Hyun Bin reunites with Confidential Assignment director for zombie sageuk film
by tineybeanie
After the success of his latest film Confidential Assignment, it’s no wonder that Hyun Bin is opting to stay in the movie business for now (his last drama was 2015’s Hyde, Jekyll, Me). He recently confirmed to star in a new action zombie movie called Rampant, which is set to start filming later this year.
Rampant tells the action story of a hero named Yi Chung (to be played by Hyun Bin) who fights against “Night Demons” to save the Joseon nation. Yi Chung is the son of the king, and the greatest martial artist in the world. Although he is given to the Qing Empire as a political hostage, he returns home when his brother, the Crown Prince Yi Young, calls him back after many years. And it’s because of the nightmarish monsters plaguing the country that Yi Chung is tasked to destroy.
This will be a reunion project for Hyun Bin with Director Kim Sung-hoon, whom he worked with before in his most recent movie Confidential Assignment. But although the action element may still be there, the story, genre, and style looks like it’s going to be completely different. Next Entertainment World (NEW) which has been the driving investing force behind blockbusters like Pandora and Train to Busan is also going to be Rampant’s primary backer.
I wonder if this is going to be a continuing trend—mixing CGI supernatural fantasy with sageuks. There’s been Records of a Night Watchman, Scholar Who Walks the Night, and upcoming zombie sageuk Kingdom. I really like the concept, but the execution so far hasn’t been too stellar. Hopefully, the successful dynamic duo Hyun Bin and Director Kim will be able to pull it off.
Epic action film Rampant will begin filming at the end of this year.
Via Osen
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1 Cheems
April 11, 2017 at 10:16 AM
zombie sageuk? count me in!
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Cheems
April 11, 2017 at 10:21 AM
I doubt that it's gonna be stellar though XD But even if this movie had 100$ budget I'd watch it, zombies are totally my guilty pleasure and mixed with sageuk on top of that? my god
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Wansy Woo
April 11, 2017 at 10:59 AM
I know! How has it not been done before? Zombies, sageuk and Hyun Bin? So. Damn. Excited.
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transient
April 11, 2017 at 10:19 PM
I'm imagining gat-wearing zombies.
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Wansy Woo
April 12, 2017 at 1:08 AM
Yes! This film is sounding better by the minute :)
PakalanaPikake
April 11, 2017 at 5:10 PM
@tripantium,
100$ budget -- LMAO!!!
But that won't be enough to cover the sparkly sequined hanbok!
I can see it all now: The zombie hunter hangs out at an eatery operated by a tough cookie named Sam-soon...
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hyades
April 11, 2017 at 12:13 PM
Me too!
Hyun Bin + sageuk +zombie ! this will be one in million movie.
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2 neener ~ Inside the Magic Shop ~
April 11, 2017 at 10:20 AM
I'm not into zombie concepts but it's sageuk and Hyun Bin!
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3 rockyroad
April 11, 2017 at 10:25 AM
those dimples <3 ! and in hanbok!
although i doubt he'll have much cause to smile, because yikes! zombies
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marina
April 11, 2017 at 11:42 AM
o yeah, those dimples ^_______^
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pinny
April 11, 2017 at 8:55 PM
You never know. He's going to have to slay those zombies somehow. And what better way than with the most killer dimples ever?
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rockyroad
April 12, 2017 at 9:55 AM
like a 'secret weapon' ?! This movie totally needs to be made XP
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4 redfox
April 11, 2017 at 10:28 AM
zombie sageuks come in abundance! but I still expect good acting from the zombies- no hiding behind: "But I am falling apart and I don´t have a brain!" excuse
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plumwine
April 11, 2017 at 12:05 PM
I almost spit my drink on my laptop!!!!!
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PakalanaPikake
April 11, 2017 at 5:16 PM
Man, redfox, you are merciless! LMAO!
So much for "I've fallen and I can't get up."
But I love your dedication to high quality standards. ;-)
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💜🍍☠ Sicarius The Queen of Melonia ☠🍍💜
April 11, 2017 at 6:50 PM
Honestly, we get TWO Zombie Sageuk themed things now? It's like the gods really took our comments way back then seriously...
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redfox
April 11, 2017 at 10:12 PM
and one more thing: how exactly does Hyun Bin fight the zombies? Do some crunches and stare them intently in the eye?
if he´s gonna chop them up, they better strip first, no need to ruin a perfectly good hanbok.
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YY Chats with Toast Between Bites
April 12, 2017 at 8:41 AM
They should be naked...there's something about naked zombies, compared to the clothed ones. I watched I Am Legend with Will Smith and there was something so moving about the fact that they were unclothed, it touched me that they had been reduced to that state, that they were once humans. But all the other zombie flicks I saw have had clothed zombies - Walking Dead, Train to Busan, World War Z...hm, can't remember whether they were clothed or not. I like zombie movies, the ones I've watched have always been pretty good, and touched me in ways non-zombie flicks didn't.
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redfox
April 12, 2017 at 8:52 AM
in Train to Busan they all wore well-fitted clothes. a few of the soldier-zombies even wore their uniform hats
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5 Itenoria
April 11, 2017 at 10:45 AM
Zombie Sageuk?!!!! Bless up!!!! This is fixing up to be what the Great Wall should have been. Give me Rampant to wipe out the taste of that hot mess!
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6 aweebit
April 11, 2017 at 10:54 AM
Dear Hyun Bin-sshi,
Come back to dramas please!
Sincerely,
aweebit
PS- love your face, don't let the zombies eat it
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bbstl 🧹
April 11, 2017 at 1:00 PM
Now I just spit drink out!
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7 Grapes
April 11, 2017 at 11:04 AM
When i first read the article I didn't notice film, I directly thought of Kingdom for Signal writer I thought he waa casted in her drama..... waiting patiently for the casting for that drama.
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8 KimchiLover
April 11, 2017 at 11:07 AM
Daebak !! sageuk and Zobie :P
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9 Shellybean
April 11, 2017 at 11:52 AM
Okay, so *where* do I go to watch these movies? My only source in the U.S. has been Netflix (spotty availability at best). Does Viki ever have them?
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beantown
April 11, 2017 at 12:02 PM
I feel your pain! And suffer with you...
Yes, Viki and Dramafever both with have movies but they're usually delayed. I think I waited a year for Beauty Inside and probably about the same for Train to Busan. There are other sites available, too if you search.
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Shellybean
April 11, 2017 at 12:20 PM
Thank you! I do some light searching from time to time, but I've also landed on some sketchy sites doing that, so it's good to know they will eventually come to more trusted places.
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redfox
April 11, 2017 at 12:25 PM
KissAsian?
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beantown
April 11, 2017 at 4:29 PM
I have gotten used to Dramacool but it can be a challenge... I feel like Indiana Jones tiptoeing through all the (adverts) traps!
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10 ketchup
April 11, 2017 at 11:54 AM
Not a fan of zombies.... but... I am happy that the industry is playing and experimenting with other genres. I hope it delivers and maybe someday we can have Lee Jun Ki in the korean adaptation of The Walking Dead.
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11 kakakash
April 11, 2017 at 12:06 PM
Can Crown Prince Yi Young be played by Park Bo-gum? Preetty pleease?
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12 alasecond
April 11, 2017 at 12:42 PM
Isn't W's or was it signal writer or wait some drama that did well in 2016, its writer also writing a saguek zombie drama for her next
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13 accordingtoall
April 11, 2017 at 12:53 PM
Hyun Bin...zombies....saeguk.....I don't know could work.
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14 kiara
April 11, 2017 at 1:21 PM
Supernatural sageuks are either very good (Joseon X-files) or really really bad (Night Watchman etc).
I prefer to watch this kind of experiment on the big screen. If it's bad, at least it'd be over in one go.
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15 mindy
April 11, 2017 at 1:55 PM
This film isn't going to be able to escape comparisons with Kingdom, even though the latter is a Netflix show and not a movie. It'll be interesting to see how they differ.
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16 tesshan
April 11, 2017 at 2:14 PM
Pulling a Gong Yoo? Staying in the movie business for a while, playing in a movie with zombies and then an awesome comeback in dramaland? Lol
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17 PakalanaPikake
April 11, 2017 at 5:01 PM
Not a big fan of zombies, but I loved TRAIN TO BUSAN. So maybe for me they have to be Kzombies with sympathetic character development and heroic arcs or -- epic sageuk bromance. But doggone, it's Joseon, so we'll have zombie gats! Please, someone give me a Three Kingdoms zombie mane of glory, pretty please! ;-)
Whew! Now that that's out of my system, I'm looking forward to this. Hwaiting, Hyun-Bin!
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redfox
April 11, 2017 at 10:39 PM
Joseon Zombie Hairdresser - mains of glory, that are perhaps not so fresh.
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YY Chats with Toast Between Bites
April 12, 2017 at 8:35 AM
I bet he'll get bitten in the end. I don't have a good feeling about this, I'm telling ya.
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18 eskimo
April 11, 2017 at 7:44 PM
Reminds me of Red Dead Redemption: Undead Nightmare lol
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19 Dru
April 11, 2017 at 8:55 PM
hiing, i really hate zombie movies...
but Hyun Bin so hard to resist... gosh..
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20 ujsid
April 11, 2017 at 10:01 PM
I love Binnie ❤
Now that has been established, I can't wait to watch this movie ?
P.s. I hope it's as awesome as "Train to Busan".
Also can he have a reunion drama of him and Ha Ji Won! I would love to see them together again on big or small screen ?
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21 beansoverflowers
April 11, 2017 at 11:11 PM
I collated this with the Netflix series 'Kingdom' without even realising. Why must everything in k-ent circles travel in pairs or triplets. But still, Hyun Bin!
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22 Gerry
April 12, 2017 at 1:23 AM
He is still so handsome. Miss him, hope he does a drama soon
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23 songsong
April 12, 2017 at 5:48 AM
Hyun Bin is great in Confidential Assignment! Glad he is sticking to movie.
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24 bentohouse
April 12, 2017 at 8:21 AM
I still find it funny that TWO Kim Sung Hoon will direct zombie sageuk next year ㅋㅋㅋㅋ Signal is my guilty pleasure so I'm more incline with Kim Eunhee's Kingdom (hoping for more updates on this sobs) but Hyun Bin! I hope his next project will do well and even better than Confidential Assignment.
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