Netflix has continued its expansion into original content, with the streaming service coughing up $50 million to finance Okja, the new film from South Korean filmmaker Bong Joon-Ho (The Host, Snowpiercer).
The Wrap reports that the monster movie “will focus on the unusual friendship between a young Korean girl and a monster named Okja who has a kind spirit.” Jake Gyllenhaal, Paul Dano, Kelly Macdonald, Bill Nighy and Tilda Swinton are on board to star, while Brad Pitt’s Plan B Entertainment is producing the film.
“It really is a fantastic opportunity for me as a filmmaker,” states the filmmaker. “For Okja, I needed a bigger budget than I had for Snowpiercer and also complete creative freedom. Netflix offered me the two conditions that are difficult to have in hand simultaneously. Plan B Entertainment has also produced bold and daring films. I expect the adventurousness of Plan B to blend with Okja.”
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Originally published November 12, 2015. Updated April 14, 2018.
