THE TOWER Director Returns to Disaster Genre
The story concerns a man who finally buys a home after saving up for 11 years, only for it to almost immediately collapse into a sinkhole.
The disaster action-comedy genre is enjoying a surge in popularity at the moment following the success of the still in-theaters EXIT, with JO Jung-suk and Yoon-a, which has become the top selling local title of the summer with close to eight million admissions (USD 54.82 million) to date.
Director KIM Ji-hoon is known for the gangster drama Mokpo, Gangster’s Paradise (2004), the political drama May 18 (2007), the action-drama Sector 7 (2011) and the disaster drama The Tower (2012). He recently shot the high school thriller I Want to See Your Parents’ Faces, which is currently awaiting release.
Sinkhole kicks off production this month. Production will be handled by The Tower Pictures while Showbox is on board for financing and distribution.