Korean actor Song Kang-ho, who starred in Parasite and received greatest actor at this yr’s Cannes movie competition for his position in Broker, is about to make his debut in a Korean sequence with Uncle Sam Shik for Seoul-based manufacturing firm Slingshot Studio.
Set in Nineteen Sixties South Korea, the 10-episode sequence follows two males by means of their bromance and the obstacles they face throughout a turbulent time within the nation’s historical past.
It will probably be directed by Shin Yeon-shik, with whom Song lately labored on upcoming movies One Win and Cobweb, that are each at present in post-production. One Win is a movie about volleyball, written and directed by Shin, whereas Cobweb is directed by Kim Ji Woon and co-produced and co-written by Shin.
Uncle Sam Shik will mark the primary time in Song’s decades-long profession that he has starred in a drama sequence. He began his profession in theatre productions earlier than making his movie debut in 1996 with Hong Sang-soo’s The Day A Pig Fell Into The Well. His subsequent credit embody Sympathy For Mr Vengeance, Memories Of Murder, Snowpiercer and Parasite, which received 4 Oscars in 2020.
Song grew to become the primary South Korean male actor to win greatest actor at Cannes, taking the award this yr for his position in Broker, a Korean-language movie directed by Japan’s Hirokazu Kore-eda.
Slingshot Studio made the announcement about Song’s casting on the eve of Korea’s Broadcast WorldWide conference (BCWW), which is returning this yr as an in-person occasion (August 31-September 2).
The Korean broadcaster and/or streaming platform for Uncle Sam Shik continues to be beneath dialogue.
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