Several Asian films have recently been purchased by a handful of different US companies.Kino International has purchased the Sundance award winning film In Between Days by Korean director So Yong Kim. The film is set to open at New York's IFC Center on June 27th and make its mark around the United States throughout the summer.
Netfilx, of all companies, has bought the US rights to The Go Master by Tian Zhuangzhuang, who you may recognize as the director of Spring Time in a Small Town. His latest film stars actor Chang Chen as Chinese prodigy Wu Qingyuan.
Tartan Films USA have rights to Kim Ki-duk's latest Breath, while their UK division also has purchased Kim Jee-Woon's upcoming western The Good, The Bad, and The Weird and Park Chan-Wook's I'm A Cyborg But That's OK.
This time around comes word of the Choi Min-shik starrer Failan becoming next in line for a Hollywood remake. At least a handful of talent is there to back it up. The screenplay is being developed by Jose Rivera, who wrote The Motorcycle Diaries, with director Vadim Perelman (House of Sand and Fog) set to be behind the camera.
From film we move to manwha (the Korean equivalent of a manga), where Hollyweird has been working on plans to bring the Korean comic, Priest, to the big screen. The Hyeong Min-woo’s manwha is a warped love story filled with demons, revenge and the lose of souls.
Andrew Douglas (The Amityville Horror remake) is set to helm the film with a possible Gerard Butler (300) in the lead. Sam Raimi is on board as a producer with the film aiming for a 2008 release.
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