‘Bogota’ Megabox Plus M Busan Gross sales Slate

“Bogota: Metropolis of the Misplaced,” some of the costly Korean movies ever made, heads the gross sales slate offered at Busan by Megabox Plus M, a part of Korea’s J Contentree listed firm.

Crime noir, “Bogota” took 21 months to supply and noticed its principal pictures begin in January 2020 however quickly change into a sufferer of COVID. Track Joong Ki (“Area Sweepers”) stars as a younger man transferring to Colombia along with his household for a greater life, however he finally ends up dwelling from hand to mouth. He later goes in opposition to all odds to dominate Bogota’s black market. The image additionally stars Lee Hee-jun (“The Drug King”) and was directed by Kim Seong-je (“The Unfair”).

Additionally it is pitching “Don’t Purchase The Vendor,” a thriller directed by Kim Hee-gon (“Fengshui”) which may make one rethink the acquisition of second-hand gadgets through on-line apps. Shin Hae-sun performs the protagonist who reviews the vendor of a damaged washer to the police, solely to comprehend he’s a psychopathic serial killer. 

Each titles have been launched by the corporate on the Cannes Market, a mirrored image of the persevering with burden positioned on Korean movie corporations by the pandemic and its harm to the theatrical sector. And neither but have confirmed Korean launch dates.

Of the 9 titles it has within the works, six have been shot earlier than or throughout COVID, whereas simply three have been filmed this 12 months. “We’ve got offered a number of older supplies from Cannes 2022,”Oh Dabin, deputy supervisor of worldwide gross sales at Megabox Plus M, advised Selection.

“COVID shouldn’t be over but. Though the cinemas in Korea appear to be again in enterprise, we’re being further cautious when deciding on the discharge date,” mentioned Oh.

This 12 months’s works embody “Seoul Spring,” a political drama movie based mostly on a real occasion after the assassination of President Park. The tried coup results in a battle between army leaders. A star-studded male forged consists of Hwang Jung Min (“Hunt”), Jung Woo Sung (“A Man of Cause”), Lee Sung-min (“The Man Standing Subsequent”), Park Hae-joon (“Emergency Declaration”) and Kim Sung-kyun (“Sinkhole”).

Additionally on the listing are: “Resonance” is a narrative of two musicians of their heyday till destiny drives them aside. Jin Solar-kyu (“Area Sweepers”) and Kim Dong-hee (Netflix sequence “Extracurricular”); and “Escape,” an motion drama movie set in a North Korean army camp by which a sergeant planning to flee to the south is stopped by his comrades.