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China & Korea Teams Up for HOST 2

By: Jarrod Sarafin
Date: Thursday, June 26, 2008
Source: Variety

Expect a Chinese collaboration with Korea for a sequel to 2006's Korean monster movie The Host, reports Variety. Korean production company Chungeorahm and China's Stone Man Films will co-produce a Chinese sequel with Ning Hao (Crazy Stone) penning the script and set to direct. Production credits are shared by Chungeorahm president Choi Yong-bae and Daniel Yu, who produced Crazy Stone while at Hong Kong's Focus Films.About half the $12 million production money will come from China and half from Korea and Hong Kong. Shooting is expected to start early next year for a release at the end of 2009.

Plot Concept: T
he story will concern a calamity caused when people ignore a monster due to their desire for money.



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sportwarrior • Jun 26, 2008, 01:52am •
Step 1, working together on a movie sequel...

Step 2.....

Step 3, economic dominance over the west!

wolfmanX • Jun 26, 2008, 05:10am •
Yessssss I loved the first Host. It was a very good monster movie. I got it for blu-ray. I hope this comes out just as good if not better.

needaname04 • Jun 26, 2008, 05:29am •
Agreed, the first one was awesome!!!

Rick440 • Jun 26, 2008, 07:04am •
I Hope the Chinese/Korean Film Industry puts a fire under the Japanese Toho Crew, they are working on A 3D Godzilla/Smog Monster "ecological" inspired throw down, I hope they get shamed into improving the stories and acting in my favorite rubber-suit franchise. As for Host 2, I'm there.

WISEGUY562 • Jun 26, 2008, 07:14am •
Well, I have to disagree here. I hated this film. I was falling asleep watching this bore fest. This is another example of critics going overboard over a soso foreign film. If this was an American film it would've been ripped a new one. Sure it had its moments but it still sucked hard donkey balls. IMHO

irascible • Jun 26, 2008, 08:03am •
LOL - I knew you'd be here Wiseguy. (meant to kid man - don't get mad) Aren't they going to remake it over here? (don't scoff - it'll come)
I thought this was "meh". I guess if you went in with the mindset of "man, Godzilla movies are FREAKIN CINEMATIC MASTERPIECES" this would seem better.

fft5305 • Jun 26, 2008, 08:20am •
I've never even *heard* of this movie. Well, despite being half Asian, I don't pay much attention to Asian cinema.

zack2366 • Jun 26, 2008, 08:34am •
I love the HOST it was a great movie before cloverfield

WISEGUY562 • Jun 26, 2008, 08:50am •
irascible, lol. I guess I'm getting pretty predictable where foreign films are concerned. "The Returner" is my fave foreign film, just so you know I don't hate them all, that had some great special effects. Talk about doing a transformer before the Transformers.

hanso • Jun 26, 2008, 08:58am •
what the fuck is the host and y do you people care about a sequel?

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