According to ScreenDaily: “Bong has been working on the [animation] project since 2018 and finished writing the script in January. He is currently writing the script for an English-language live-action film which is set to be his next production, with this Korean animation due after that.”

Bong confirmed in early February that he had finished one of two new screenplays he was working on following his historic “Parasite” Oscar wins and through the pandemic. “It feels like I’m splitting my brain in half left and right writing these two scripts,” the director said at the time. “But I finished one last week.” Bong revealed the existence of these two films backstage at the 2020 Oscars, revealing one was a Korean movie “located in Seoul” with “unique elements of horror and action.” It now sounds like this is the animated feature. Related ‘The Flying Sailor’ Finds the Beauty in History’s Most Devastating, Non-Nuclear Explosion The ‘Flee’ Effect: Could Two More Animated Docs Vie for Multiple Oscars? Related Growing Number of Contenders Makes 2023 Best International Feature Race Less Predictable 24 Famously Queer and Homoerotic Horror Movies, from ‘Psycho’ to ‘Hellraiser’
As for the English-language feature, Bong described it as “a drama film based on a true event that happened in 2016,” adding, “Of course I won’t know until I finish the script, but it has to be set half in the U.K. and half in the U.S.” The English-language project is believed to be a live-action movie and will be the first project Bong tackles next as far as production is concerned. No further details about either film are known at this time. Bong also spent the pandemic working with Adam McKay on outlining the story for HBO’s upcoming “Parasite” television series. McKay revealed last month, “I basically outlined the series with director Bong during the quarantine, with him overseeing. It’s an original series. It’s in the same universe as the feature, but it’s an original story that lives in that same world.” Sign Up: Stay on top of the latest breaking film and TV news! Sign up for our Email Newsletters here.