Director Bong Joon Ho has finished writing one of two next projects he's hoping to embark upon. In an interview with Rian Johnson (Knives Out) for The Director's Cut, the Directors Guild of America's podcast, Bong shared that despite starting 2020 out feeling exhausted, he was still able to rally and complete something during the year that proved more turbulent as it continued to unfold.

　　While we already knew from 2019 Atlantic and Variety pieces that Bong was working on an English-language film and a Korean-language film, the director unfortunately didn't share with Johnson which project he finished. With both still fresh in mind, Bong told Johnson, "It feels like I'm splitting my brain in half left and right writing these two scripts. But I finished one last week."

　　From those previous pieces linked above, we know that (via Variety): "Both projects are not big films. They’re the size of Parasite or Mother. The Korean film is located in Seoul and has unique elements of horror and action. It’s difficult to define the genre of my films. The English project is a drama film based on a true event that happened in 2016. 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."

　　This is encouraging news, though it also means it will be some time still before we hopefully hear about casting and film dates for either project. And this is also assuming Bong was not speaking about the planned Parasite limited series for HBO created in collaboration with Vice director Adam McKay. Back in 2019, whose 2019 film Parasite won an amazing and well-deserved six Oscars. In the meantime, you can also dig into the rest of Bong's catalog with our handy guide here.

　　You can check out the full interview with Johnson in the embed below.

　　The Director's Cut · The Craft of the Director with Bong Joon Ho (Ep. 274)

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