CJ Entertainment (The Host, Thirst, and many, many more) will be financing a new Japanese creature feature that will be directed and produced by Youn Je-kyun. Mining Area 7 (Sector 7) will be 3-D and is about a mutated creature runs amok in an oil prospecting ship. Ha Ji-won, who also starred in Youn’s disaster film Haeundae, is slated to join in again. Director Youn said that Mining Area 7 will be a Korean equivalent of the Alien films and the 3D visual will mainly be realized by converting, but considerable amount of footage will be shot in 3D from the beginning. CJ reportedly was very impressed by the creature effects shown at the presentation. The amount of money CJ will invest is expected to be 10 billion Korean won(about 8.67 million USD). The company hopes the film will follow in the wake of 3D boom caused by international hit of James Cameron’s megablockbuster Avatar.