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Esmail Corp, K Period Media & Korean Filmmaker Kim Jee-Woon Team For Adaptation Of Thriller Novel ‘The Hole’


The novel, about a man trying to escape his situation after a major accident, has been compared to Stephen King's Misery.

EXCLUSIVE: Producers Esmail Corp( Mr Robot) and K Period Media ( Manchester By The Sea) are teaming up with Korean filmmaker Kim Jee-woon ( The Age Of Shadows) on an English and Korean-language movie adaptation of novel The Hole. Psychological thriller The Hole by Korean author Hye-Young Pyun charts the story of Ogi who wakes from a coma after causing a major car accident that took his wife’s life and left him paralyzed. Genre specialist Kim Jee-woon is known for Cannes titles such as Cobweb and The Good The Bad And The Weird as well as Venice Film Festival historical thriller The Age Of Shadows, which made more than $50M globally.

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