenants.
Korean powerhouse Cj Entertainment, which is growing its U.S. footprint, developed the remake and is financing and producing the film, which is due to be the first in a slate...
- 12/3/2018
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Ashok Amritraj’s Hyde Park International has come aboard Cj Entertainment’s horror/thriller remake Hide and Seek, which Joel David Moore adapted and is directing. Cameras roll on Nov. 26 in New York City. Hyde Park is handling all foreign rights.
Huh Jung directed and wrote the original 2013 movie (released by Korean distributor New) which clocked 5.6 million admissions and grossed over $35M in South Korea.
Cj Entertainment is developing, financing and producing Hide and Seek, via its newly created genre label 413 Pictures which will also release the film throughout Asia. The film will be the first in a slate of genre titles from the label.
Hide and Seek is a social horror-thriller that explores the widening gap between the top 1% and the lower classes who are increasingly priced out of their homes. In the film, a man searching for his long lost brother stumbles upon a secret world of...
Huh Jung directed and wrote the original 2013 movie (released by Korean distributor New) which clocked 5.6 million admissions and grossed over $35M in South Korea.
Cj Entertainment is developing, financing and producing Hide and Seek, via its newly created genre label 413 Pictures which will also release the film throughout Asia. The film will be the first in a slate of genre titles from the label.
Hide and Seek is a social horror-thriller that explores the widening gap between the top 1% and the lower classes who are increasingly priced out of their homes. In the film, a man searching for his long lost brother stumbles upon a secret world of...
- 10/24/2018
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
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