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| There are moves to make the hit movie "Parasite" into an HBO miniseries. Korea Times file |
By Park Ji-won
Directors Bong Joon-ho and Adam McKay are in talks to dramatize Bong's award-winning film "Parasite," according to CJ ENM, Friday. They are largely expected to co-produce the thriller series, sources said.
"Bong and McKay had a meeting in person and shared the understanding of making the drama together after the film's release in the North American market," an official of CJ ENM, the investor and distributor of the film, told The Korea Times, Friday.
"Before the release of the film in the North American market, Adam McKay watched the movie and was attracted to it and contacted us for its dramatization first … But no contract has been signed yet. It isn't clear as of yet whether the series will be a sequel or prequel of the film. They are planning to discuss further details after Academy campaigns."
Another company official said they are in talks to co-produce the miniseries. The prospective series is largely expected to be co-produced by the Kate Street Picture Company, CJ ENM and McKay's Hyperobject Industries.
The in-demand movie, which won the best foreign film award at the Golden Globes on Sunday ― the first Korean film to win the prize in the event's 77-year history ― is the center of industry attention with speculation it could also win an Academy Award next month.
The Korean entertainment giant formed a special team for the first time to campaign for the movie at the Academy Awards.
"Parasite" is Bong's seventh feature film, following "Barking Dogs Never Bite" (2000), "Memories of Murder" (2003), "The Host" (2006), "Mother" (2009), "Snowpiercer" (2013), and "Okja" (2017). The thriller depicts the economic polarization of Korean families ― raising questions about inequalities of society ― with incisive and well-knitted humor.
McKay, a multitalented writer and director who directed "The Big Short" and "Vice," is working on a limited HBO series about Jeffrey Epstein.
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| Actress Lee Jung-eun, director Bong Joon-ho, center, and actor Song Kang-ho in the press room with the Golden Globe for Best Motion Picture, Foreign Language, for "Parasite" at The Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, California, Sunday. AFP-Yonhap |
