Netflix’s “Okja” fantasy film teaser features Tilda Swinton (video)  February 28, 2017 - 12:35 AMTPanARMENIAN.Net - Netflix dropped its first teaser trailer for Bong Joon Ho's much-talked about fantasy film Okja on Tuesday, February 28, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The film is about a young girl who lives in the deep woods of South Korea's mountainous Gangwon Province with a "massive animal" named Okja, and does everything in her power to find her best friend when Okja disappears. Okja attracted much interest about the mysterious titular character, and the newly released clip features a glimpse of a large, brown-eyed creature with elephant-like skin, and a description in Korean that it is 'somewhere between human and animal.' Oscar-winner Erik-Jan de Boer (Life of Pi) is supervising the visual effects of the $50 million film. A platinum blonde Tilda Swinton appears to be behind Okja's creation: "I took nature and science, and synthesized." The sequence also shows the lead South Korean actress, Seohyun An, frantically searching for Okja in the woods, along with the caption in Korean that reads, "love and the fear within it." "I want to show the beauty that can exist between man and animal, and also the horror between them," the South Korean director previously said about his first project with Netflix studios. Other cast members include Jake Gyllenhaal, Paul Dano and Lily Collins (To the Bone) along with Devon Bostick (The 100), Byun Heebong (The Host), Shirley Henderson (Anna Karenina), Daniel Henshall (The Babadook), Yoon Je Moon (Mother), Choi Wooshik (Set Me Free) and Steven Yeun (The Walking Dead). Shooting locations for the film include South Korea, Canada and the U.S., and is in English and Korean. Brad Pitt, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Lewis Taewan Kim, Dooho Choi, Woo-sik Seo and Bong Joon Ho are producers on the film.Okja is a Plan B, Lewis Pictures and Kate Street Picture Company production. Okja will premiere globally on Netflix in June and will also have a limited day-and-date theatrical release in the U.S. Photo: EW   Top stories The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. The festival made the news public on March 19, saying that “several options are considered in order to preserve its running”   Partner news |  Latest news U.S. welcomes efforts to define Armenia-Azerbaijan border  The United States welcomes efforts to define the border between Armenia and Azerbaijan, says Vedant Patel.Biden honors resilience of Armenian people on April 24 U.S. President Joe Biden has issued a statement on the 109th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide.Ex-Karabakh leader moved to solitary confinement cell in Baku, his son says David Vardanyan is the son of former Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan who who is currently imprisoned in Azerbaijan.Macron says France commemorates 109th anniv. of Armenian genocide Today France commemorates the 109th anniversary of the Armenian genocide of 1915, Macron says. |
