Lulu Wang to Direct Adaptation of Hirokazu Kore-eda Drama ‘Like Father, Like Son’ for Focus Features

Anthony D'Alessandro Editorial Director/Box Office EditorFocus Features’ Dawn Porter-directed documentary The Way I See It about former Chief Official White House Photographer Pete Souza will premiere on MSNBC on Oct. 9, 10PM following The Rachel Maddow Show, three weeks after the pic’s Sept.

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Tom Grater International Film ReporterSong Kang-ho, the star of Oscar sensation Parasite and the 2013 feature Snowpiercer, will lead the cast of Korean feature Broker. The film marks the Korean directing debut of Japanese filmmaker Hirokazu Kore-eda, whose previous credits include the Palme d’Or-winning and Oscar-nomianted 2018 drama Shoplifters.Also starring in Broker will be Gang Dong-won and Bae Doona.

Hirokazu Kore-eda is one of the best filmmakers working today. Full stop.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefSong Kang-ho, star of Oscar-winner “Parasite,” will head the cast of “Baby, Box, Broker,” the Korean-language debut of “Shoplifters” director Hirokazu Kore-eda. Rounding out a stellar acting lineup are Bae Doona (“Cloud Atlas,” “The Host”) and Gang Dong-won (“Peninsula,” “The Priests”).The film takes as its starting point boxes that are left out for people to anonymously drop off their unwanted babies.

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Also Read: Focus Features Closes Deal for James Gray's 'Armageddon Time' (Exclusive)During Walak’s four-year run, the studio’s films have garnered an impressive 28 Academy Awards nominations from prestige pics like Jeff Nichols’ “Loving,” Joe Wright’s “Darkest Hour,” Paul Thomas Anderson’s “Phantom Thread,” Spike Lee’s “BlacKkKlansman” and Kasi Lemmons’ “Harriet.”Walak, who was based in London for much of his time at the studio, was instrumental in championing the move of “Downton Abbey” to the

Rebecca Rubin News Editor, OnlineFocus Features executive Robert Walak is exiting his position as president and will move into an advisory role at the company. There is currently no plan to replace his position.Walak was appointed president of Focus Features, the specialty studio owned by Universal, in February 2016.

Nancy Tartaglione International Box Office Editor/Senior ContributorEXCLUSIVE: Focus Features President Robert Walak will be stepping down from his position and moving into an advisory consulting role with the Universal specialty studio. Walak will continue to work with Focus on projects he helped shepherd into development while there, and there are no plans to replace him in the role of President.

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Alexandra Del Rosario Associate Editor/Nights & WeekendsThe Farewell director Lulu Wang is cooking up something new. News broke Wednesday that the indie director, whose Awkafina-led multi-generational drama landed her on the map, will direct a new English-language project inspired by Hirokazu Kore-eda’s Like Father, Like Son.The Wang’s rem-imagining of Koreeda’s 2013 film will be under focus Features.

The name of Hirokazu Kore-eda is revered in the halls of The Playlist. We speak it only with a full appreciation of all the filmmaker has done over his career.

Also Read: 'The Farewell': How Lulu Wang Cast the Film's Two Biggest RolesSundance SelectsKore-eda’s film, which he both wrote and directed, was nominated for the Palme D’Or at Cannes and won both the Jury Prize and the Prize of the Ecumenical Jury – Special Mention.Another remake of “Like Father, Like Son” was previously in the works as far back as 2014 from directors Paul and Christopher Weitz at DreamWorks, but the project never moved forward.Wang’s “The Farewell” won the Audience Award when

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