Main Korean content material agency Showbox Corp. has added “The Killers,” an uncommon anthology movie, to its Busan rights gross sales line up.
The movie takes its title and themes from Ernest Hemingway’s 1927 quick story of the identical title. Deploying satire, it described the work of a pair of hit-men, but in addition delved into themes of loss of life, friendship, and the aim of life. It has change into a literary traditional and is steadily included in anthologies of quick tales.
The anthology movie, which is now in superior levels of manufacturing, consists of six quick movies by Korean administrators impressed y the Hemingway story. They embrace Lee Myung-Se (“M,” “Duelist,” “Nowhere to Cover”), Chang Hold-jun (“Rebound,” “Forgotten”), Kim Jong-kwan (“Josée,” “The Desk”), Roh Deok (TV collection “Glitch,” “Very Strange Couple”), Sung Cho and Yunyu.
Principal images is anticipated to be accomplished by the tip of October. The movie is a Studio Invoice presentation of a Biginsquare and Manufacturing M movie with world gross sales by Showbox. “The killers within the movie are usually not solely a reference to an individual who kills, but in addition works as a metaphor,” Showbox mentioned.
The corporate additionally not too long ago added “Large Deal,” a drama movie concerning the near-death expertise of a number one soju firm in the course of the 1997 Asian monetary disaster. Directed by Choi Yun-jin, the movie stars Yoo Hai-jin (“Confidential Project 2: Worldwide,” “The Evening Owl,” “House Sweepers”) and Lee Je-hoon (TV’s “Taxi Driver,” “Structure 101”).
Different headline titles on the gross sales slate embrace “As a result of I Hate Korea,” which performed because the opening movie of the Busan competition, and “Exhuma,” a mystery-horror movie starring appearing legend Choi Min-sik (“Roaring Currents,” “Oldboy”). The movie is directed by Jang Jae-hyun (“The Monks,” “Svaha: The Sixth Finger”) and co-stars Kim Go-eun (“Little Girls”), Yoo Ha-jin and Lee Do Hyun (TV’s “The Good Unhealthy Mom” and “The Glory”).
Two additional titles play within the Busan competition’s Korean Cinema At the moment – Panorama part. “Ms Apocalypse” is a story of an unloved feminine detective and her secret crush, which is directed by Lim Solar-ae. “Ransomed” is an motion drama a couple of monetary courier who’s kidnapped in Lebanon and the diplomat despatched to extricate him. It’s directed by Kim Seong-hun (“Kingdom”) and had a industrial launch in August.
