À̹ÌÁö È®´ë (From left) Robert Pattinson and Bong Joon-ho. [Photo by AFP Yonhap]
Oscar-winning Korean director Bong Joon-ho has recruited Hollywood star Robert Pattinson for ¡°Mickey 7,¡± a science fiction based motion picture, to raise expectation for another blockbuster.
Bong, who scored four Oscar wins with black comedy thriller ¡°Parasite¡± in 2020, is returning with new project, sci-fi thriller ¡°Mickey 7.¡± His new movie is based on Mickey 7: A Novel,¡± a fiction written by Edward Ashton.
Bong has brought on Robert Pattinson, an English actor best-known for his role as Edward Cullen in Hollywood blockbuster ¡°Twilight¡± and the Batman of the latest DC Comics superhero series, to play the main character in the upcoming film.
À̹ÌÁö È®´ë In another big expectation on the Korean film pipeline, novelist-turned-director Chun Myung-gwan is due to release ¡°Hot Blooded,¡± a crime movie based on the namesake fiction written by Kim Un-su, next month. Kim is among the popular Korean writers whose novel ¡°The Plotters¡± was shortlisted for the Grand Prix de Litterature Policiere - the most prestigious award for crime and detective fiction in France.
Chun, an award-winning novelist himself and a screenwriter, is making his debut as director with ¡°Hot Blooded.¡± He had his novel ¡°Modern Family¡± adapted into a film ¡°Boomerang Family¡± in 2013.
By Kim Yoo-tae and Cho Jeehyun
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