À̹ÌÁö È®´ë South Korean director Jung Byung-gil¡¯s action film ¡°The Villainess,¡± which premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in 2017, is set to be adapted for a TV series by Amazon Studios, Next Entertainment World announced Monday.
The Korean content distribution company in 2019 had signed a remake partnership with ¡°Fear The Walking Dead¡± series producer Skybound Entertainment.
The original director Jung will join the team as the director of the pilot episode and executive producer. ¡°Star Trek Beyond¡± film writer Doug Jung also will serve as an executive producer, and ¡°Dynasty¡± series and ¡°Sleepy Hollow¡± film writer Francisca Hu the other executive producer and writer.
À̹ÌÁö È®´ë The Villainess starring actress Kim Ok-vin is a hard-boiled action film about skilled female assassin Sook-hee, who was raised as a killing weapon. The film received an invite to the non-competitive section of the Cannes Film Festival in 2017.
The new TV series will follow a story about an Asian woman who believes she was adopted by American parents and raised in a small town in the U.S. but then later unearths her hidden past during a trip to Seoul, her motherland.
Detailed casting and release date were not disclosed.
Amazon Studios has been aggressive in creating its own programs. It acquired MGM Studios for $8.45 billion in May and inked a deal to add Universal Pictures¡¯ movies on its Prime Video and IMDb TV services recently.
Other original Korean movies are also readying to meet global fans in remakes in other languages.
À̹ÌÁö È®´ë Korean director Lee Hwan-kyung¡¯s comedy drama film ¡°Miracle in Cell No. 7¡± starring Ryu Seung-ryong, Kal So-won and Park Shin-hye will turn into a Spanish TV series by Spain¡¯s Rock and Ruz, set by Netflix original series ¡°Black Mirror¡± producer Miguel Ruz.
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