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- JANG Dong-gun and Co-Stars Commence VIP Shoot
- by Pierce Conran / Oct 28, 2016
- Peter Stormare in New PARK Hoon-jung Thriller
New World (2013) director PARK Hoon-jung began production on his fourth feature film on the 22nd of this month. The suspense thriller VIP features a bevy of major male stars, including JANG Dong-gun, KIM Myung-min, PARK Hee-soon and LEE Jong-suk. The film will also feature Hollywood star Peter Stormare in a supporting role.The plot follows the son of a North Korean official who has been responsible for a series of murders as investigators from both sides of the border come together to track him down.Director PARK, who scripted RYOO Seung-wan’s The Unjust (2010) and KIM Jee-woon’s I Saw The Devil (2010), debuted with The Showdown in 2011 before scoring a major hit with gangster drama New World. He most recently made the Colonial Era hunting epic The Tiger.Prior to VIP, Friend (2001) star JANG will be seen in CHOO Chang-min’s upcoming thriller Night of 7 Years. Earlier this year KIM was seen in Proof of Innocence and next up for him will be disaster thriller Pandora and the drama One Day. Meanwhile, PARK made a return to screens this summer, first on the road comedy DETOUR and through a cameo in KIM Jee-woon’s The Age of Shadows. Young heartthrob LEE has been busy with TV dramas since he made Hot Young Bloods (2014).VIP is the third fully financed Korean production by Warner Bros., following their successful debut with KIM Jee-woon’s The Age of Shadows, Korea’s official submission to next year’s Academy Awards, and the incoming LEE Byung-hun and KONG Hyo-jin thriller A Single Rider.
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