Showbox has closed offers on “Colony,” Yeon Sang-ho‘s virus-outbreak motion thriller, throughout a number of territories because the movie prepares for its Cannes Film Festival debut within the Midnight Screenings part, out of competitors, on Could 15.
Consumers span the globe. Gaga Company takes Japan, Effectively Go USA handles North America, StudioCanal acquires the U.Okay., ARP SAS covers France, Plaion Footage picks up Germany and Italy, Okay-Film Leisure U.Okay. takes Australia and New Zealand, BF Distribution covers Latin America, Mis Label handles Scandinavia, Energia takes Spain, and The World Footage covers the CIS and the Baltics. In Asia, Edko Movies Ltd. takes Hong Kong, MovieCloud secures Taiwan, PT Primacinema Multimedia covers Indonesia, Pioneer Movies handles the Philippines, Sahamongkolfilm Worldwide takes Thailand, Purple Plan Pte Ltd. covers Southeast Asia broadly, and Multivision Multimedia acquires India. Media4Fun covers Poland, Mars handles Turkey, and Izagur Media LLC takes Mongolia.
Yeon – whose earlier credit embrace “Train to Busan,” “Peninsula,” and the sequence “Hellbound” – directs a solid headlined by Gianna Jun alongside Koo Kyo-hwan, Ji Chang-wook, Shin Hyun-been, Kim Shin-rock, and Go Soo. The ensemble will stroll the purple carpet for the premiere. “Colony” opens in South Korea on Could 21.
Within the movie, biotechnology professor Se-jeong, performed by Jun, attends an business convention that descends into chaos after a quickly mutating virus is launched. With infections spreading and the troubled remodeling, authorities lock down your entire facility, leaving survivors to deal with a mounting menace. “Colony” is introduced by Showbox and produced by Wowpoint and Smilegate in affiliation with Midnight Studio.
