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There is a lot of genre association with regions of Asian cinema. There are some films that one country will do better than the rest. And when you think of Korea one of the first genres that come to mind certainly would not be DISASTER MOVIE! But U.S.-based Polygon Entertainment has comes to terms with Korean firm Doosabu Film to produce two effects-heavy Korean features.
The first is Haeundae, to be directed by Doosabu head Yoon Je-gyun. It is billed as South Korea’s first disaster movie and centers on a tsunami that wipes out South Korea’s most famous beach, Haeundae, in Busan City. Now why does that ring a bell? The name is familiar to film industry players because Haeundae is also the location of the Pusan International Film Festival. Actress Ha Ji-won [The Duelist, Sex is Zero] has reportedly been cast in the lead role and briefly stolen my heart as I write this post. Polygon will oversee special effects on this film.
The second film is a sci-fi monster movie about the crew of an oil rig battling a deep sea monster. Having already done the monster movie really, really, well we’ll see if Korea can do it again. No director has been named yet and shooting should begin in 2008. Polygon will act as a full co-producer on the second project, while also handling rights in North America. Firm will be involved in both projects from the screenplay stage.
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sarkoffagus 12/06/2007 @ 7:43am
Ha Ji-won *sigh*! Sorry, I really just looked at her picture, but thanks for the post!
Mack 12/06/2007 @ 9:04am
Why do you think I chose it?
SojoX 12/06/2007 @ 10:18am
Korean women just seem to have a way of doing that don’t they?
But then you get to know some of them and, well, it isn’t always pretty.
DJensen 12/06/2007 @ 11:45pm
Whenever I describe Gwemul/The Host to people I say it’s more like a disaster movie than a monster flick. Or at least it straddles the line between the two genres. No other monster movie has comparable political, social, and familial consequences spin out of a monster attack and become so central to the story.
SojoX - Unfortunately so.