Hollywood will save the green planet
American producers have again taken up the remakes of the cult Asian films. CJ Entertainment has acquired the rights to the English version of the black sci-fi comedy Save the Green Planet!The original film was released in 2003. It went almost unnoticed in the South Korean box office, but gained immense popularity with viewers and critics from other countries. The film has earned an impressive 90% freshness on Rotten Tomatoes and has won several prestigious awards, including the Silver St. George at the Moscow International Film Festival. The main character of the film is the psychologically unstable beekeeper Lee Byung-gu, who believes that aliens threaten the Earth. The protagonist is confident that the aliens are preparing for an attack and have already organized a network of secret agents. Ben-gu kidnaps the head of a large pharmaceutical company, who allegedly leads the ground operation of humanoids ...  CJ Entertainment will avoid the mistakes of the creators of the American version of another Korean movie hit: in 2013, Vertigo studio turned down the services of the author of "Oldboy" Park Chang-wok and entrusted the director's chair of the remake to Spike Lee. As a result, the Hollywood "Oldboy" failed at the box office. CJ Entertainment bosses have learned from the rival's fatal miscalculation and entrusted the production of the remake of Save the Green Planet! the creator of the original, Chan Jun-hwan. The film's production team will be led by Ari Astaire (Reincarnation, Solstice). Source: Collider The Topic of Article: Hollywood will save the green planet. |
