South Korean distributor Showbox has closed pre-sales deals in North America and Asia on Men Of Plastic, an upcoming comedy drama starring Don Lee (aka Ma Dong-seok).
The film has sold to North America (Capelight), Taiwan (Moviecloud), Japan (At Entertainment), Hong Kong and Macau (Edko Films), Thailand (CJ ENM HK), the Philippines (Viva Communications), Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Brunei and Vietnam (Purple Plan), and in-flight (Eagle International).
Directed by Im Jin-soon (Ordinary People), it stars Lee – whose credits include Marvel’s Eternals and Korean box office hit The Roundup – alongside Jung Kyung-ho from popular TV series Hospital Playlist.
The two play a natural-born networker and a talented surgeon who has lost his medical license. Together, they hatch a plan to start a new business and begin a golden age for plastic surgery in the upscale Apgujeong neighbourhood of Seoul.
Presented by Showbox and produced by Big Punch Pictures, Hong Film and BA Entertainment – the trio behind The Outlaws and The Roundup franchise – Men Of Plastic is due for release in Korea later this month.
At the AFM this week, Showbox is also selling Ransomed, an action drama directed by Kim Seong-hun (Netflix series Kingdom) and starring Ha Jung-woo (Netflix’s Narco-Saints) with Ju Ji-hoon (Kingdom), as well as Another Record: Into The Daydream, a documentary directed by Yoon Dan-bi (Moving On), which follows actor Lee Je-hoon, star of Time To Hunt among other titles, on- and off-screen.
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