Sentences with phrase «director bong»

Netflix has a pretty solid history with original content — House of Cards and Orange is the New Black, a Marvel deal that started with Daredevil and continues later this month with Jessica Jones, and the Idris Elba - starring Beasts Of No Nation have all been huge hits — but it's actually making its latest production Okja, Snowpiercer director Bong Joon - Ho's latest film, itself instead of acquiring it.

And while fans of director Bong Joon - ho, the mind behind riveting sci - fi features like Snowpiercer and The Host, couldn't eat that up more, it may take a little more to sell the casual Netflix viewer on the latest film from one of the greatest living filmmakers on the planet.

We've been intrigued by The Host (the monster movie, not the maligned Stephenie Meyer adaptation) director Bong Joon - ho's new sci - fi dystopia Snowpiercer.

Okja, the latest experimental offering from lauded director Bong Joon Ho, started off with a controversial bang, but ended up winning over critics thanks to its big - hearted plot about a little girl whose giant pet pig is kidnapped by a meat corporation.

Suffice it to say, the latest from Korean director Bong Joon - ho (whose work includes the thrilling and darkly funny monster movie «The Host») is constantly inspired and full of surprises.

Director Bong Joon Ho's Okja stars Tilda Swinton, Jake Gyllenhaal, Paul Dano, Giancarlo Esposito, Steven Yeun, Lily Collins, Devon Bostick, Daniel Henshall, Shirley Henderson, Hee Bong Byun, Je Moon Yoon, Woo Sik Choi and newcomer An Seo Hyun.

After 2013's criminally underrated Snowpiercer, South Korean director Bong Joon - ho and Tilda Swinton join forces again in this action drama.

Korean director Bong Joon - ho is on the minds of many filmgoers this summer thanks to the Stateside release of the phenomenally strange dystopian train - enthusiast blockbuster

The latest from Korean director Bong Joon - ho is nothing short of wondrous to look at in varied, detailed ways.

The prospects are hopeful with an impressive string of releases already gaining buzz, including a Netflix backed South Korean / American collaboration from Snowpiercer director Bong Joon - ho titled Okja.

Korean director Bong Joon - ho has been delighting audiences with his unique blend of fantasy for years, so his second English - language outing, Okja, was promising from the get go.

Ten years on from his breakout hit, The Host, South Korean film director Bong Joon - ho seems intent on recreating the crossover appeal of his genre - bending monster flick for a Western audience.

Netflix debuts a full - length trailer for Okja, the modern fairy tale from director Bong Joon - ho (Snowpiercer, The Host).

The surprisingly touching new film about factory farming, from Snowpiercer director Bong Joon Ho, premiered to acclaim and controversy.

How early do you come on to a project and how do you work with Director Bong in those primary stages?

LMD: You were present when Director Bong mentioned OKJA to me at the Jacob Burns Center in 2015.

Korean director Bong Joon - ho (Mother, The Host) makes his English - language debut and does so in style.

Writer - director Bong has long excelled at tweaking genre, notably in monster movie The Host (06) and in his super-tantalizing 2003 police thriller Memories of Murder, which pre-emptively out - Zodiac'd Zodiac by four years.

«Director Bong had storyboards and specific shots he wanted of actors cutting, slicing, thrashing,» explains stunt coordinator Julian Spencer.

Why it's worth your time: Korean director Bong Joon - ho has been one to watch for some time, seamlessly melding reality with fantasy thanks to stellar CGI and an eye for its direction.

The ensuing fan uproar was helped along by some in the cast: Last September, Swinton told reporters at the Deauville Film Festival that «there's no question that all English speaking audiences deserve to see director Bong's cut,» pointedly adding that the film works better at «two hours, not one hour and 40 minutes.»

The Help actress Octavia Spencer has reportedly joined The Host director Bong Joon - ho's adaptation of the French graphic novel Le Transperceneige.

South Korean director Bong Joon - ho's sci - fi epic fought its way to American screens — and beats Hollywood blockbusters at their own adrenaline - rush game

Acclaimed South Korean director Bong Joon - ho delivers his unique blend of the heart - wrenching, the horrific, and the hilarious

★ ★ ★ ★ ★ A stunning, visionary example of dystopian science fiction cinema at its very best, South Korean director Bong Joon - ho's SnowpiercerContinue Reading

MINOR SPOILERS Okja (2017) is the second film that costume designer Catherine George has worked on with director Bong Joon - ho.

The film, an international production by Korean director Bong Joon - Ho (Memories of Murder, The

Director Bong Joon - Ho is back with an all - star cast for his next film OKJA.

South Korean writer - director Bong Joon - ho (The Host) made his feature debut with the grisly black comedy Barking Dogs Never Bite (2000), but this one (2003)...

Okja is the new film from director Bong - Joon Ho, and it finds...

Snowpiercer director Bong Joon - Ho's next film — a monster story called Okja — is coming to Netflix on June 28, but in a rare move, the streaming service will actually be giving people a chance to see it in theaters.

Netflix has thrown $ 50 million into the production of Okja, the latest film from Snowpiercer director Bong Joon - Ho.

Tilda Swinton and her director Bong Joon - ho of «Okja,» scheduled to be released by the platform June 28, joined the chorus of voices praising Netflix for its accessibility.

Director Bong Joon - ho has much fun overseeing a thrilling set of action sequences in which Okja gets to knock stuff over.

The movie: A near - future sci - fi flick by Snowpiercer director Bong Joon - ho, this is exactly the type of Netflix Original the world needs: funny, weird, and utterly charming.

Jake Gyllenhaal, Paul Dano, Kelly Macdonald and Bill Nighy are poised to join Tilda Swinton in «Okja,» a multilingual monster movie from «Snowpiercer» director Bong Joon - ho, multiple individuals familiar with the project have told TheWrap.

«I couldn't be more excited for the opportunity... I'm a huge fan of director Bong's films, especially Snowpiercer.

He's represented by WME, which also reps director Bong.

Director Bong recruited a top - notch English - language cast for his hit film «Snowpiercer» including Swinton, Chris Evans, Jamie Bell, Octavia Spencer, Ed Harris, Alison Pill and John Hurt.

Director Bong Joon - ho's latest film is an adaptation of the French graphic novel Le Transperceneige by Jacques Lob, Benjamin Legrand and Jean - Marc Rochette.

He's already dropped his Top Ten Films Of 2013 (So Far)-- with a slightly altered version also surfacing — and took the time to compare «Snowpiercer» director Bong Joon - ho to Steven Spielberg.

Netflix reveals the official trailer for the upcoming film Okja, which includes the first full look at the massive animal at the heart of Director Bong Joon Ho's latest film.

2013 has definitely been a year of big comic book movies so far, with Iron Man 3 and Man of Steel both performing laudably at the box office, but one comic book adaptation that seems to have flown under the radar is acclaimed South Korean director Bong Joon - ho's (The Host, Mother) dystopian sci - fi drama Snowpiercer.

«Snowpiercer», the highly - praised film from South Korean director Bong Joon - ho, will be released in US theaters in its uncut form.

Director Bong Joon - Ho brings back Tilda Swinton whom he worked with on Snowpiercer while studding the cast out with other notable names such as Paul Dano, Lily Collins, Steven Yeun, Devon Bostick, Daniel Henshall, Shirley Henderson, Giancarlo Esposito, and Jake Gyllenhaal.

Exclusive Interviews with Director Bong Joon - ho, acting legend John Hurt and co-scripter Kelly Masterson

Exclusive Interview with Director Bong Joon - ho during his Retospective at the Jacob Burns Film Center

Chris Evans, Jamie Bell and Tilda Swinton star in the red - band trailer for director Bong Joon - ho's adaptation of the French graphic novel.

Netflix and Brad Pitt «s production company, Plan B Entertainment, are joining forces on the creature feature «Okja,» which hails from «Snowpiercer» director Bong Joon - ho, it was announced Monday.

I remember when we were writing it, director Bong said, «I love Alison Pill.