CJ ENM‘s global base camp, global studio FIFTH SEASON, has released news of new works one after another.

According to CJ ENM, actor and director Ben Affleck recently confirmed his lead role in the film ‘Animals’ (Netflix), following his directing. Kerry Washington and Steven Yeun have also been confirmed to star in the film. The film ‘Animals’ tells the story of a mayoral candidate whose son is kidnapped. Filming is scheduled to begin in April in LA, USA. Fifth Season will be produced with ‘Artists Equity’, a production company founded by Ben Affleck and Matt Damon.

Director Joe Wright, known as the British romance master for directing ‘Pride and Prejudice’, ‘Atonement’, will direct the AI thriller ‘Alignment’. ‘Alignment’ deals with a global disaster caused by a rapidly growing artificial intelligence company manipulating and distorting the global market. Natan Dotan, who wrote the work, has experience in various fields including mass media and data science. ‘Alignment’ is said to have received favorable reviews in the industry since the writing stage, and has received much attention, having held more than 20 meetings with producers.

Last year, Fifth Season signed a contract with ‘Alignment’ after a fierce bidding competition, receiving much attention in the United States. Fifth Season and Makeready are producing the film, with Scott Silver (Joker, The Fighter and 8 Mile) serving as executive producer.


A film adaptation of the novel A Ladder To The Sky is also in the final stages of development. A Ladder To The Sky is a thrilling drama about an ambitious, handsome young writer’s rise to literary stardom through a series of temptations and plagiarism. It was shortlisted for Novel of the Year at the 2018 Irish Book Awards. Director Johan Renck, who has won two Emmy Awards, and director Edward Berger, whose film ‘Conclave’ was nominated for eight categories at the 97th Academy Awards (Oscars), are in discussions to become producers.

Fifth Season is a large global studio that CJ ENM acquired to strengthen its global content production capabilities and establish a multi-studio system. In January, along with the worldwide release of Season 2 of its representative work ‘Severance: Disconnect’, the company announced that it would expand the number of works it supplies this year by presenting about 20 pieces of content, including more than seven TV series, movies, and documentaries, through global platforms such as Netflix and Apple TV+. It includes a variety of works that are sure to intrigue viewers around the world, including the second season of the series ‘Nine Perfect Strangers’ (Hulu, Amazon) starring Nicole Kidman, the crime thriller ‘The Savant’ (Apple TV+) starring Jessica Chastain, ‘A Working Man’ starring Jason Statham, and ‘NONNAS’ (Netflix) with a super-star cast including director Stephen Chobsky and Vince Vaughn.

Hong Se-young, Donga.com Reporter projecthong@donga.com

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