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Please Marry My Wife
- About the Producer :
- Hyun-wooThomas Kim
Filmography
Film- The Devotion of Suspect X (2017)
- TE3N (2016)
- God’s Eye View(2014)
Drama
- The Sound of Your Heart(2016)
- Cheese In The Trap (2016)
- Dr. Jin (2012)
Experience
-Walt Disney Imagineering Co, Theme Park Business Development (US)-e-Samsung Japan Co., Chief of Strategic Investment Division (Japan)
-GoldmansSachs & Co., Finance market analyst (Hong Kong)
-Bain & Company, Seoul Office, Consultant (Korea)
Education
-UCLA, School of Theatre, Film and Television (US)-Waseda University MBA(Japan)
-Yonsei University, School of Business Administration (Korea)
Director : Undecided
Producer : Hyun-woo Thomas Kim
Production firm : Kross Pictures
Writer : Undecided
Category : Motion picture
Genre : Comedy, drama
Production status : Scenario development
Scenario type : Adaptation
Total Budget : USD 6,000,000
Financing in Place : USD 300,000
Purpose of participation : Joint production
Scenario status : The Korean scenario is under development. The Korean version will be adapted for the Chinese market in collaboration with the production partner.
Production firm : Kross Pictures
Project manager :PARK Hee-won
Address :S&M Building 2nd Floor, Dosandae-ro 26-gil 20, Gangnam-gu, Seoul
Contacts:Telephone: +82-70-5030-2536 , Mobile: +82-10-6504-0327
E-mail:hewon@krosspic.com
LOGLINE
The story of television writer Joo Young-chan’s search for a man to marry his wife and to take care of his son after he dies of pancreatic cancer.
PRODUCTION INTENT
<Please Marry My Wife> contains a man’s love for his family, love and jealousy for his wife, and his remorse of his life within the quirky theme.
Such emotions are compared to making TV programs, and conveyed not in a melodramatic way but in a fresh approach.
The movie shows the weight carried by the term “head of household,” people who do what is required of them despite being dogged by work, and loneliness.
<Please Marry My Wife> is the story of a television writer suffering from a terminal illness who goes on a search for a man who will make his wife and son happy after he is gone.
In the ironical situation of “looking for a man for my wife” the story shows today’s men, love of family, and will deliver deep emotions as well as fun.
Main points
-A fresh comedy that revolves around the irony of searching for a marriage material for one’s own wife
-The story of a dying man on his final mission told in a quick and light tempo
-A drama about a man’s special love for his wife, a story that will captivate both men and women!
-The backdrop of a broadcasting station provides a realistic, and spectacular visuals!
-The original has been made in to a play, and TV drama, proving its popular appeal!
Such emotions are compared to making TV programs, and conveyed not in a melodramatic way but in a fresh approach.
The movie shows the weight carried by the term “head of household,” people who do what is required of them despite being dogged by work, and loneliness.
<Please Marry My Wife> is the story of a television writer suffering from a terminal illness who goes on a search for a man who will make his wife and son happy after he is gone.
In the ironical situation of “looking for a man for my wife” the story shows today’s men, love of family, and will deliver deep emotions as well as fun.
Main points
-A fresh comedy that revolves around the irony of searching for a marriage material for one’s own wife
-The story of a dying man on his final mission told in a quick and light tempo
-A drama about a man’s special love for his wife, a story that will captivate both men and women!
-The backdrop of a broadcasting station provides a realistic, and spectacular visuals!
-The original has been made in to a play, and TV drama, proving its popular appeal!
SYNOPSIS
For Joo Young-chan, planning TV shows is his life.
He is a television writer with 10 years of experience under his belt, and everyone at the station recognizes his talents.
He has never been well-off during his career, and he feels bad for his wife and son. However, he hopes to plan a proper TV show one day.
But, he is diagnosedwith pancreatic cancer and he is given 6 months to live.
Abdominaland back pains? That’s because I don’t eat regularly, and sleep rough all the time.
Weight loss? Not everyone who loses weight has cancer.
He tries to deny it, but pancreatic cancer symptoms described online are exactly the symptoms he has been experiencing lately.
Even his program is on the verge of being scrapped, and his entire life hangs in the balance, and all he has is 6 months.
He has to come up with an idea to keep his program alive, and he must make preparations for his wife and son after he is gone.
He writes a bucket list, and does things he has never done before. In the end, he sets on finding a man for his wife and begins the biggest project of his life!
“Please Marry My Wife!”
He is a television writer with 10 years of experience under his belt, and everyone at the station recognizes his talents.
He has never been well-off during his career, and he feels bad for his wife and son. However, he hopes to plan a proper TV show one day.
But, he is diagnosedwith pancreatic cancer and he is given 6 months to live.
Abdominaland back pains? That’s because I don’t eat regularly, and sleep rough all the time.
Weight loss? Not everyone who loses weight has cancer.
He tries to deny it, but pancreatic cancer symptoms described online are exactly the symptoms he has been experiencing lately.
Even his program is on the verge of being scrapped, and his entire life hangs in the balance, and all he has is 6 months.
He has to come up with an idea to keep his program alive, and he must make preparations for his wife and son after he is gone.
He writes a bucket list, and does things he has never done before. In the end, he sets on finding a man for his wife and begins the biggest project of his life!
“Please Marry My Wife!”
ABOUT THE PRODUCTION COMPANY
Kross Picture is a cross-border contents producer established in 2004. The company aims to facilitate cultural exchange between the West and the East under the belief that “a good story is accepted anywhere in the world, and a good visual contents can become a good story.”
The company has been developing creative new contents, and Kross Pictures’ works have been receiving much attention.
The company has been developing creative new contents, and Kross Pictures’ works have been receiving much attention.
PROJECT STATUS
The Korean scenario will be tailored to the Chinese market
Joint-production talks under way with Japan’s Toho Co., Ltd.
Participate in KO-Production Busan in 2017 to seek Chinese joint-production parent
Joint-production talks under way with Japan’s Toho Co., Ltd.
Participate in KO-Production Busan in 2017 to seek Chinese joint-production parent
PRODUCTION SCHEDULE(PRELIMINARY)
Estimated production timeline
2017.09~2018.03 Search for joint-production partner, recruit director, writer / complete scenario localization
2017.10~2018.03 Finish finding investor
2017.12~2018.06 Finish casting
2018.04~2018.07 Pre-Production
2018.08~2018.10 Production
2018.11~2019.02 Post-Production
2019 Release in first half
2017.09~2018.03 Search for joint-production partner, recruit director, writer / complete scenario localization
2017.10~2018.03 Finish finding investor
2017.12~2018.06 Finish casting
2018.04~2018.07 Pre-Production
2018.08~2018.10 Production
2018.11~2019.02 Post-Production
2019 Release in first half
AWARDS AND NOTABLE DEVELOPMENTS
The original novel has been made into theatre play and drama as below
- 2014 second half: Play performed on stage in Japan
- 2015 May:6-part drama on NHK BS
- 2016: Japanese move released (Released in Korea in May 2017)
- 2014 second half: Play performed on stage in Japan
- 2015 May:6-part drama on NHK BS
- 2016: Japanese move released (Released in Korea in May 2017)
