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A Dark, Weird and Creepy International ‘Stoker’ Trailer

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Posted by MrDisgusting on October 04, 2012 @ 11:26am
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Fox Searchlight has locked down a March 1, 2013 release for Park Chan-wook’s english-language debut, Stoker, his vampire tale penned by Ted Foulke (aka Wentworth Miller). The full trailer has been revealed that puts the nasty Stoker family on display. This looks to have all of the good character development seen in Chan-wook’s Korean cinema (Oldboy, Thirst, JSA).

Miller also stars alongside Mia Wasikowska, Nicole Kidman, Matthew Goode, Jacki Weaver, Lucas Till, Alden Ehrenreich, Phyllis Somerville and Dermot Mulroney.

“After India’s (Wasikowska’s) father dies in an auto accident, her Uncle Charlie (Goode), who she never knew existed, comes to live with her and her emotionally unstable mother (Kidman). Soon after his arrival, she comes to suspect this mysterious, charming man has ulterior motives, but instead of feeling outrage or horror, this friendless girl becomes increasingly infatuated with him.”

This is the first in a planned trilogy. Park Chan-wook is the Korean master of genre cinema having directed Oldboy, Sympathy for Mr. Vengenace and Lady Vengeance, along with Thirst and JSA. READ MORE

It’s The Full Trailer For Park Chan-wook’s Sadistic Family Horror ‘Stoker’!

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Posted by MrDisgusting on September 26, 2012 @ 1:18pm
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Miller also stars alongside Mia Wasikowska, Nicole Kidman, Matthew Goode, Jacki Weaver, Lucas Till, Alden Ehrenreich, Phyllis Somerville and Dermot Mulroney.

Watch The Intense First Ever Footage From Park Chan-wook’s English-Language ‘Stoker’!!

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Posted by MrDisgusting on September 20, 2012 @ 9:39am
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Fox Searchlight has locked down a March 1, 2013 release for Park Chan-wook’s english-language debut, Stoker, his vampire tale penned by Ted Foulke (aka Wentworth Miller). ET has shared a tease of the film’s trailer that puts the nasty Stoker family on display. This looks to have all of the good character development seen in Chan-wook’s Korean cinema.

Miller also stars alongside Mia Wasikowska, Nicole Kidman, Matthew Goode, Jacki Weaver, Lucas Till, Alden Ehrenreich, Phyllis Somerville and Dermot Mulroney.

Park Chan-wook Only Put Down ‘The Axe’ For A Little Bit, Now He’s Picking It Back Up

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Posted by EvanDickson on April 19, 2012 @ 7:12pm
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Director Park Chan-wook (Oldboy, Thirst, Sympathy for Mr Vengeance, Sympathy for Lady Vengeance and the upcoming Stoker) is loyal to the projects that grab his attention. After he finishes post-production on Stoker he’s going to be circling back to the project he was prepping before that script came along, The Axe.

Chan-wook told the Korea JoongAng Daily that “I was planning to make another film, ‘The Axe,’ before I started shooting ‘Stoker.’ But while I was still seeking investors for that film, I received the screenplay for ‘Stoker.’ So ‘The Axe’ will be my next work, though I need to do some more work on the casting and attracting investors. I’m also thinking about making a historical film, but I’m not sure when I’ll be able to do that… I’d like to continue working in both Hollywood and Korea. Actually, it doesn’t matter to me where a film is made. If the story is good, I’ll follow it.”

The Axe certainly sounds interesting. In the film (a remake of Costa-Gavras’ 2005 film Le Couperet (The Ax), adapted from a novel by Donald E. Westlake), “a middle aged, middle class salaryman loses his job after a downsizing, and after spending the following two years downsizing his lifestyle, he decides to overcome competition in his own personal way: chopping down anyone who gets in the way of his path back into fiscal solvency.”

Stoker has no firm release date as of yet, but it’s looking like a Fall 2012 release. READ MORE

‘Host’ and ‘Oldboy’ Directors Take a Train to the Apocalypse!

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Posted by MrDisgusting on November 15, 2011 @ 6:26pm
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Host and Oldboy Directors Take a Train to the Apocalypse!

After five long years it appears The Host director Bong Joon-ho is finally getting his post-apocalyptic tale off the ground. Being produced by Oldboy, Thirst and Stoker director Park Chan-wook, Snow Piercer – an adaptation of the French post-apocalyptic graphic novel Le Transperceneige – is gearing up for a shoot in the Czech Republic.

KoreanCinemaToday reports that Snow Piercer is already in pre-production with lensing set to begin next March in Prague with a budget of about $35 million for the Korean, U.S. and French co-production.

The film will also reunite him with his The Host and Memories Of Murder star Song Kang-ho (pictured above), who also starred in Chan-wook’s Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance, Lady Vengeance and J.S.A.: Joint Security Area.

The French graphic novel follows a group of people on a train without a final destination, struggling to survive after the end of the world brings on a cataclysmic ice age. READ MORE

Big Oscar Names to Topline ‘Oldboy’ Director’s ‘Stoker’!

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Posted by MrDisgusting on February 12, 2011 @ 2:46am
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Ha! And I thought I could finally sit down to watch some basketball…

The LA Times is reporting that hot with Oscar buzz, Colin Firth and Nicole Kidman look to new roles in Stoker.

Firth, the British actor receiving major Oscar buzz for his portrayal of King George VI in The King’s Speech, is negotiating to join the family mystery-drama that South Korean filmmaker Chan Wook-Park (Oldboy, Thirst) is making as his first English-language movie.

Nicole Kidman, herself gaining award-season buzz for her turn as a grieving mother in Rabbit Hole, is also negotiating to come aboard in a lead part.

Penned by actor Wentworth Miller, Stoker tells of a girl and her mother who are visited by a mysterious uncle after the girl’s father dies. Kidman would play the mother and Firth the uncle. The Fox Searchlight film, which is being produced by Ridley Scott’s production company and will star Mia Wasikowska as the girl, India Stoker, is set to start shooting in late spring.
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Joe Foster Out, ‘Alice’ in for Creepy ‘Stoker’

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Posted by MrDisgusting on January 28, 2011 @ 4:24pm
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Alice in Wonderland‘s Mia Wasikowska is negotiating to star in Stoker, the Fox Searchlight thriller that will be directed by Oldboy and Thirst director Chan-wook Park. The script was written by Wentworth Miller, the “Prison Break” star who wrote under the pseudonym Ted Foulke. Ridley and Tony Scott will produce with Michael Costigan under the Scott Free banner.

Carey Mulligan had been attached when the script sold, but it be Wasikowska in the lead role when shooting begins this spring. She’ll play an eccentric teen whose enigmatic and estranged uncle returns to the family after the death of the girl’s father. Strange things begin to happen. Jodie Foster had been attached along with Mulligan, but she’s not doing the film, Deadline adds. When he sold Stoker, Miller had also written Uncle Charlie, a prequel that explores another chapter in the history of a family with a knack for burying secrets as well as bodies.

Joe Foster Out, Alice in for Creepy Stoker

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Posted by MrDisgusting on January 10, 2011 @ 3:56pm
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Acclaimed South Korean film director Park Chan-wook is wielding a new cinematic tool: the iPhone. Park, director of the internationally known “Old Boy,” ”Lady Vengeance” and “Thirst,” said Monday that his new fantasy-horror film Paranmanjang was shot entirely on Apple Inc.’s iconic smartphone! I love the idea of a A-list director attempting something of this magnitude. More details on the side project can be found inside.
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‘Oldboy’ Director Making English-Language Debut on ‘Stoker’?!

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Posted by MrDisgusting on November 17, 2010 @ 5:50pm
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This could easily be the best news of the year, sans the reveal of J.J. Abrams’ Super 8. The LA Times is reporting that South Korean director Park Chan-wook – the genius behind Oldboy, Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance, Sympathy for Lady Vengeance and Thirst – could make his English-language directorial debut on Stoker, a drama about a young woman whose eccentric uncle comes back into her life after the death of her father. Stoker>, you may recall, is the first film from “Prison Break” star Wentworth Miller, who penned the script in his other life as a screenwriter, and is being produced by Ridley and Tony Scott’s company, as well as Carey Mulligan is playing the young woman, and Jodie Foster is co-starring in the movie.
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Three… Extremes (JP) (limited)

Posted by Tex Massacre on February 28, 2006 @ 12:00am
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Exploring the outer limits of the macabre, Lions’ Gate Films’ THREE… EXTREMES is a bracing triptych of horror stories uniting three of East Asia’s most compelling directors – Japanese cult figure Takashi Miike, Hong Kong’s Fruit Chan, and Korea’s award-winning Park Chan-Wook. Using distinctive cinematic styles that span dream-like minimalism, savage comedy and baroque horror, these cutting-edge directors penetrate the dark heart of desire, examining the ghastly urges that transform ordinary people into monsters. Stylish, twisted and laced with haunting imagery, THREE…EXTREMES breaks the bounds of genre cinema, confirming the visionary talent of three master directors.

Oldboy (KR)

Posted by Bloody Disgusting Staff on August 23, 2005 @ 12:00am
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After being kidnapped and imprisoned for 15 years, Oh Dae-Su is released, only to find that he must find his captor in 5 days.