Anthony Chen and Gina Kim Film Projects Adorn Busan Slate as Korea’s Barunson C&C Expands to Global Role (EXCLUSIVE)
variety.comPatrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief Anthony Chen (“The Breaking Ice”) is attached to direct and Shinho Lee to write “Sunset Park” for Barunson C&C, a film and TV production subsidiary of Barunson E&A, the Korean company that produced Oscar-winning hit “Parasite.” “Sunset Park” recounts a surprising journey in the U.S.
made by a Korean father with his son’s room mate, after the man receives tragic news about his son. The project is being developed by Jane Hyojin Kwon (Lucky Jane Title) and Woo-sik Seo (Barunson C&C), with Chen’s production outlet Giraffe Pictures boarding as producing partner.
New York-based Lee is the writer of Na Hong-jin’s breakout Korean actioner “The Chaser” as well as Wayne Wang’s drama film “While The Women Are Sleeping.” The cross-cultural story is only one of several high-profile global projects that the company is launching in and around the Busan International Film Festival and on TV and streaming in the coming days s it expands from its long-established base in Korean TV.
Others new projects include “Princess Bari,” an adaptation of the acclaimed Korean novel of the same title by Hwang Sok-yong, that Los Angeles-based Gina Kim is set to direct.
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