{"id":66707,"date":"2023-09-07T04:27:00","date_gmt":"2023-09-07T04:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newcelebworld.com\/?p=66707"},"modified":"2023-09-07T04:27:00","modified_gmt":"2023-09-07T04:27:00","slug":"samuel-goldwyn-films-acquires-u-s-rights-to-kim-jee-woons-cannes-title-cobweb","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newcelebworld.com\/lifestyle\/samuel-goldwyn-films-acquires-u-s-rights-to-kim-jee-woons-cannes-title-cobweb\/","title":{"rendered":"Samuel Goldwyn Films Acquires U.S. Rights To Kim Jee-Woon\u2019s Cannes Title \u2018Cobweb\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"
Samuel Goldwyn Films has acquired U.S. rights to Korean filmmaker Kim Jee-woon’s Cobweb<\/em>, starring Song Kang-ho, which had its world premiere Out Of Competition at this year’s Cannes Film Festival. <\/p>\n Barunson E&A is handling international sales on the film, which has also been sold to most of the rest of the world, including Japan (Happinet Phantom Studio), France (The Jokers, in a deal sealed by Finecut), Germany & Italy (Plaion Pictures), Spain (La Aventura) and Australia & New Zealand (Umbrella Entertainment). <\/p>\n Breaking News<\/span><\/p>\n Acquisitions<\/span><\/p>\n Set in 1970s Korea, when censors could dictate the plot of a film, Cobweb<\/em> stars Song as an obsessive director who wants to re-shoot the ending of his completed film ‘Cobweb’ in two days to create a masterpiece. In the process he must contend with an uncooperative cast and crew, as well as interference from the censorship authorities.<\/p>\n Song starred in Bong Joon Ho’s Parasite<\/em> and won Best Actor at Cannes in 2022 for his role in Hirokazu Kore-eda’s Broker<\/em>. Cobweb is his fifth on-screen collaboration with Kim. <\/p>\n Kim’s credits include gritty noir A Bittersweet Life <\/em>(2005), revenge thriller I Saw The Devil <\/em>(2010), ‘Kimchi’ western The Good, The Bad, The Weird<\/em> (2008), period spy action The Age Of Shadows<\/em> (2016) and recent AppleTV+ sci-fi thriller series Dr. Brain<\/em> (2021).<\/p>\n “We are excited to distribute director Kim Jee-woon’s Cobweb <\/em>in North America. He is a super talent and the film, which we saw in Cannes, is fun with great performances from its all-star cast and will appeal to not only genre audiences but cinephiles,” said Samuel Goldwyn Films CEO Ben Feingold.<\/p>\n Barunson E&A has also sold Cobweb<\/em> to Clover Films for Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand, Edko Films for Hong Kong and Macau and TBA Studios for the Philippines. <\/p>\n Produced by Anthology Studios, Cobweb<\/em> will also screen at Fantastic Fest, BFI London Film Festival and Sitges Film Festival in Spain. <\/p>\n Samuel Goldwyn Films will release the film in the U.S. in early 2024.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\nRelated Stories<\/h3>\n
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