With 2016 nearly over, we can start to play a closer attention to 2017 and
its many offerings including Okja, Bong Joon-ho's follow-up to his acclaimed
sci-fi film Snowpiercer.
Written by Joon-ho and Jon Ronson ("Frank"), Okja is as a
"bold, global adventure" that follows a young girl (Seo-Hyeon Ahn)
working to prevent a multinational conglomerate from kidnapping her best
friend, who happens to be a massive animal named Okja.
Despite said "massive animal," the South Korean filmmaker would
prefer if people and media did not refer or classify the fantasy drama as a
monster movie since according to him the titular creature is "a very shy
and introverted animal. It's a unique animal that we've not seen before,"
the director said while speaking to EW.
In addition to the clarification, Joon-ho also unveiled a couple of new images
including a storyboard page that sees Lili Collin's character Red racing
through the streets of Manhattan.
"Red is part of a group of animal rights activists that figure into the story," teases Joon-ho, who filmed in the Financial District. "On Wall Street, it’s the heart of capitalism," the director notes. "On the surface is a story about an animal, but it’s essentially a story about capitalism."
Also starring Tilda Swinton, Giancarlo Esposito Jake Gyllenhaal, Paul Dano,
Steven Yeun, Kelly Macdonald, Shirley Henderson, Devon Bostick, and Daniel
Henshall, Okja will premiere globally on Netflix in 2017 with a limited U.S.
theatrical release.
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