Neon has acquired North American rights to “No Different Selection,” the following movie from South Korean auteur Park Chan-wook, the distributor introduced Wednesday.
Park’s twelfth characteristic has been within the works for fairly a while and solely wrapped manufacturing in January, however we referred to the movie however as a snub for the Cannes lineup in Could (the place he beforehand received Greatest Director for “Choice to Depart” in 2022), however a supply tells IndieWire the movie is predicted to now premiere on the Venice Movie Competition.
“No Different Selection” stars Lee Byung-hun, finest generally known as the villain in “Squid Sport,” and Son Ye-jin (“The Final Princess”) as a husband and spouse. After the husband is abruptly laid off by the paper firm the place he labored tirelessly for a few years, he grows more and more determined in his hunt for brand new work. It’s based mostly on a 1997 novel by Donald Westlake referred to as “The Ax,” and the movie has been described as a darkish comedy from the director recognized for “Choice to Depart,” “Oldboy,” “The Handmaiden,” and the HBO sequence “The Sympathizer.”
The movie’s ensemble solid additionally contains Park Hee-soon, Lee Sung-min, Yeom Hye-ran, Cha Seung-won, and Yoo Yeon-seok. “No Different Selection” is produced by Park Chan-wook and Again Jisun of Moho Movie and Michèle Ray Gavras and Alexandre Gavras of KG Manufacturing, and govt produced by Miky Lee of CJ Group. CJ ENM financed the undertaking, which is presently in post-production.
Neon founder Tom Quinn, whereas a visitor on IndieWire’s “Display screen Discuss” podcast at Cannes, gushed concerning the probability to probably work with Park and mentioned why the distributor jumped on the alternative to accumulate and re-release Park’s seminal revenge movie, “Oldboy,” into theaters in 2023, in addition to a restricted deluxe version 4K UHD Blu-ray. “No Different Selection,” although, is the primary new collaboration between Neon and Park, however a reunion between Neon and Korean financier CJ ENM, which additionally labored on “Parasite.”
The deal was negotiated by Jason Wald on behalf of NEON with Namyoung Kim at CJ ENM.
Park is represented by WME, Trade Leisure, and Hansen, Jacobson, Teller, Hoberman, Newman, Warren, Richman, Rush, Kaller, Gellman, Meigs & Fox. Lee is represented by UTA, BH Leisure Co. Ltd., and McKuin Frankel Whitehead. Son is represented by MSTeam Leisure.