Lee Gyu-lee is a business writer at The Korea Times, focusing primarily on IT & telecommunications, the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy and KOTRA. Prior to this, she has covered a wide range of cultural news, from film, television and K-pop to lifestyle and fashion.
Star-studded disaster film 'Concrete Utopia' sold to 152 countries
Poster for the new disaster film “Concrete Utopia” / Courtesy of Lotte Entertainment
By Lee Gyu-lee
By Lee Gyu-lee
The upcoming disaster film “Concrete Utopia,” starring actors Lee Byung-hun and Park Seo-joon, has already been sold to over 150 countries ahead of its release in local theaters in August.
On Tuesday, the film's distributor Lotte Entertainment announced that this star-studded movie will also premiere in 152 countries, including France, Italy, Japan, India, Mexico, Brazil and Argentina.
Directed by Um Tae-hwa, who previously helmed the 2016 fantasy movie “Vanishing Time: A Boy Who Returned,” the blockbuster movie is set in a deserted Seoul, swept by a massive earthquake. Amidst the chaos, the sole surviving residents of one building come together to defend themselves against outsiders.
Lee will play the role of Young-tak, who is the head of the apartment's residential committee. Park Seo-joon and Park Bo-young will play a husband and wife dedicating themselves to protecting each other through the disaster.
“Director Um has presented a spectacle disaster film that provokes thoughts on solidarity among humans. It's visually surprising and touching, and actor Lee Byung-hun's performance is amazing,” said The Jokers Films, the French distributor of the film.
The film is produced by Climax Studio, a production house known for making Netflix's original series "D.P" and "Hellbound.”