Netflix and Brad Pitt are making a monster movie starring Jake Gyllenhaal
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The streaming giant has just invested $50 million in "Okja," according to The Hollywood Reporter, which is Bong's follow-up to his hit 2013 movie "Snowpiercer."
Currently in pre-production, the film stars Jake Gyllenhaal and Tilda Swinton and follows a friendship between a girl and an animal/monster named Okja (but for anyone who knows Bong's work, the story is likely more complex than that).
This is on the heels of Netflix committing last spring to a $60 million investment in the upcoming Brad Pitt project "War Machine." That's the company's largest deal to date.
Pitt's Plan B Entertainment has also come onboard the "Okja" project as a co-producer, according to THR.
Netflix is in more than 50 countries with 69 million subscribers around the world.
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With the company's plan to launch its service across Asia in 2016, collaborating with one of South Korea's biggest filmmakers is a smart move.
Bong's "Snowpiercer" was a critical success here in the US, but overseas it was a much bigger hit, grossing over $82 million at the foreign box office. The largest territory was Bong's homeland of South Korea, where it earned $59.8 million. At a $40 million budget, it's the biggest-budget Korean movie of all time.
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