HAN Jae-rim's Super-Hero Project Unveils at Pusan
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Director Han Jae-rim will reveal his third feature film project "Trace" – a US $7.7 million superhero blockbuster – at the Asian Film Market's PPP, a major project market that takes place during the Pusan Int'l Film Festival in October.
Based on a web-based comic series by the same title, Trace is the story of Yoon-sung, a young man who wakes up with supernatural powers after days in a coma after an assault that takes his father's life. When the assault remains unsolved due to an apathetic police, Yoon-sung takes matters into his own hands. He discovers that another man with superpowers, Hee-sup, was involved and that he wants Yoon-sung dead.
The project is to be produced by Syd Lim and SEO Woo-sik of Barunson Film Division. The company has produced such major titles as Kim Jee-woon's "The Good, the Bad, the Weird" and Bong Joon-ho's "Mother - 2009". "Trace" is being billed as Korea's first superhero blockbuster.
HAN debuted in 2005 with "The Rules of Dating", a caustic romantic-comedy that won his huge domestic acclaim including prizes for best new director and best screenplay at Korea's national film awards. He followed it up in 2007 with gangster-drama "The Show Must Go on", winning Best Film at home, and much festival play abroad.
Nigel D'Sa
Based on a web-based comic series by the same title, Trace is the story of Yoon-sung, a young man who wakes up with supernatural powers after days in a coma after an assault that takes his father's life. When the assault remains unsolved due to an apathetic police, Yoon-sung takes matters into his own hands. He discovers that another man with superpowers, Hee-sup, was involved and that he wants Yoon-sung dead.
The project is to be produced by Syd Lim and SEO Woo-sik of Barunson Film Division. The company has produced such major titles as Kim Jee-woon's "The Good, the Bad, the Weird" and Bong Joon-ho's "Mother - 2009". "Trace" is being billed as Korea's first superhero blockbuster.
HAN debuted in 2005 with "The Rules of Dating", a caustic romantic-comedy that won his huge domestic acclaim including prizes for best new director and best screenplay at Korea's national film awards. He followed it up in 2007 with gangster-drama "The Show Must Go on", winning Best Film at home, and much festival play abroad.
Nigel D'Sa
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