• Home
  • Reviews
  • Interviews
  • Lists
    • Yearly Top Tens
    • Trailers
    • Contact
    • Hire Me
    • About
Menu

World of Reel

Street Address
City, State, Zip
Phone Number
Home
IMG_5547.jpg
Bi Gan’s ‘Resurrection’ Stuns and Baffle: Visual Brilliance, Narrative Chaos [Cannes]
IMG_5546.jpg
Ridley Scott’s ‘The Dog Stars’ Sets March 2026 Release
IMG_5543.jpg
Box-Office: ‘Mission: Impossible 8’ $60M Weekend, ‘Lilo & Stitch’ $160M
IMG_5544.jpg
‘Avengers: Doomsday’ Delayed to December 2026
IMG_5540.jpg
Michael Jackson Biopic Delayed (Again), Now Eyeing a Post-2026 Release—Maybe Even Two Parts
Featured
Capture.PNG
Aug 19, 2019
3-Hour ‘Midsommar' Director's Cut Screened in NYC
Aug 19, 2019

This year’s 12th edition of the Scary Movies festival at Film at Lincoln Center premiered Ari Aster’s extended version of “Midsommar” this past Saturday.

Aug 19, 2019

World of Reel

  • Home
  • Reviews
  • Interviews
  • Lists
  • More
    • Yearly Top Tens
    • Trailers
  • About
    • Contact
    • Hire Me
    • About

Bong Joon Ho’s Animated Film is Already “Halfway Done"

December 9, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

The way things are going, Bong Joon Ho’s first animated film will be released before his much-delayed “Mickey 17.”

Of course, I’m half kidding here, but there are now reports (via Screen Daily) that Bong’s untitled animated feature is making significant progress as it’s already “halfway done.” Seo Woo-sik, CEO of Barunson E&A, shared the update with The Korea Herald at the sidelines of Red Sea International Film Festival.

Apparently, Bong hand-drew the entire storyboard of the animated film which began production this summer, and is loosely inspired by Claire Nouvian’s French novel The Deep: The Extraordinary Creatures of the Abyss.

It had recently been reported that Werner Herzog joined the voice cast of Bong’s hand-drawn animated feature, according to Variety. No plot details have been revealed at this time, but the film is said to tackle deep sea creatures, and the relationship between marine life and humans. The filmmaker has admitted that he wants to keep the story secret.

The still untitled film is set to become the most expensive production in Korean film history, and Sony Pictures is rumored to have hopped onboard with plans for a worldwide release. The cost, translated into USD, would be that of around $52M.

Bong has been working on the screenplay since 2018. The script was completed in January 2021. What we do know is that “Parasite” and “Burning cinematographer Hong Kyung-pyo will be in charge of the visual lighting.

Meanwhile, Bong’s “Mickey 17” is now set for release in April 2025. We’ll see if it sticks to that date or if it, again, gets delayed.

← Mohammad Rasoulof to Direct Animated Film Set During Iranian RevolutionMichael Mann Wants to Direct Vietnam War Movie ‘Hué 1968' After ‘Heat 2' →

FOLLOW US!


Trending

Featured
IMG_5403.jpg
Ari Aster’s ‘Eddington’ POLARIZES; Starts as Satire, Ends in Horror — Not Everyone’s Buying It [Cannes]
IMG_5383.jpg
‘Sirat’ Screens — Surreal, Chaotic and Unsettling [Cannes]
IMG_5352.jpg
‘Mission: Impossible 8’ Review Embargo Breaks — It’s A Mess [Cannes]
IMG_5328.jpg
‘Sound of Falling’ Gets Bogged Down by Heavy Symbolism [Cannes]
IMG_4571.jpg
David Fincher & Brad Pitt Reunite for ‘The Continuing Adventures of Cliff Booth' + Plot Details

Critics Polls

Featured
Capture.PNG
Critics Poll: ‘Vertigo’ Named Best Film of the 1950s, Over 120 Participants
B16BAC21-5652-44F6-9E83-A1A5C5DF61D7.jpeg
Critics Poll: Kubrick’s ‘2001: A Space Odyssey’ Tops Our 1960s Critics Poll
Capture.PNG
Critics Poll: ‘The Godfather’ Named Best Movie of the 1970s
public.jpeg
Critics Poll: ‘Do the Right Thing' Named Best Movie of the 1980s
Critics Poll: ‘Mulholland Drive' Named Best Film of the 2000s
g4.jpg
Critics' Poll: ‘Goodfellas' Named Best Movie of the 1990s
Critics Poll: ‘Mad Max: Fury Road' Named Best Movie of the 2010s
World of Reel tagline.PNG
 

Content

Contribute

Hire me

 

Support

Advertise

Donate

 

About

Team

Contact

Privacy Policy

Site designed by Jordan Ruimy © 2023