Public Enemies - What Did You Think?
Wildgrounds found a 30 second teaser for The Host director Bong Joon-ho’s upcoming dramatic thriller Mother. The film tells the story of a mother desperately searches for the killer that framed her son for their horrific murder. I love how the teaser posters, seen above, mirror each other. The teaser doesn’t show much, but I thought anyone who has seen The Host might be interested to see what Joon-ho was doing next. Check out the clip after the jump.
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Gore Verbinski to Produce, Fredrik Bond to Direct The Host Remake
Posted on Tuesday, November 18th, 2008 by Peter Sciretta
Universal Studios has signed a director to remake Bong Joon-ho’s 2006 Korean monster film The Host. Commercial film director Fredrik Bond will helm the project, based on a script by Smart People scribe Mark Poirier, and Gore Verbinski will produce. Bond has directed a variety of commercials over the last few years (check them out right now here). Haven’t seen The Host? Check out the trailer below!
The Host follows a dysfunctional family who sets out to bring their little girl back home after a horrifying giant monster that emerges from the Han River to wreak havoc on Seoul. The Host was released on a record number of screens in South Korea and broke box-office records throughout its domestic run. By the end of its run, over 13 million people had bought tickets, making it the highest grossing South Korean film of all time. Joon-Jo talked to Sci-Fi about the idea of an American remake during the film’s original theatrical run. Here is what he said:
“Maybe three or four years down the line, if The Host [remake] comes out, and there’s a cool director who takes it on and makes it a real great film, then I’d be very happy,” Bong told SciFiWire in an interview, through a translator. “On the other hand, if it’s just crap, I think I’d be happy, too, because then people would be like, ‘Oh, yeah, Bong’s original was really good.’ So, for me, it’s a win-win situation. But Universal has a tradition of doing horror and creature films, so I anticipate that they will do a great film.”
If you haven’t yet, check out Fredrik’s commercial work in our Commercial Directors Spotlight.
Photos: Bong Joon Ho, Leos Carax, and Michel Gondry’s Tokyo!
Posted on Monday, May 12th, 2008 by Peter Sciretta
Another bunch of photos direct from the Cannes Film Festival, which begins this week. Tôkyô! is the upcoming three part anthology project, a triptych film in the same tradition of New York Stories or Paris, je t’aime, from directors Bong Joon Ho (The Host), Leos Carax (Bad Blood) and Michel Gondry (Eternal Sunshine). Each director tells an odd little story set in Japan’s capitol.
Michel Gondry’s 30-minute segment is titled “Interior Design”. Written by Gondry and comic author Gabrielle Bell, Design is based on Bell’s comic book “Cecil and Jordan in New York” from “Kramer’s Ergot #5″. The surreal fable of a young couple who moves to Tokyo in search of a future. While the boy’s ambition is clear - be a movie maker- the girl drifts gradually apart. Both of them will be drowned in the imensity until the girl [Ayako Fujitani, Steven Seagal's Japanese daughter], feeling alone, discovers something strange … she eventually turns into a chair. Sounds like something Gondry would make.
Bong Joon Ho’s segment is tentatively titled “Shaking Tokyo”, stars Yu Aoi (All About Lily Chou-Chou), Kagawa Teruyuki “Sway (Yureru)”, Takenaka Naoto (Ping Pong/Swing Girls). He is a hikikomori - like many others in Japan, he has withdrawn from all contact with the outside world .When the pizza delivery girl faints during an earthquake, the unthinkable happens - the man falls in love. Will he take the unimaginable step : leaving the dead security of his apartment for the streets of Tokyo ?
Leos Carax’s segment Merde, follows a mysterious man who spreads confusion on the streets of Tokyo through a succession of irrational and provocative acts. ” The Creature of the Sewers ” as the media have dubbed him, arouse passion or repulsion. He will be captured, judged and then…
You can also watch the teaser trailer we posted earlier in the week.
TwitchFilm has the first movie trailer for Tôkyô!, the upcoming three part anthology project,a triptych film in the same tradition of New York Stories or Paris, je t’aime, from directors Bong Joon Ho (The Host), Leos Carax (Bad Blood) and Michel Gondry (Eternal Sunshine). Each director tells an odd little story set in Japan’s capitol.
Michel Gondry’s 30-minute segment is titled “Interior Design”. Written by Gondry and comic author Gabrielle Bell, Design is based on Bell’s comic book “Cecil and Jordan in New York” from “Kramer’s Ergot #5″. The story follows a girl [Ayako Fujitani, Steven Seagal's Japanese daughter] who tries to move into Tokyo with her boyfriend. Unable to find an apartment or a job, she eventually turns into a chair. Sounds like something Gondry would make.
Bong Joon Ho’s segment is tentatively titled “Shaking Tokyo”, stars Yu Aoi (All About Lily Chou-Chou), Kagawa Teruyuki “Sway (Yureru)”, Takenaka Naoto (Ping Pong/Swing Girls), centers around a guy who hasn’t gone outside out of his apartment in 10 years. Then, because of an earthquake, he finally leave his apartment, all the while being in love with a pizza delivery girl played by Yu Aoi.
Leos Carax’s segment Merde, follows “a man, or rather a ‘creature’ living in sewers begins terrorizing people in the city. After the imperial army launches a few grenades, it is stopped. Master Voland, a shabby french lawyer, is one of only 3 people in the world to understand its language.
Watch the trailer after the jump.
Bong Joon-ho’s The Host opened up last week, and there is already talk of a big budget American remake. Must we ruin everything good?
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The Buzz: The Host is a Thrilling Thinking-Person’s Monster Movie
Posted on Thursday, March 8th, 2007 by Peter Sciretta
The Host
Director: Bong Joon-Ho
Starring: Song Kang-ho, Scott Wilson, Byun Hee-Bong, Park Hae-il, and Bae Doona
Running Time: 119 minutes
MPAA Rating: R for creature violence and language
Buzz Rating:
