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Participant, Oscar Winner Bong Joon Ho & Matt Palmer Team On ‘Sea Fog’ Adaptation
Amanda N'Duka pmc-editorial-managerParticipant and Oscar winning Parasite director Bong Joon Ho have teamed up for a new adaptation of Sea Fog, a feature based on Bong’s 2014 Korean film Haemoo, which will be written and directed by Matt Palmer (Calibre).The original film, which was directed by Shim Sung Bo and written by Bong and Shim, was adapted from the 2007 stage play by the same name and inspired by a true story. It follows a fishing-boat crew on a dangerous commission to smuggle a group of undocumented immigrants from China to Korea.Palmer is crafting the screenplay based on a previous draft by Oren Moverman.