Bong Joon-ho to Produce an Immigration Drama “Sea Fog”
Academy Award Winner for Parasite, Bong Joon-ho is set to wear the producer’s hat for the Immigration drama venture “Sea Fog” under the banner of Participant Media. Matt Palmer, famed director of “Calibre,” will pen the script for “Sea Fog” apart from directing it. Palmer’s script will be based on a draft written by Oren Moverman. The film’s inspiration 2014 South Korean film of the same was directed by Shim Sung Bo. Bong Joon-ho had written a script for the film alongside Shim. Inspired by a true story, it followed a fishing-boat crew on a menacing task to smuggle a group of undocumented migrants from China to Korea. The earliest inspiration for Shim and Bong had been a 2007 stage play exploring this true event. Bong Joon-ho has etched his name in the history after being the first foreign director ever to win an Academy Award for his world-renowned film Parasite. He made a statement about “Sea Fog” in which he praised the creative capabilities of Matt Palmer, especially with res...