SAG Award winner and Emmy nominee Ho-young (The Squid Game, Disclaimer) will star opposite Theo James in Kim Ji-woon’s The Hole.
Veterans represents the international rights to the film and is presenting the film to AFM buyers. CAA Media Finance and UTA Independent Film Group represent U.S. rights.
Written by Christopher Cheng and based on Byun Hye-young’s novel of the same name, which won the Shirley Jackson Award in 2017, “The Hole” follows Owen (James), a successful professor living in South Korea, who is involved in a car accident. Draw a picture of him being bedridden. His wife Sandy (Hoyoung) died in an accident. He is left in the care of his Korean stepmother Yuna, but his road to recovery is threatened when she begins to unravel the devastating truth behind Owen and Sandy’s marriage, and Owen himself. Become.
Sam Esmail, Chad Hamilton and Nick Krishnamurthy will produce Esmail Corp. for K Period Media with Kimberly Steward and Alex Foster, and Andy Sorgy via KPM-backed banner Paisan It is produced by. Jay Choi and Kim Ji-eun are producing along with Seung Ho Sung, who serves as co-producer at Anthology Studio.
The story, told in a combination of English and Korean, will take place in both countries, with parts shot in the United States and South Korea, with principal photography beginning in Q1 and Q2 of 2025.
Currently co-starring with Cate Blanchett in Alfonso Cuaron’s psychological thriller Disclaimer for Apple TV+, Ho-young will next be seen as the female lead in Na Hong-jin’s Hope. Alongside Alicia Vikander and Michael Fassbender. She is repped by CAA and Sloane, Offer, Weber & Dern.
Vincent Maraval and Kim Foxx’s Veterans’ recent projects include Jacques Audiard’s Oscar-nominated film Emilia Perez starring Zoe Saldana and Selena Gomez. “I’m Still Here” directed by Walter Salles and starring Fernanda Montenegro. “Queer” directed by Luca Guadagnino, starring Daniel Kuriag. Mutiny, directed by Jean-François Richet and starring Jason Statham. and “Ballerina Overdrive,” directed by Vicki Jewson, starring Lana Condor, Millicent Simmonds, and Iris Apatow. Newly announced films include James Gray’s Paper Tigers, starring Adam Driver, Jeremy Strong and Anne Hathaway, and a Jim O’Hanlon film. Fackham Hall, starring Thomasin Mackenzie and Katherine Waterston.
