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CJ Entertainment announced today they have launched the new horror label, 413 Pictures, whose name is derived from ‘4’ being an unlucky number in Asia and ‘13’, an unlucky number in the U.S. The new label aims to release between two and four English-language genre films and four to five local-language Asian genre films each year. It will have a broad appeal to both Asia and Western markets as its contents will incorporate horror elements from both cultures. The first films to be released under the 413 Pictures label in the U.S. will be Hide and Seek (going into production this fall) and The Housemaid (going into production next year). CJ Entertainment is developing, financing and producing both films. Joel David Moore (“Avatar” franchise) is directing Hide and Seek – a remake of the hit Korean social horror-thriller written and directed by Huh Jung and released to wide critical and commercial success in 2013. The movie builds upon themes related
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CJ Entertainment has now announced that Joel David Moore (Avatar) is set to adapt and direct their English remake of the 2013 hit Korean social horror-thriller Hide and Seek. The film explores the widening gap between the wealthy and the poor and uses it as a backdrop to create a terrifying story. From the Press Release: December 13, 2017 – Los Angeles, CA / Seoul, South Korea – CJ Entertainment, Korea’s leading entertainment conglomerate, revealed today that Joel David Moore (“Avatar” franchise, “Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story,” “Grandma’s Boy”) has been tapped to direct the company’s remake of the 2013 hit Korean social horror-thriller “Hide and Seek.” Moore, who most recently directed the dramedy “Youth in Oregon” starring Frank Langella, Billy Crudup, and Christina Applegate, will write an adapted feature English-language screenplay for “Hide and Seek” in addition to directing the film. The original Korean version was written and directed by Huh Jung and was produced by Studio Dreamcapture. It
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ForeignMoviesNews
CJ Entertainment announced today they have launched the new horror label, 413 Pictures, whose name is derived from ‘4’ being an unlucky number in Asia and ‘13’, an unlucky number in the U.S. The new label aims to release between two and four English-language genre films and four to five local-language Asian genre films each year. It will have a broad appeal to both Asia and Western markets as its contents will incorporate horror elements from both cultures. The first films to be released under the 413 Pictures label in the U.S. will be Hide and Seek (going into production this fall) and The Housemaid (going into production next year). CJ Entertainment is developing, financing and producing both films. Joel David Moore (“Avatar” franchise) is directing Hide and Seek – a remake of the hit Korean social horror-thriller written and directed by Huh Jung and released to wide critical and commercial success in 2013. The movie builds upon themes related
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From the Crypt
CJ Entertainment has now announced that Joel David Moore (Avatar) is set to adapt and direct their English remake of the 2013 hit Korean social horror-thriller Hide and Seek. The film explores the widening gap between the wealthy and the poor and uses it as a backdrop to create a terrifying story. From the Press Release: December 13, 2017 – Los Angeles, CA / Seoul, South Korea – CJ Entertainment, Korea’s leading entertainment conglomerate, revealed today that Joel David Moore (“Avatar” franchise, “Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story,” “Grandma’s Boy”) has been tapped to direct the company’s remake of the 2013 hit Korean social horror-thriller “Hide and Seek.” Moore, who most recently directed the dramedy “Youth in Oregon” starring Frank Langella, Billy Crudup, and Christina Applegate, will write an adapted feature English-language screenplay for “Hide and Seek” in addition to directing the film. The original Korean version was written and directed by Huh Jung and was produced by Studio Dreamcapture. It
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