Kim Jee-woon’s black comedy “Cobweb,” which debuted this yr at Cannes, is ready for a U.S. theatrical launch in early 2024. Rights to the image had been licensed by distributor Samuel Goldwyn Films from Korea-based gross sales agent Barunson E&A.
The Seventies-set movie inside a movie stars Song Kong-ho, star of Oscar-winning “Parasite” and 2022 winner of the perfect actor award at Cannes for his function in Kore-eda Hirokazu’s “Broker.”
Song seems as obsessive movie director Kim, who’s seized by the will to re-shoot the ending of his accomplished movie “Cobweb” in two days to create a masterpiece. Chaos lurks round each nook, from his confused and uncooperative solid and crew to interference from the then omnipotent censorship authorities.
Following its premiere at Cannes in May, the Anthology Studios-produced “Cobweb” will play at fall festivals together with the nineteenth Fantastic Fest, the BFI London Film Festival and the 56th Sitges Film Festival.
Its Korean business launch is ready for the Chuseok vacation interval on the finish of September.
The movie can even launch in different worldwide territories following gross sales to Taiwan (Movie Cloud), Japan (Happinet Phantom Studio), France (The Jokers Films, a deal sealed by Finecut), Germany and Italy (Plaion Pictures), Spain (La Aventura), Australia and New Zealand (Umbrella Entertainment), Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand (Clover Films), Hong Kong and Macau (Edko Films) and The Philippines(TBA Studios). Release dates range.
“[Kim Jee-woon] is an excellent expertise and the movie, which we noticed in Cannes, is enjoyable with nice performances from its all-star solid and can enchantment to not solely style audiences however cinephiles” mentioned Ben Feingold, CEO of Samuel Goldwyn Films, in a ready assertion.
Kim’s filmography consists of “A Bittersweet Life,” revenge thriller “I Saw The Devil” (2010), ‘Kimchi’ western “The Good, the Bad, the Weird” (2008), interval spy motion “The Age of Shadows” (2016), and the current Apple TV+ sci-fi thriller collection “Dr. Brain.”
