The Hollywood project ‘PIG VILLAGE’ was originally written, produced, and starred Ma Dong-seok.Actor and writer Cha Woo-jin, who joined the ranks of 10 million writers with ‘The Outlaws 3’, wrote the screenplay.Director Lee Sang-yong, who created the box office success of the ‘The Outlaws’ series, joined forces.Led by Ma Dong-seok, the film has drawn attention by revealing a stellar cast that will get movie fans ‘hearts racing, including Michael Rooker, Colin Woodell, Lisette Olivera, Ali Ann, Abraham Pufulla, and Alex Meraz.

‘ Pig Village ‘is a Hollywood project by a Korean production team that depicts the story of professional bare-knuckle boxer’ Hammer ‘and criminals with different goals gathering at a suspicious location in San Diego, on the border between the United States and Mexico.It is a project that Ma Dong-seok’s team ambitiously prepared with Korean capital and system, and it received attention from the planning stage.’Pig Village’ is a 100% English-language work targeting Hollywood and the global market.

This project is more significant as a milestone that goes beyond the simple export of Korean films and opens a new path for overseas expansion.Ma Dong-seok’s production company Big Punch Pictures was in charge of production, while Nova Film and B & C Contents were in charge of production, and Plus M Entertainment and Avio Entertainment were in charge of joint provision and distribution.

The center of the film is Ma Dong-seok, who is the producer and plays the title role.Ma Dong-seok, who has given a strong impact to movie fans not only in Korea but also around the world with the mega hit IP series ‘The Outlaws’, ‘Train to Busan’, and Marvel’s ‘Eternals’ and ‘Gilgamesh’, has taken on the role of professional bare-knuckle boxer ‘Hammer’.You will be able to experience the essence of Ma Dong-seok’s boxing action.

Ma Dong-seok said, “I have long dreamed of making a real Hollywood action movie through the Korean production system.’Pig Village’ is a film that brings together top-tier talents from Korea and Hollywood, and it will be a completely new work that will excite the global market by combining only the best aspects of each industry.”

The casting lineup optimized for the genre, centering around Ma Dong-seok, is catching the eye.Michael Rooker, who played Yondu in Guardians of the Galaxy, plays Steve, a corrupt police officer who catches Hammer’s Achilles ‘heel.The symbolic meeting of Gilgamesh and Yondu in MCU(Marvel Cinematic Universe)is raising the expectations of movie fans.

Colin Woodell, who left a strong impression in Blumhouse’s horror masterpiece ‘Unfriended: Dark Web’ and the recently released Netflix series ‘Beat’, will deliver fist-clenching tension as the cold-blooded ‘Randy’ who commits serial murders.

The cast lineup for ‘Pig Village’ is completed with Lisette Olivera from ‘National Treasure: The Hidden Story’, Ali Ann from the Marvel original series ‘It’s All Agatha’s Doing ‘, Abraham Pufula from’ The Marvels ‘, and Alex Meraz from’ Suicide Squad ‘.

The actors revealed that Ma Dong-seok was a strong motivation for them to appear in the film ahead of the full-scale shooting.Michael Rooker said of joining “Pig Village,” “Ma Dong-seok is a person with tremendous influence,” and “I did not want to miss the opportunity to work with Ma Dong-seok and the wonderful Korean production team on a fresh and exciting film.” Ali Ahn said, “As a Korean-American who has returned to Korea after 20 years, I am proud to have the opportunity to act with Ma Dong-seok.” Abraham Pufula said, “I chose this attractive scenario because I wanted to appear in Ma Dong-seok’s film.”

The directing is by Lee Sang-yong, who led the ‘Criminal City’ series.Director Lee Sang-yong has built up solid experience as an assistant director in various genres, and as an assistant director for ‘Criminal City’, he started the representative franchise of South Korea.After that, he directed ‘Criminal City 2’ and ‘Criminal City 3’, and became a double-thousand director, writing a new box office legend in the Korean film industry.As the industry’s attention is focused on the reunion of Director Lee Sang-yong and actor Ma Dong-seok, the two have already worked together several times, so expectations for ‘Pig Village’ are also rising.

The Hollywood project ‘Pig Village’, led by Ma Dong-seok, is scheduled to complete filming in the first half of this year and pursue a worldwide release.

Reporter Yoonna Choi com Donga.com yyynnn@donga

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