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Disney+ unveiled a new crime thriller titled Gold Land, which will star Park Boyoung (Light Shop) and Kim Sung-cheol (The Battle of Jangsari).

The series is written by Hwang Joyoon, the screenwriter behind the critically-acclaimed Korean film Oldboy.

Gold Land follows Heeju (played by Park), a girl from a sleepy backwater town who accidentally comes into possession of gold bars from a smuggling organization. Suddenly finding herself in a van full of gold and on the run from some of Korea’s most dangerous men, Heeju heads towards the one place she swore she would never return.

Kim plays Jang Wook (also known as Woogy), a member of the criminal organization chasing Heeju. However, Jang Wook and Heeju have an old bond, having lived in the same neighborhood when they were growing up.

Gold Land is directed visionary director Kim Sunghoon, who also helmed Chief Detective 1958 and hit film Confidential Assignment.

It’s time for another episode of the Wtf Happened to This Horror Movie? video series, and with this one we’re looking back at director Chan-wook Park’s 2003 South Korean film Oldboy (watch it Here) – a movie that has not only been ranked on lists of the Greatest Films Ever Made, but has also had people looking at hammers differently for over twenty years now. You can hear all about it in the video embedded above.

Written by Park with Jo-yun Hwang and Jun-hyung Lim, Oldboy is a loose adaptation of the Japanese manga of the same name. The film has the following synopsis: Dae-Su is an obnoxious drunk bailed from the police station yet again by a friend. However, he’s abducted from the street and wakes up in a cell, where he remains for the next 15 years, drugged unconscious when human contact is unavoidable, otherwise with only the television as company.

Steven Spielberg and Will Smith are now in early discussions to work together in remaking the 2003 Korean film "Oldboy" which was helmed by Chan-wook Park. DreamWorks is in the process of securing the remake rights which Universal is going to distribute. The original film's synopsis was of a man's quest for vengance after having been detained for fifteen years in an unknown place for reasons that escape him. Both tender and brutal, this shocking thriller will have viewers talking. The Korean film's story was penned by Garon Tsuchiya based on the comic by Nobuaki Minegishi. Jo-yun Hwang, Chun-hyeong Lim and Park worked the screenplay.

Steven Spielberg and Will Smith are now in early discussions to work together in remaking the 2003 Korean film "Oldboy" which was helmed by Chan-wook Park. DreamWorks is in the process of securing the remake rights which Universal is going to distribute. The original film's synopsis was of a man's quest for vengance after having been detained for fifteen years in an unknown place for reasons that escape him. Both tender and brutal, this shocking thriller will have viewers talking. The Korean film's story was penned by Garon Tsuchiya based on the comic by Nobuaki Minegishi. Jo-yun Hwang, Chun-hyeong Lim and Park worked the screenplay.

Steven Spielberg and Will Smith are now in early discussions to work together in remaking the 2003 Korean film "Oldboy" which was helmed by Chan-wook Park. DreamWorks is in the process of securing the remake rights which Universal is going to distribute. The original film's synopsis was of a man's quest for vengance after having been detained for fifteen years in an unknown place for reasons that escape him. Both tender and brutal, this shocking thriller will have viewers talking. The Korean film's story was penned by Garon Tsuchiya based on the comic by Nobuaki Minegishi. Jo-yun Hwang, Chun-hyeong Lim and Park worked the screenplay. Apparently, Spielberg has been eyeing an opportunity to work with Smith. Will's up next in "Seven Pounds," a dramatic film helmed by Gabriele Muccino of "The Pursuit of Happyness" which Grant Nieporte wrote. Columbia Pictures distributes.

Steven Spielberg and Will Smith are now in early discussions to work together in remaking the 2003 Korean film "Oldboy" which was helmed by Chan-wook Park. DreamWorks is in the process of securing the remake rights which Universal is going to distribute. The original film's synopsis was of a man's quest for vengance after having been detained for fifteen years in an unknown place for reasons that escape him. Both tender and brutal, this shocking thriller will have viewers talking. The Korean film's story was penned by Garon Tsuchiya based on the comic by Nobuaki Minegishi. Jo-yun Hwang, Chun-hyeong Lim and Park worked the screenplay.