French studio Gaumont has signed a deal with South Korean distributor and financier Next Entertainment World to develop an English-language remake of the hit Korean zombie thriller Train to Busan. Gaumont secured the rights ahead of interest from StudioCanal and EuropaCorp, as well as Hollywood studios Fox and Sony. A smash hit in South Korea, […]
DVD Review – Train to Busan (2016)
Train to Busan, 2016. Directed by Sang-ho Yeon. Starring Yoo Gong, Soo-an Kim, Yu-mi Jung, Dong-seok Ma, and Eui-sung Kim. SYNOPSIS: A selfish businessman reconnects with his young daughter on a train journey across South Korea, albeit against a backdrop of marauding zombies. You would have thought that the zombie genre had all but dried […]
Blu-ray Review – Seoul Station (2016)
Seoul Station, 2016. Directed by Sang-ho Yeon. Starring Seung-ryong Ryu, Franciska Friede, Joon Lee, Sang-hee Lee, and Eun-kyung Shim. SYNOPSIS: South Korean city Seoul is plagued by a zombie virus in an animated prequel to horror hit Train to Busan. Train to Busan hit UK screens to pretty much universal applause earlier this year and gave […]
A 2016 Zombie Movie Demonstrates How to Deal with Superhero Saturation
Samuel Brace on dealing with oversaturation… Less is always more. But quality will keep the naysayers quiet. The answer to the over saturation of any genre, be it superhero, zombies or the western, has two obvious answers, neither of which are nebulous. The first is to stop making so many damn movies or shows in […]
Zombie thriller Train to Busan is getting a VR adaptation
Director Yeon Sang-ho’s acclaimed South Korean zombie thriller Train to Busan is set to receive the VR treatment, Variety has revealed. According to the site, Singapore’s Vividthree Productions has picked up the rights from Contents Panda to deliver a piece of location-based virtual reality entertainment, as well as a VR video game. “This is one […]
