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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.

Horror movie fanatic who co-founded Bloody Disgusting in 2001. Producer on Southbound, V/H/S/2/3/94, SiREN, Under the Bed, and A Horrible Way to Die. Chicago-based. Horror, pizza and basketball connoisseur. Taco Bell daily. Franchise favs: Hellraiser, Child's Play, A Nightmare on Elm Street, Halloween, Scream and Friday the 13th. Horror 365 days a year.

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Julia Garner Joins Horror Movie ‘Weapons’ from the Director of ‘Barbarian’

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In addition to Leigh Whannell’s upcoming Universal Monsters movie Wolf Man, Julia Garner (The Royal Hotel) has also joined the cast of Weapons, THR has announced tonight.

Weapons is the new horror movie from New Line Cinema and director Zach Cregger (Barbarian), with Julia Garner joining the previously announced Josh Brolin (Dune 2).

The upcoming Weapons is from writer/director Zach Cregger, who will also produce alongside his Barbarian producing team: Roy Lee of Vertigo and J.D. Lifshitz and Raphael Margules of BoulderLight Pictures. Vertigo’s Miri Yoon also produces.

The Hollywood Reporter teases, “Plot details for Weapons are being kept holstered but it is described as a multi and inter-related story horror epic that tonally is in the vein of Magnolia, the 1999 actor-crammed showcase from filmmaker Paul Thomas Anderson.”

Cregger was a founding member and writer for the New York comedy troupe “The Whitest Kids U’Know,” which he started while attending The School of Visual Arts. The award-winning group’s self-titled sketch comedy show ran for five seasons on IFC-TV and Fuse. He was also a series regular on Jimmy Fallon’s NBC series “Guys with Kids” and the TBS hit series “Wrecked,” and was featured in a recurring role on the NBC series “About a Boy.”

Weapons will be distributed worldwide by Warner Bros. Pictures.

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