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Bong Joon Ho’s Next Movie Will Mix Action and Horror

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South Korean filmmaker Bong Joon Ho became a household name among horror fans in 2006 when Magnolia Pictures released his action-horror The Host, in which a monster emerges from the river and begins attacking people.

The filmmaker has always mixed genres, from his dramatic thriller Mother to his sci-fi actioner Snowpiercer, and even his dramatic Spielbergian Okja, which blends action, adventure and drama. However, one thing they all have in common is a heavy dose of social commentary, which continues in his award winning Parasite, now in theaters.

While details are slim, Joon Ho tells Variety that his next will return to his roots, once again blending action and horror.

“Actually, I am preparing two different projects,” he tells the site. “One is a Korean-language one, and the other one is an English-language one. Both projects are not big films. They’re the size of Parasite or Mother.

“The Korean film is located in Seoul and has unique elements of horror and action. It’s difficult to define the genre of my films.

“The English project is a drama film based on a true event that happened in 2016. Of course, I won’t know until I finish the script, but it has to be set half in the U.K. and half in the U.S.”

Bong Joon Ho’s Parasite is easily one of the best films of the year and follows a family who just wants a taste of the good life, only to have it go horribly wrong. Bloody Disgusting’s own Serena Fischer attended the premiere and wrote about how Parasite gets under your skin. “This film will stick with you long after the end credits roll and remain under your skin, much like its title implies,” she wrote in her review for us. It’s currently in theaters everywhere and heavily included in early awards buzz.

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‘The Whisper Man’ Official Poster – Netflix Serial Killer Thriller Stars Robert De Niro & Adam Scott

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If you leave a door half open, soon you’ll hear the whispers spoken. That’s the official tagline for The Whisper Man, a new serial killer thriller coming to Netflix next month.

Adam Scott, Michelle Monaghan, and Robert De Niro star in The Whisper Man. Based on Alex North‘s 2019 novel of the same name, the film will stream on August 28.

Check out the official poster below and expect the trailer soon.

In the film, “When his eight-year-old son is abducted, a widowed crime writer looks to his estranged father, a retired former police detective, for help, only to discover a connection with the decades-old case of a convicted serial killer known as The Whisper Man.”

The stacked cast also includes Michael Keaton, John Carroll Lynch, Hamish Linklater, Owen Teague, Will Brill, and Acston Luca Porto.

James Ashcroft (The Rule of Jenny Pen) directs Netflix’s upcoming movie The Whisper Man from a script by Ben Jacoby (The First Omen) and Chase Palmer (IT).

Anthony Russo, Joe Russo, Angela Russo-Otstot, Michael Disco, and Kassee Whiting produce the thriller for AGBO (Everything Everywhere All at Once, Extraction).

The Whisper Man is Rated R for “some bloody violence, disturbing images, suicide, language, and brief sexual references.”

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