Ma Dong-seok to star in new Netflix film ‘Badland Hunters’

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Badland Hunters.Netflix has announced that it has greenlit production on its the upcoming film. Badland Hunters. The movie will be led by Eternals star Ma Dong-seok along with Lee Hee-jun, Lee Jun-young and Roh Jeong-eui.The film, which has been in talks since at least 2022, is reportedly set in the universe of disaster-thriller Concrete Utopia starring Lee Byung-hun, Park Seo-joon and Park Bo-young, which was released earlier this year.According to Netflix, Ma stars in the post-apocalyptic film as Nam-san, a wasteland hunter in a decimated Seoul after a devastating earthquake.

He is joined by his trusted partner Choi Ji-wan (Lee Jun-young) and Yang Gi-su (Lee Hee-jun), a doctor who has survived the disaster.The streaming platform also described the film as one that “delves deep into a world where mere survival becomes a luxury, allegiances are volatile, and human will is tested against nature’s harshest conditions”.Badland Hunters is helmed by director, martial arts choreographer and actor Heo Myeong-haeng, who is best known for his work on films like The Roundup: No Way Out, which also starred Ma, and 2004’s Oldboy.At the time of publishing, Netflix has yet to announce a premiere window for Badland Hunters.In other South Korean entertainment news, The Marvels director Nia DaCosta has revealed that she had decided to cast Korean actor Park Seo-joon in the upcoming superhero film after watching Park’s 2020 drama Itaewon Class.“Seo-joon’s acting in the drama really impressed me,” said the director. “When I was offered to direct The Marvels, I thought hard on who to choose for the role of ‘Prince Yan’.