With the Palme d’Or at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival and Oscars for Best Director, Best Original Screenplay, Best Picture and Best International Film for Parasite in 2020, South Korean filmmaker Bong Joon Ho is moving into animation.
Although Mickey 17, his sci-fi film starring Robert Pattinson, Naomie Aki and Steven Yeun, has been pushed back from its planned March 2024 release (probably due to Cannes selection), the director is already announcing his next feature film and making. surprise.
A movie about sea creatures
After The Host, Snowpiercer, Okja, and Parasite, Bong Joon Ho will direct his first animated film based on his own script. But the latter will stay true to his favorite genre – SF – as it will be about sea creatures as the host. The filmmaker has been working on the script since 2018 and finished it in January 2021.
Bong Joon Ho
South Korea site Daum It is reported that the feature film will go into production in the second half of 2024, as the director plans to make numerous overseas promotional trips in the spring. Mickey 17.
Record budget
The still-untitled film has an impressive budget of $52 million, making it the most expensive production in Korean film history, according to media reports. Sony Pictures will distribute the feature film internationally.
The CG film tells the story of the relationship between humans and sea creatures, including deep sea creatures. Effects for the feature film will be handled by Korean company 4th Creative Party, with whom Bong Joon Ho has already collaborated on visual effects for The Host, Snowpiercer, and Okja.
The release date has not been announced yet.
Source: Allocine
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