Park Chan-Wook Sets Matthew McConaughey, Austin Butler, Pedro Pascal For Western
EXCLUSIVE: He may be at the upcoming Cannes Film Festival to preside over the jury, but Park Chan-Wook will also be heating up the market with a movie package that has serious firepower behind it.
Park is assembling an A-list cast for his passion project Western The Brigands of Rattlecreek, with Oscar winner Matthew McConaughey (Interstellar), Oscar nominee Austin Butler (Dune: Part Two), four-time Emmy nominee Pedro Pascal (The Last of Us) and Chinese star Tang Wei (Decision to Leave) all aboard for the ride.
S. Craig Zahler (Bone Tomahawk)’s original screenplay is moving forward as Oldboy and The Handmaiden director Park’s next film, which will be on sale in Cannes with Patrick Wachsberger’s Legendary label 193.
The movie is understood to follow a sheriff and a doctor who seek revenge against a group of bandits who use the cover of a torrential thunderstorm to rob and terrorize the occupants of a small town. The story will alight on themes central to Park’s oeuvre of vengeance, retribution, the consequences of violence and the power of memory and family, but this time in the American West.
Producing are Bradley Fischer (Zodiac), and Park for Moho Film (No Other Choice). Jisun Back for Moho Film, Mike Medavoy and Georgia Kacandes are executive producers.
Park has been keen to make the Black List script for close to a decade and there were reports that Amazon was attached years ago. The project now has more impetus than ever with a killer cast: it’s a rare package in the indie market for its combination of genuine A-list talent, a beloved filmmaker and genre. Despite being available (for now) in the indie space, the project’s scope remains impressive and we hear the budget is being pegged north of $60M.
Korean auteur Park is coming off acclaimed crime-comedy No Other Choice, which debuted at Cannes, scored three Golden Globe nominations and more than $40M worldwide. His previous English-language projects include limited series The Sympathizer, miniseries The Little Drummer Girl and Fox Searchlight’s Stoker.
Park is represented by WME, Industry Entertainment and Hansen Jacobson Teller. Zahler is represented by UTA and Range Media Partners. McConaughey is represented by WME and Yorn Levine. Butler is represented by WME, Brillstein Entertainment, and Sloane, Offer. Pascal is represented by CAA and Jackoway Austen. Wei is represented by CAA. Fischer is represented by Gang, Tyre.
