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‘I, the Executioner,’ Cannes Midnight Screening Thriller, Picked Up by Korea’s CJ ENM
Ryu Sung-wan's ‘I, The Executioner,’ which will premiere in Cannes' Midnight Screening section, is picked up by Korea’s CJ ENM.
Hwang Jung-min, who recently enjoyed box office success in “12.12: The Day,” reprises his role from “Veteran.” He is joined in the sequel by Jung Hae-in (“Tune in for Love”) as a new member of the film’s Violent Crime Investigation Squad. “I, The Executioner” was produced by Filmmaker R & K, the production shingle owned by Ryu and his wife Kang Hae-jung, with CJ ENM as financier and local and international distributor. Cannes has an extensive track record of programming Korean genre films in its Official Selection, with previous crowd-pleasers including Kim Jee-woon’s “Cobweb” and “The Good, the Bad, the Weird,” Han Jae-rim’s “Emergency Declaration” and a trip of titles by Na Hong-jin, “The Chaser,” “The Yellow Sea” and “The Wailing.”
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