The Walking Dead's Steven Yeun makes Oscar history with Best Actor nomination for Minari

Minari’s Steven Yeun is set to appear in the next film from Get Out’s Jordan Peele, it has been reported.The as-yet-undisclosed role is Yeun’s first to be confirmed since he was nominated for Best Actor at this year’s Oscar for his portrayal of Jacob Yi in Minari.Peele will direct and produce the new movie, which doesn’t have a title at present.

Steven Yeun has landed an exciting role!

EXCLUSIVE: After earning some of the best reviews of his career that included an Oscar nomination for his performance in A24’s Minari, Steven Yeun has his sights sets on his next project. Sources tell Deadline, Yeun is in negotiations to join Universal’s highly anticipated next project from Oscar-winner Jordan Peele.

Minari, Alan Kim, is joining the sitcom Nora From Queens.As reported in TV Line, Kim, who received much critical praise for his performance in Minari, will play a key role in season two of the hit show.The publication reports: “In flashbacks, Kim will guest star as the young version of Nora’s dad Wally (played in the present day by cast member BD Wong).”Kim starred alongside Steven Yeun, Han Ye-ri, Noel Kate Cho, Youn Yuh-jung, and Will Patton in Minari.

The Walking Dead creator Robert Kirkman has said the forthcoming Rick Grimes spin-off movie will be “very different”.The film, which was originally promised as a trilogy, is still in the same stages of pre-production, but Kirkman shared more insight on the tone of the project.“I think that the show is very much an ensemble story and this is very much Rick story,” he told ComicBook.

After a standout performance in Lee Isaac Chung's Minari and a tearful acceptance speech when he won the Critics Choice Award for best young actor, 8-year-old Alan Kim has quickly become this season's awards darling. Kim spoke to The Hollywood Reporter about his experience on his film debut and shared some acting advice he garnered working with his SAG-nominated co-stars Steven Yeun and Youn Yuh-jung.

EXCLUSIVE: Netflix won the auction for the rights to make Beef, a 10-episode half-hour dramedy series from A24 that will mark Oscar-nominated Minari star Steven Yeun’s first episodic TV foray since his unforgettable exit from The Walking Dead. Yeun will star with Ali Wong in a series that is the creation of Lee Sung Jin.

The Walking Dead suggests the story will shift to an urban setting.Although no air date has been set for season 11, AMC released a 10-second teaser clip after today’s (March 22) season 10 episode 20 premiere, which points to a new environment for the show’s final arc.See the teaser video below.In the clip, a shot filmed from inside what appears to be a train carriage zooms out onto a subway platform.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefKorean American drama film “Minari” can’t stop winning awards. Similarly, it continues to reign on top of the Korean box office.The Lee Isaac Chung-directed film earned $1.09 million between Friday and Monday to top the box office in South Korea, according to data from Kobis, the tracking service of the Korean Film Council (KOFIC).The figure is little changed from the previous weekend.

EXCLUSIVE: Hot off his first Oscar nomination for Minari, Steven Yeun is re-uniting with A24 on an untitled 10-episode dramedy he’ll star in with Ali Wong. Pitched last week, it has created an auction frenzy with the usual suspects — Netflix, Amazon, FX and Apple among them — all in the mix.

Gallery: The career of Betty White in pictures (Espresso)Youn shared the historic first with "Minari" co-star Steven Yeun, the first Asian-American to be nominated for a best actor Oscar. Born in Seoul, Yuen and his family moved to Canada and then the United States when he was a child.

As the nominations were announced for the 93rd Academy Awards, actors like Steven Yeun and Riz Ahmed made history. 9 actors of colour received an Oscar nomination on Monday, this was certainly a big milestone for the Academy after its years of attempts to diversify the Award ceremony.

A pair of actors received historic best actor Oscar nominations on Monday.Riz Ahmed, nominated for his role in The Sound of Metal, became the first Muslim actor nominated in the category, whileMinari's Steven Yeun became the first Asian American actor to receive a best actor nomination. The nomination of Ahmed, the British Pakistani rapper and actor, follows two wins by Mahershala Ali in the supporting actor category for Moonlight (2016) and Greenbook (2018).

The 2021 Oscar nominations were announced bright and early this morning and there were some major milestones on the list!

Steven Yeun just made Oscars history, becoming the first Asian American ever nominated for Best Actor. The recognition comes for his acclaimed performance in the film,, which picked up several nominations at the 93rd Academy Awards.Although the actor is the first Asian American to be nominated in the category, he’s also only the fourth man of East or South Asian descent to ever be recognized in the Academy Awards’ 93-year history.

When Youn Yuh-jung was asked how she felt about being called the "Meryl Streep of South Korea" in a recent interview, she said she’s flattered by the comparison. But she had her own introduction.

Minari was snubbed in the 2021 Golden Globes’ best picture category.The actor, who is known for his roles in The Walking Dead and Sorry To Bother You, said in a new interview that the slight wasn’t completely unexpected.Despite Minari being a prairie film made by a Colorado-born director that takes place in the American South, the film was instead relegated to Best Motion Picture – Foreign Languag category owing in part to the story following South Korean immigrants in the US.The Golden Globes’