Bong Joon Ho’s Parasite on Sunday became the first foreign language film to win Oscar for Best Picture. The Korean import also became the first film to win Best Picture with a TV series adaptation …
limited series. The in-demand Bong was heavily courted by streamers, including Netflix, which distributed his previous movie beforeexecutive producer Adam McKay, who is under a first-look deal at HBO/HBO Max.Bong and McKay, both Oscar winners, started discussing ideas about what the series would look like a few weeks ago, I hear. There has been chatter that Mark Ruffalo is being considered for a role.
In interviews during the final phase of the Oscar campaign Bong explained that the series, likely six hours in length, will not be a direct adaptation of the film but will include a lot of additional material and stories he had developed forDirected by Bong and written by Bong and Han Jin Won, Palme d’Or winnerrevolves around the members of a poor family who together scheme to work in a wealthy household by posing as unrelated, highly qualified help, has become a global phenom, grossing $165M...
The film’s awards season success has raised awareness and interest in the film, which is expanding its theater count following the Oscar sweep. The stronger interest also is increasing anticipation for the series and the pressure for it to live up to the high standard set by the movie.
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