Exclusive: We hear that two-time Oscar-nominated Minari The filmmaker Lee Isaac Chung is in conversations to guide them ocean Prequel for Warner Bros, which produces Luckychap.
In true ocean Fashion, the plot is locked in the vault. The project remains in the early development and at that time there is no cast deals. The current script comes from Carrie Solomon and is based on characters created by George Clayton Johnson and Jack Golden Russell.
The Las Vegas series of films, which was originally famous with the first edition of 1960 with five members of the council package -Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr., Peter Lawford and Joey Bishop -together with Angela Dickinson, an Eckergruder -Fruderchise franchise for Warner -Stubergh. Brad Pitt, Matt Damon, Andy Garcia and Julia Roberts. There was also a 2018 all-woman version with Sandra Bullock, Anne Hathaway and Cate Blanchett. The four films loosened north of 1.4 billion US dollars at the global box office.
Chung was nominated for the best director and original script for A24 Minari, This also won the Grand jury and audience prices at Sundance in 2020 and won Golden Globe and critics as well as multiple academy, spirit, BAFTA and SAG nominations. Minari Was nominated for six Oscars and won one for Youn Yuh-Jung as the best supporting actress. The film was awarded one of the 10 best films from 2020 and the National Board of Review by AFI, which also awarded the best original screen book award.
Chung started Universal and Warner Bros' new Twisterwhich recorded one domestic opening of 81.2 million US dollars and was equipped worldwide to $ 267.7 million and $ 372.2 million. The other projects of the filmmaker include MunyurangaboThe 2007 at the Film Festival from Cannes to critical recognition and episodes of premiere The mandalorian And Skeletal team. He will also lead the upcoming feature adaptation of the SCI-Fi novel Traveler by Joseph Eckert.
As the son of Korean immigrants, Chung grew up on a small farm in rural Arkansas and visited Yale University before giving up plans for the medical faculty to earn his MFA in film studies at the University of Utah. It is resumed by Caa and Jackoway Austen.