Director Hwang Dong-hyuk of "Omg" is coming out next. "Casting starts.."Filming next spring" [Star Issue]

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Director Hwang Dong-hyuk, who directed the "Squid Game" series, announced his plans for the next film.

On the 18th (local time), the Hollywood Reporter, a U.S. media outlet, met with director Hwang Dong-hyuk and conducted an interview. Coach Hwang said, "I think we've done all we can about the 'Squid Game' now."

"It was an unforgettable experience to be loved so much," he said of the worldwide box office hit of the Netflix series 'Squid Game'. Through that work, I saw the wider world and made me a better person, a better creator," he said.

Director Hwang Dong-hyuk said his experience with the "Squid Game" is also having a big impact on his next film. His next film is a feature film inspired by the essay "How Old People Survive," released in 2011 by the late Italian novelist and scholar Umberto Echo, which is known as "KO Club."

The content of the essay satirically depicts a society in which generational conflict intensifies, and proposes an "elimination list" for the elderly who occupy major occupational groups. As a result, social tensions are revealed by setting up a situation in which the elderly have to hide in order not to be "hunted" by the younger generation.

Director Hwang Dong-hyuk, who said the film will contain as much or more brutal violence as the 'Squid Game', added, "The 'KO Club' will be developed in the form of a theater movie, not a series."

"I'm working on the script right now, but I have to finish it in a few months," he said. "Compared to the three seasons of 'Squid Game', a two-hour feature film script feels like nothing. I've already started casting. We will start pre-production in the fall and start filming next spring," he said.

However, it has not been decided whether director Hwang Dong-hyuk's new work will be a theater movie or released on OTT. "It's hard to decide because it's a completely new environment now," he said. Korean movie theaters are suffering from a rapid decline in the number of audiences. Netflix is a safe choice, but I want to watch this movie on the big screen, not on my smartphone. If a large American studio supports the production cost of the film for its global release, I will do so, he said. "But if you're reluctant, you can choose Netflix again."

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