After reportedly battling Fox Searchlight over “Stoker,” and given the lukewarm response the film received from critics and the box office, Park Chan-wook is going back home for his next feature. And it will be another opportunity for the stylish director to put his imprint on a different cinematic sub-genre.
Screen Daily reveals that Park will direct an adaptation of Sarah Waters‘ novel “Fingersmith.” It’s a Dickensian tale of female thieves, but this Korean-language take will take place when the country was under Japanese rule. Here’s the Amazon synopsis of the novel:
Casting on the project —which will be called “Agashi” in Korea, though an English title hasn’t been finalized— will begin this month, with production to begin early next year, but if you want to get a taste of the story, just scroll below. In 2005, the BBC mounted a three-hour TV version of Waters’ book starring Elaine Cassidy, Sally Hawkins, Imelda Staunton, Charles Dance and Rupert Evans. Aisling Walsh directed it, and you can watch the whole thing right now.
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