‘Squid Game’ Breakout Hoyeon Joins Theo James in ‘The Hole’ (EXCLUSIVE)
variety.comAlex Ritman SAG Award winner and Emmy nominee Hoyeon (“Squid Game,” “Disclaimer”) will star opposite Theo James in Kim Jee-woon’s “The Hole.” The Veterans is representing international rights on the film and is introducing it to buyers at the AFM.
CAA Media Finance and UTA Independent Film Group are representing the U.S. rights. Written by Christopher Chen and based on the 2017 Shirley Jackson Award winning novel of the same name by Hye-young Pyun, “The Hole” follows Owen (James), a successful professor living abroad in South Korea, who is bedridden after a devastating car accident that killed his wife, Sandy (Hoyeon).
He is left under the care of Yuna, his Korean mother-in-law, but when she starts to unravel the devastating truth behind Owen and Sandy’s marriage, and Owen himself, his road to recovery is threatened.
Sam Esmail, Chad Hamilton, and Nick Krishnamurthy are producing for Esmail Corp alongside Kimberly Steward and Alex Foster for K Period Media, and Andy Sorgie via Paisan, his KPM-backed banner.
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