After producing Bong Joon Ho's Oscar-winning Parasite, Cj Entertainment is teaming up with Ari Aster and Lars Knudsen’s Square Peg production partnership to produce a remake of 2003's Save the Green Planet!, with the original film's director Joon-hwan Jang returning to helm the English-language reimagining from a screenplay by Will Tracy:
Press Release: Cj Entertainment, Korea’s leading entertainment conglomerate, and producer of Bong Joon-ho’s ground-breaking, multiple Oscar®-winning film Parasite, has identified its next English language remake, announcing today that the company will finance and produce an English language remake of genre bending Korean film Save The Green Planet!, alongside Ari Aster and Lars Knudsen’s Square Peg production banner.
A film that has achieved modern cult classic status since its release in 2003, the uniquely offbeat, black comedy, sci-fi thriller Save The Green Planet! was written and directed by Joon-hwan Jang (Cj Entertainment's 2017 political thriller 1987:...
Press Release: Cj Entertainment, Korea’s leading entertainment conglomerate, and producer of Bong Joon-ho’s ground-breaking, multiple Oscar®-winning film Parasite, has identified its next English language remake, announcing today that the company will finance and produce an English language remake of genre bending Korean film Save The Green Planet!, alongside Ari Aster and Lars Knudsen’s Square Peg production banner.
A film that has achieved modern cult classic status since its release in 2003, the uniquely offbeat, black comedy, sci-fi thriller Save The Green Planet! was written and directed by Joon-hwan Jang (Cj Entertainment's 2017 political thriller 1987:...
- 5/7/2020
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
As part of its expansion into Hollywood, Cj Entertainment –the Korean studio behind “Parasite” — is plotting an English-language remake of “Save the Green Planet!” — a genre-bending cult film from 2003. “Midsommar” director Ari Aster will produce the remake, it was announced Thursday.
The original film’s director and writer Joon-hwan Jang will return to direct the remake, and Aster and Lars Knudsen will produce the remake through their Square Peg banner.
Cj Entertainment will finance and produce, and the studio has tapped Will Tracy, a writer on “Last Week Tonight” and “Succession,” to write the screenplay.
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“Save the Green Planet!” is an offbeat black comedy and apocalyptic sci-fi thriller that played the festival circuit in 2003, including Cannes, and has since received a cult following. Though the plot or the tone isn’t easy to describe, the original...
The original film’s director and writer Joon-hwan Jang will return to direct the remake, and Aster and Lars Knudsen will produce the remake through their Square Peg banner.
Cj Entertainment will finance and produce, and the studio has tapped Will Tracy, a writer on “Last Week Tonight” and “Succession,” to write the screenplay.
Also Read: Why 'Parasite' Studio Cj Entertainment Is Betting Big on Skydance
“Save the Green Planet!” is an offbeat black comedy and apocalyptic sci-fi thriller that played the festival circuit in 2003, including Cannes, and has since received a cult following. Though the plot or the tone isn’t easy to describe, the original...
- 5/7/2020
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
Cj Entertainment, the studio behind multi-Oscar-winner “Parasite,” is poised to remake Korean classic “Save The Green Planet” in English. It will produce with Square Peg, the Ari Aster and Lars Knudsen label behind recent breakout “Midsommar.”
The story is an eccentric and particularly black comedy involving a disillusioned young man who captures and tortures a businessman who he believes to be part of an alien invasion. A battle of wits ensues between the captor, his devoted girlfriend, the businessman and a private detective.
The 2003 original was a cult hit that collected prizes at fantasy festivals including those in Bucheon, Buenos Aires and Brussels, and mainstream events including Rotterdam, Tokyo Filmex, and Moscow. “Green Planet” earned Jang Joon-hwan the Golden Bell award for best new director in Korea the same year.
Jang is now set to direct the remake, from an English-language adapted script by Will Tracy (HBO’s “Succession” and...
The story is an eccentric and particularly black comedy involving a disillusioned young man who captures and tortures a businessman who he believes to be part of an alien invasion. A battle of wits ensues between the captor, his devoted girlfriend, the businessman and a private detective.
The 2003 original was a cult hit that collected prizes at fantasy festivals including those in Bucheon, Buenos Aires and Brussels, and mainstream events including Rotterdam, Tokyo Filmex, and Moscow. “Green Planet” earned Jang Joon-hwan the Golden Bell award for best new director in Korea the same year.
Jang is now set to direct the remake, from an English-language adapted script by Will Tracy (HBO’s “Succession” and...
- 5/7/2020
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
Original director Jang Joon-hwan attached to reprise role; Succession’s Will Tracy adapt screenplay.
South Korean powerhouse and Parasite producer Cj Entertainment is teaming up with Midsommar and Hereditary director Ari Aster on an English-language remake of its 2003 genre-bender Save The Green Planet!
The original film’s director Jang Joon-hwan is attached to return to the director’s chair and Cj is producing with Aster and Lars Knudsen’s Square Peg.
Cj handles global sales on the remake, which is likely to stir up a bidding war among distributors both in the Us and internationally.
Jang, whose credits include thriller 1987: When The Day Comes,...
South Korean powerhouse and Parasite producer Cj Entertainment is teaming up with Midsommar and Hereditary director Ari Aster on an English-language remake of its 2003 genre-bender Save The Green Planet!
The original film’s director Jang Joon-hwan is attached to return to the director’s chair and Cj is producing with Aster and Lars Knudsen’s Square Peg.
Cj handles global sales on the remake, which is likely to stir up a bidding war among distributors both in the Us and internationally.
Jang, whose credits include thriller 1987: When The Day Comes,...
- 5/7/2020
- by 36¦Jeremy Kay¦54¦
- ScreenDaily
Parasite producer Cj is lining up another genre-bending treat. The Korean powerhouse is teaming up with Midsommar and Hereditary duo Ari Aster and Lars Knudsen on an English-language remake of cult Korean movie Save The Green Planet!
The off-beat, black comedy-sci-fi mashup from 2003 follows a man who believes the world is on the verge of an alien invasion and sets out to save the planet by first kidnapping his boss. Check out the wild trailer for the original below.
Cj, which also produced the 2003 film, will finance and produce alongside Aster and Knudsen’s Square Peg production banner.
The original film’s writer-director Joon-hwan Jang will return to direct the movie. Cj and Jang most recently teamed up on 2017 political thriller 1987: When The Day Comes. Will Tracy, writer on HBO’s Succession and Last Week Tonight With John Oliver, has been tapped to write the adapted screenplay.
Executive producers...
The off-beat, black comedy-sci-fi mashup from 2003 follows a man who believes the world is on the verge of an alien invasion and sets out to save the planet by first kidnapping his boss. Check out the wild trailer for the original below.
Cj, which also produced the 2003 film, will finance and produce alongside Aster and Knudsen’s Square Peg production banner.
The original film’s writer-director Joon-hwan Jang will return to direct the movie. Cj and Jang most recently teamed up on 2017 political thriller 1987: When The Day Comes. Will Tracy, writer on HBO’s Succession and Last Week Tonight With John Oliver, has been tapped to write the adapted screenplay.
Executive producers...
- 5/7/2020
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Comedy smash grossed $127m in South Korea this year.
Universal Pictures has secured worldwide rights to an English-language remake of Cj Entertainment’s South Korean comedy hit and all-time box office record-holder Extreme Job, with Kevin Hart eyeing the star role.
Cj Entertainment and HartBeat Productions will Produce with Tracy Oliver, who will adapt the screenplay based on the hit feature about a team of narcotics detectives who go undercover in a fried chicken restaurant just as it becomes the hottest eatery in town.
Lee Byoung-heon’s Extreme Job opened in January in South Korea and has since become the...
Universal Pictures has secured worldwide rights to an English-language remake of Cj Entertainment’s South Korean comedy hit and all-time box office record-holder Extreme Job, with Kevin Hart eyeing the star role.
Cj Entertainment and HartBeat Productions will Produce with Tracy Oliver, who will adapt the screenplay based on the hit feature about a team of narcotics detectives who go undercover in a fried chicken restaurant just as it becomes the hottest eatery in town.
Lee Byoung-heon’s Extreme Job opened in January in South Korea and has since become the...
- 4/29/2019
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Kevin Hart, Girls Trip scribe Tracy Oliver and Korean powerhouse Cj Entertainment are teaming up on an English-language remake of Cj’s Korean box office smash Extreme Job for Universal Pictures.
Hart is eyeing a starring role in the comedy, which has been picked up by Universal for world rights. Oliver will script.
Extreme Job, which earlier this year became the highest grossing film in Korean box office history, follows a team of narcotics detectives who go undercover in a fried chicken joint to stake out an organized crime gang. Things take an unexpected turn when the detectives’ chicken recipe suddenly transforms the rundown restaurant into the hottest eatery in town. The Korean hit has taken $127M in its home market, more than 14 times the film’s budget.
The growing Cj Entertainment is developing and producing with Hart’s HeartBeat banner. Producers are Francis Chung, Cj’s Head of U.S. Productions,...
Hart is eyeing a starring role in the comedy, which has been picked up by Universal for world rights. Oliver will script.
Extreme Job, which earlier this year became the highest grossing film in Korean box office history, follows a team of narcotics detectives who go undercover in a fried chicken joint to stake out an organized crime gang. Things take an unexpected turn when the detectives’ chicken recipe suddenly transforms the rundown restaurant into the hottest eatery in town. The Korean hit has taken $127M in its home market, more than 14 times the film’s budget.
The growing Cj Entertainment is developing and producing with Hart’s HeartBeat banner. Producers are Francis Chung, Cj’s Head of U.S. Productions,...
- 4/29/2019
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Kevin Hart is producing with an eye to star in the comedy “Extreme Job,” an English-language remake of a Korean box office smash, and Universal Pictures has acquired the worldwide rights to the film.
Last March, “Extreme Job” became the highest grossing film of all time in South Korea, taking in $127 million in what was 14 times greater than the film’s budget. Cj Entertainment, the Korean entertainment conglomerate that made the original comedy, is developing and producing the English-language remake along with Hart’s HartBeat production banner.
Tracy Oliver is on board to adapt the screenplay about a team of narcotics detectives who go undercover in a fried chicken joint to stake out an organized crime gang. But things take an unexpected turn when the detectives’ chicken recipe suddenly transforms the rundown restaurant into the hottest eatery in town.
Also Read: Kevin Hart's First Netflix Stand-Up Special to Debut in...
Last March, “Extreme Job” became the highest grossing film of all time in South Korea, taking in $127 million in what was 14 times greater than the film’s budget. Cj Entertainment, the Korean entertainment conglomerate that made the original comedy, is developing and producing the English-language remake along with Hart’s HartBeat production banner.
Tracy Oliver is on board to adapt the screenplay about a team of narcotics detectives who go undercover in a fried chicken joint to stake out an organized crime gang. But things take an unexpected turn when the detectives’ chicken recipe suddenly transforms the rundown restaurant into the hottest eatery in town.
Also Read: Kevin Hart's First Netflix Stand-Up Special to Debut in...
- 4/29/2019
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
Universal Pictures and Cj Entertainment are teaming up for a remake of the hit Korean comedy “Extreme Job” with Kevin Hart eyeing the starring role and Tracy Oliver on board to write the adapted screenplay.
Cj Entertainment is developing and producing the remake along with Hart’s HeartBeat production banner with Francis Chung producing for Cj and Hart producing through his HartBeat production banner. Oliver is also on board to produce. Jerry Ko, Head of International at Cj, is executive producing.
Fred Lee and Ini Chung are co-producing and will oversee development of the project with HartBeat’s Carli Haney.
“At Hartbeat, we are always seeking fun projects that tell a story for worldwide audiences, and we could not be more excited to be a part of this one,” says Hart. “Tracy Oliver is such an incredible writer who will surely bring this story to life. We are so thrilled...
Cj Entertainment is developing and producing the remake along with Hart’s HeartBeat production banner with Francis Chung producing for Cj and Hart producing through his HartBeat production banner. Oliver is also on board to produce. Jerry Ko, Head of International at Cj, is executive producing.
Fred Lee and Ini Chung are co-producing and will oversee development of the project with HartBeat’s Carli Haney.
“At Hartbeat, we are always seeking fun projects that tell a story for worldwide audiences, and we could not be more excited to be a part of this one,” says Hart. “Tracy Oliver is such an incredible writer who will surely bring this story to life. We are so thrilled...
- 4/29/2019
- by Justin Kroll
- Variety Film + TV
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