Bong Joon-ho's Parasite all set to be made into a series

By Joe Utichi

With Parasite one of the buzziest films as awards season creeps towards its climax, having broken numerous records along the way and turned Bong Joon Ho and his cast into instant celebrities among Hollywood’s A-list, the idea of the South Korean filmmaker interrupting the relentless succession of ceremonies and last-ditch pitches to Academy voters to spend a few days at a film festival in wintery Holland may sound rather peculiar.But that’s exactly what’s happening this week, as the director

The film world has been sending itself into a frenzy for Bong Joon-ho‘s latest movie, Parasite. This love has seen it become an awards season darling, with nominations and wins across the board. Having watched the film, I can confirm it is indeed just as good, if not better than everyone is saying. The tricky thing though is that in order to get the absolute best experience, you should go in knowing as little about it as possible. This makes writing the following review exceptionally difficult.

The spinner police car in 1982’s “Blade Runner,” the light cycles of “Tron,” “futuristic Las Vegas” in “Blade Runner 2049” and the “USS Sulaco” in “Aliens” are indelible images of cinema, all from the imagination of the late Syd Mead, who died last month at the age of 86. You might not be aware of his name, but you’ve seen his work.

At the 15th annual Final Draft Awards on Tuesday, Lulu Wang was presented with the New Voice Award for Film by Parasite director Bong Joon Ho, where she flipped the script and revealed how much his work has influenced her own projects.After Bong, through his translator, called her film The Farewell "one of themost beautiful and delicate films of last year, and I'm not just saying as an Asian filmmaker — I'm saying this as a fellow director," Wang accepted her award on stage at the Paramount

It's been a banner week for Parasite filmmaker Bong Joon Ho, who set a limited series adaptation of his film with HBO and Adam McKay and then landed six nominations for his breakout Korean-language thriller.How did it feel to earn six nominations?It's very gratifying, especially to be acknowledged for the craft of the film. We all thought that Song Kang-ho would be nominated for best supporting actor, so that was a little disappointing.

By Amanda N'Duka

Bong Joon-ho is on cloud nine as his extraordinary feature film Parasite has earned South Korea its first-ever nominations at Oscars 2020. Besides Best Picture and Best Director noms for Bong, Parasite is also nominated for Best International Feature Film, Best Original Screenplay, Best Film Editing and Best Production Design.

When Bong Joon Ho appeared on the cover of Variety with Neon founder and CEO Tom Quinn, the “Parasite” director’s comments about Marvel movies went viral.

The mother of all awards.. the Oscars 2020 is set to take place a few weeks from now.

Parasite is making history.

Bong Joon Ho has more to say when it comes to “Parasite” and he believes a limited television series is the way to do it.

By Joe Utichi

Scarlett Johansson and Cynthia Erivo were among the seven people who received double mentions when the The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced the nominations for the 2020 Oscars on Monday morning.Both women were recognized for their acting, nabbing nods for best actress. Johansson was also nominated for her supporting role in Taika Waititi's Jojo Rabbit.

The Oscars 2020 nominations list is finally out and while there were several surprises and even more snubs (female directors get no Oscar love!), Parasite emerged as a big winner! This Bong Joon-ho directorial was led by veteran South Korean actor Song Kang-ho and has been winning acclaim and accolades on a global scale.

In an unexpected twist, two filmmakers won the Best Director prize at the 2020 Critics’ Choice Awards.  director Bong Joon-Ho and Sam Mendes, who helmed, won in a tie. 

Jennifer Lopez is truly enjoying the award season ride.