Seeking the King

2024 film by Won Shi-yun
Seeking the King
Teaser poster
Hangul
왕을 찾아서
Hanja
王을 찾아서
Literal meaningIn Search of the King
Revised RomanizationWang-eul chaj-aseo
McCune–ReischauerWangŭl ch'ajasŏ
Directed byWon Shin-yun
Written byWon Shin-yun
Starring
  • Koo Kyo-hwan
  • Yoo Jae-myung
  • Seohyun
Production
companies
  • With A Studio
  • 8 Pictures
  • A2G Entertainment
Distributed byWYSIWYG Studio
Release date
  • 2024 (2024)
CountrySouth Korea
LanguageKorean

Seeking the King (Korean: 왕을 찾아서) is an upcoming South Korean science fiction film directed and written by Won Shin-yun, and starring Koo Kyo-hwan, Yoo Jae-myung, and Seohyun. The film tells the story of a young man encountering a giant robot during the most tragic era in modern Korean history. It is scheduled for release in the summer of 2024.

Premise

It follows the adventures of military doctor Do-jin and the villagers in the Demilitarized Zone as they encounter a giant, unidentified guest in the summer of 1980.[1]

Cast

  • Koo Kyo-hwan as Kim Do-jin: a public health center doctor who dispatched to the DMZ's Punchbowl Village.[2]
  • Yoo Jae-myung as Ju-bok: a resident of Punchbowl Village with a sense of justice.[2]
  • Seohyun as Jeong-ae: the only nurse at the Punchbowl Village Health Center.[2]
  • Park Ye-rin [ko] as Deok-jin: the leader of an alley that travels throughout Punchbowl Village.[2]
  • Park Myung-hoon as Gwan-u: a company commander of the 66th Infantry Regiment who has a crush on Jeong-ae.[2]
  • Yu Seong-ju [ko] as Lee Seo-yeol: Do-jin's superior who is a colonel.[2]

Production

Development and filming

Director Won Shin-yun, who worked on The Suspect (2013), Memoir of a Murderer (2017), and The Battle: Roar to Victory (2019), directed and written the film.[3]

First script reading was completed on February 3, 2023.[4]

In 2023, the shooting of the film began in Jeju Island on February 13, and wrapped up in Mungyeong on July 20. Meanwhile, WYSIWYG Studio, which has established itself with outstanding VFX technology in The Witch: Part 1. The Subversion (2018) and Space Sweepers (2021), participated as the main investor of the film while With A Studio is in charged of overall production and 8 Pictures, founded by director Won, and A2G Entertainment, a subsidiary of WYSIWYG Studio, are in charged of co-production. The film was in post-production with the goal of being released in the summer of 2024.[5]

Casting

Koo Kyo-hwan, Yoo Jae-myung, and Seohyun were cast to play the lead roles of the film.[3][4] They were officially confirmed in February 2023, along with Park Ye-rin, Park Myung-hoon, and Yu Seong-ju [ko].[6]

References

  1. ^ Kim, Na-yeon (February 5, 2024). DMZ에 불시착한 거대 존재..구교환 '왕을 찾아서', 올해 개봉 [공식] [A giant crash-landed in the DMZ..Koo Kyo-hwan's 'In Search for the King' to be released this year [Official]] (in Korean). Star News. Retrieved February 5, 2024 – via Naver.
  2. ^ a b c d e f Chang, Ah-reum (February 22, 2023). 구교환·유재명·서현, 원신연 SF대작 '왕을 찾아서' 주연 확정 [Koo Kyo-hwan, Yoo Jae-myung, Seohyun confirmed to star in Won Shin-yun's sci-fi blockbuster 'In Search for the King'] (in Korean). News1. Retrieved February 5, 2024 – via Naver.
  3. ^ a b Hwang, So-young (December 29, 2022). [단독] 구교환·유재명, 원신연 감독 신작 '왕을 찾아서' 주연 [[Exclusive] Koo Hwan and Yoo Jae-myung cast in Won Shin-yeon's new film 'In Search of the King'] (in Korean). JTBC News. Retrieved February 5, 2024 – via Naver.
  4. ^ a b Jeon, Hyung-hwa (February 8, 2023). [단독] 서현, SF영화 '왕을 찾아서' 주연..구교환 유재명과 호흡 [[Exclusive] Seohyun stars in sci-fi film 'In Search of the King'..working with Koo Kyo-hwan and Yoo Jae-myung] (in Korean). Ilgan Sports. Retrieved February 5, 2024 – via Naver.
  5. ^ Kim, Na-yeon (July 27, 2023). 구교환→서현 '왕을 찾아서', 크랭크업..내년 여름 개봉 목표[공식] [Koo Kyo-hwan→Seohyun 'In Search of the King', Cranked up..Targeted for release next summer [Official]] (in Korean). Star News. Retrieved February 5, 2024 – via Naver.
  6. ^ Kim, Mi-hwa (February 22, 2023). '왕을 찾아서' 구교환X유재명X서현 캐스팅..SF 대작 크랭크인 [공식] ['In Search of the King' Koo Hwan Hwan X Yoo Jae Myung X Seo Hyun Casting..Sci-fi masterpiece crank-in [Official]] (in Korean). Star News. Retrieved February 5, 2024 – via Naver.

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