Korean Dragons Plan Invasion of Los Angeles
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Korean film director Shim Hyung-rae plans to release his blockbuster movie "D- War" at major cities of the United States, including Los Angeles (LA), around the end of November, 2006.
Director shim has been making efforts to complete the blockbuster movie "D-War" over the past six years. The movie features a number of serious battles in LA among pythons which try to occupy a cintamani.
"Almost all works for completion of the movie will be done around the end of May this year", Shim said. "The movie will be released to the U.S. audiences around the end of November, where Thanksgiving holidays usually start".
When asked about why he chose pythons as characteristics for the film "D-War", Director Shim explained, "Pythons are good characteristics in which I can make good contents, which are believed to intrigue audiences in the world as well as in the U.S".
Shim also made explanations about why he chose L.A. as the background of the "D-War". He remarked, "I picked up L.A. among other world's big cities because the U.S. city is very close to Hollywood, center of the world's film industry, and the U.S. film market is very large.
Shim did not speak much about the total cost of producing the movie. "The cost of producing the film might amount to 250 million dollars if our staff, including graphic designers, not been directly involved in the production", he stated.
"I read on a story on the film "D-War" on an Internet website, and it is estimated that the production cost of the movie would reach 145 million dollars", Shim remarked. "However, the total cost of producing the film is more than the estimation.
By Suni Kim
Director shim has been making efforts to complete the blockbuster movie "D-War" over the past six years. The movie features a number of serious battles in LA among pythons which try to occupy a cintamani.
"Almost all works for completion of the movie will be done around the end of May this year", Shim said. "The movie will be released to the U.S. audiences around the end of November, where Thanksgiving holidays usually start".
When asked about why he chose pythons as characteristics for the film "D-War", Director Shim explained, "Pythons are good characteristics in which I can make good contents, which are believed to intrigue audiences in the world as well as in the U.S".
Shim also made explanations about why he chose L.A. as the background of the "D-War". He remarked, "I picked up L.A. among other world's big cities because the U.S. city is very close to Hollywood, center of the world's film industry, and the U.S. film market is very large.
Shim did not speak much about the total cost of producing the movie. "The cost of producing the film might amount to 250 million dollars if our staff, including graphic designers, not been directly involved in the production", he stated.
"I read on a story on the film "D-War" on an Internet website, and it is estimated that the production cost of the movie would reach 145 million dollars", Shim remarked. "However, the total cost of producing the film is more than the estimation.
By Suni Kim
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