Okja

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Okja
Directed by Bong Joon-ho
Produced by
  • Dooho Choi
  • Lewis Taewan Kim
Written by
Starring
Cinematography Darius Khondji
Edited by
  • Meeyeon Han
  • Jin-mo Yang
Production
companies
Distributed by Netflix
Country
  • South Korea
  • United States
Language English
Korean
Budget $50 million

Okja is an upcoming South Korean-American action-adventure movie directed by Bong Joon-ho and co-written by Bong and Jon Ronson. The film stars Ahn Seo-hyun, Tilda Swinton, Jake Gyllenhaal, Paul Dano, Steven Yeun, Lily Collins, Devon Bostick, Byun Hee-bong, and Shirley Henderson.

Premise[edit]

A young girl named Mija risks everything to prevent a powerful, multi-national company from kidnapping her best friend — a massive animal named Okja. Director Bong Joon-ho has called Okja "a very shy and introverted animal. It’s a unique animal that we’ve not seen before.”[1]

Cast[edit]

Production[edit]

Bong Joon-ho's next movie will be the multilingual monster movie Okja, which is expected to feature a Korean female lead and a cast of English-speaking supporting actors, whose scenes will be set in New York. [2] On November 10, 2015 it was picked up by Netflix and Plan B Entertainment with a budget of $50 million with a production start in late 2016 for release in 2017.[3] Darius Khondji joined the film as cinematographer in February 2016.[4] In March 2016 it was announced that Lily Collins had joined the cast in one of the lead roles.[5]

Principal photography began on April 22, 2016 in Seoul, South Korea.[6][7] It moved to Vancouver, Canada for more filming on July 31, 2016.[8]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Okja: exclusive images from Netflix's 2017 thriller starring Tilda Swinton and Jake Gyllenhaal - NME". NME. 2016-12-22. Retrieved 2017-01-18. 
  2. ^ Trumbore, Dave (November 5, 2015). "'Okja': Bong Joon-ho's Monster Movie Adds Jake Gyllenhaal, Paul Dano, and Bill Nighy". Collider. Retrieved October 5, 2015. 
  3. ^ Trumbore, Dave (November 10, 2015). "Netflix Backs Bong Joon-ho's 'Okja' with $50 Million". Collider. Retrieved November 10, 2015. 
  4. ^ "Bong Joon-ho, Netflix and Darius Khondji join forces for Okja". Asian Movie Pulse. Retrieved 2016-04-26. 
  5. ^ "Lily Collins joins Jake Gyllenhaal & Tilda Swinton in Bong Joon-ho's Okja". www.joblo.com. Retrieved 2016-04-26. 
  6. ^ Evry, Max (April 22, 2016). "Okja Begins Filming with Tilda Swinton and Jake Gyllenhaal". ComingSoon.net. Retrieved April 25, 2016. 
  7. ^ "Bong Joon Ho's Okja Starts Filming with Tilda Swinton". Collider. Retrieved 2016-04-26. 
  8. ^ http://collider.com/the-predator-filming-dates/

External links[edit]

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