‘Train To Busan’ Director Yeon Sang-ho And Appian Way Team On Action-Horror Pic ’35th Street’ At TriStar
EXCLUSIVE: Train To Busan director Yeon Sang-ho has found his first major studio pic as he is set to direct and write TriStar Pictures’ 35th Street, along with writer Ryu Yong-jae. The pic will be produced by Appian Way and WOW POINT. The project is in development and marks the director’s first English-language project. While plot details are being kept under wraps, it’s being described as an action/horror film.
One of Korea’s most prolific multi-platform storytellers, Yeon rose to global prominence in 2016 after releasing his first live-action $8 million zombie thriller Train To Busan which grossed over $98 million worldwide. The film put him on the map, becoming a classic rewatch and led to a sequel in 2020.
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Peninsula, the sequel to Train To Busan was an official selection of the 2020 Cannes Film Festival which was released in July in limited territories during the pandemic, grossing $45M. Both directed by Director Yeon, TV series Hellbound and the film Jung-E were both released via Netflix, and each hit #1 globally on the platform.
WOW POINT, based in Seoul, is a global content production company, actively producing original local content in Korea, the United States, and Japan. Recent projects include the Netflix series The Bequeathed, which garnered global attention as a Korean-style mystery thriller, and the Netflix series Parasyte: The Grey, an adaptation of the legendary Japanese manga ‘Parasyte,’ which hit #1 in 45 countries upon its launch.
Yeon is represented by UTA and Johnson Shapiro Slewett & Kole, LLP.
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