Yorgos Lanthimos is to direct a remake of the South Korean movie ‘Save the Inexperienced Planet’.
The ‘Poor Issues’ filmmaker is ready to start taking pictures the fantasy comedy film within the UK and New York this summer season with Ed Guiney and Andrew Lowe at Factor Footage serving as producers.
The undertaking seems to be the best film for Lanthimos as a result of it’s a black comedy that tells the story of a disillusioned younger man who captures and tortures a businessman who he’s satisfied is a part of an alien invasion.
A battle of wits takes place between the captor, his devoted girlfriend, the businessman and a personal detective.
The unique South Korean film was launched in 2003 and directed by Jang Joon-hwan. It grew to become a competition favorite world wide – successful prizes in Bucheon, Buenos Aires and Brussels – and earned Jang the Golden Bell Award for greatest new director in Korea that 12 months.
‘Poor Issues’ has earned vital acclaim and gained 5 prizes on the BAFTA Movie Awards on the weekend though Yorgos not too long ago defined that he needed to be recognized for extra than simply absurdist footage.
Talking at an interview organised by the British Movie Institute (BFI) final month, the Greek director mentioned: “It is all the time not essentially the most nice factor to simply be boxed into one factor. I assume there’s some type of absurdity within the movies, however I hope they’re extra complicated than that.
“I perceive why individuals have the necessity to describe it a sure means or make sense of it by utilizing language. However the factor is, the difficulty is language just isn’t all the time enough for any type of murals.”
