Any time Bong Joon-ho makes a movie, it’s well worth getting
your panties in a bunch over. The guy is a goddamned hit
factory—Snowpiercer, Mother, The
Host. But when he makes a monster movie, one with an insanely great
cast, that’s the kind of thing that gets you dancing around the room in giddy
anticipation.
The Wrap reports that Jake Gyllenhaal, Tilda Swinton, PaulDano, Kelly Macdonald, and Bill Nighy have all teamed up for Bong’s upcoming
Okja, a cross-continental monster movie. There is nothing
not to love about that.
There aren’t many plot details at the moment, but the story
reportedly revolves around a rural Korean girl who travels from her homeland to
the U.S., and the film is reportedly going to be largely in both Korean and
English.
If Snowpiercer is any indication, this is
just the beginning, and Bong will likely assemble an even more all star
international cast than he already has. It wouldn’t surprise anyone if Song
Kang-ho, who has worked with the director on The Host,
Snowpiercer, and Memories of Murder,
shows up in a sizeable role. There have been rumblings that Doona Bae
(Cloud Atlas, The Host, Sympathy
for Mr. Vengeance) could take the lead.
Even with Pacific Rim 2, Kong:
Skull Island, and more Godzilla movies on the way,
Okja is the one we’re most excited about.
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