By Denise Petski
10.01.2020 - 02:06 / variety.com
A limited series based around the critically-acclaimed South Korean film “Parasite” is in the works at HBO, Variety has confirmed.
The film’s director Bong Joon Ho and “The Big Short” and “Vice” helmer Adam McKay are both in talks to executive produce the series. It isn’t clear as of yet whether the series will be a direct English language remake of the film, or some kind of spinoff.
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