OLDBOY Director Park Chan-wook to Direct the Sci-Fi Film GENOCIDAL ORGAN

If you're a fan of director Chan Park-wook, you'll be happy to hear that he has set up another directing gig. The Korean director will develop an adaptation of the 2007 Japanese sci-fi novel Genocidal Organ. The book was written by Project Itoh, and the news comes from The Tracking Board. Here's a brief description of the story:

Set in a time when Sarajevo was obliterated by a homemade nuclear device, the story reflects a world inundated with genocide. An American man by the name of John Paul seems to be responsible for all of this and intelligence agent Clavis Shepherd treks across the wasteland of the world to find him and the eponymous "genocidal organ."

This sounds like the perfect film project for Chan-wook to take on. There are no details surrounding the adaptation, but Sean Daniel and his production company, The Sean Daniel Company, are set to produce it. 

I love Chan-wook's visual storytelling and directing style. He is best known for his Vengeance Trilogy, which consists of Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance, Oldboy, and Sympathy for Lady Vengeance. He also made the fascinating vampire film Thirst and his first English-speaking feature film, Stoker, which was incredible. 

Chan-wook is currently directing a Korean version of Sarah Waters’s novel Fingersmith and is also attached to direct a western called The Brigands of Rattleborge. So we've got three great films coming from this talented director over the next few years!

An animated adaptation of this novel was developed, but it has yet to be released. It's supposed to be released later this year. 

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