Paramount Pictures has set James Wan to direct the reimagining of the critically acclaimed South Korean film The Gangster, The Cop, The Devil, with original star Don Lee (Ma Dong-seok) attached to the project. Brian Helgeland wrote the original draft and will serve as an executive producer, with Shay Hatten writing the screenplay.
Wan and Michael Clear are producing for Atomic Monster. Lee is also producing, via Big Punch Global, alongside Sylvester Stallone and D. Matt Geller, via Balboa Productions, Chris Lee, via B&C Group, and Jang Won-seok, CEO of BA Entertainment.
The original film screened at the Cannes Film Festival in 2019 and follows a cop and a crime boss who team up together to hunt a serial killer.
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Wan most recently directed Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom, which is the sequel to 2018 film which remains DC Studios’ highest worldwide grossing film of all time.
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