Will Korean best picture Oscar-winner Parasite be the next big miniseries?
HBO has secured the rights to adapt South Korean filmmaker Bong Joon-ho’s critical smash hit Parasite into a miniseries, the US cable channel said.
The movie just made history, becoming the first non-English language film to be named best picture at the Academy Awards, one of four trophies it claimed including best director for Bong.
Television companies vying to adapt the movie include Netflix, which produced Bong’s 2017 hit Okja, the entertainment website Deadline Hollywood reported.
A dark satire about the relationship between two families, Parasite has earned US$130 million worldwide, and also picked up the coveted Palme d’Or at Cannes and won best foreign language film at the Golden Globes.
“Once you overcome the one-inch-tall barrier of subtitles, you will be introduced to so many more amazing films,” the 50-year-old Bong said as he accepted the award at the Golden Globes on January 7.
“I think we use only just one language – the cinema.”
Parasite earned an incredible six Oscar nominations – best picture, best original screenplay, best director, best foreign language film, best production design and best film editing – rare recognition for a non-English language movie.
Joining Bong on the adaptation will be Adam McKay, the Oscar-winning writer-director of The Big Short (2015) and Vice (2018).
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South Korean filmmaker Bong Joon-ho’s award-winning and Oscar-winning movie earned US$130 million worldwide