Korean director Na Hong-Jin (The Wailing) will make his much-anticipated return with Hope, and Variety reports that the sci-fi action thriller with an A-list ensemble is eyeing a 2026 release. Hope, now in post-production, is slated for a summer 2026 release. The cast includes Hwang Jung-min (The Wailing), Zo In-sung (Moving), Hoyeon (“Squid Game”), Michael Fassbender […]
The ambitious thriller is set in “the remote village of Hope Harbor, near the heavily fortified Demilitarized Zone (DMZ). When a tiger is suspected to have appeared and local police chief Bum-seok is alerted, it throws the community into chaos. But what begins as a local emergency soon spirals into a deeper, more terrifying mystery, one that forces the town’s residents to confront the unknown.
“Hwang will play Bum-seok, while Zo co-stars as Sung-ki, a headstrong local who tracks a dangerous creature into the forest. Making her feature film debut, Hoyeon plays Sung-ae, a principled rookie officer navigating a crisis beyond her training. Meanwhile, Fassbender, Vikander, Russell, and Britton appear as extraterrestrials whose arrival in Hope Harbor accelerates the town’s unraveling and deepens the mystery.”
Hong Kyung-pyo (The Wailing, Parasite) is on board as cinematographer.
Na Hong-Jin previously said in a statement, “Oftentimes, a person’s goodwill can lead to unintended catastrophe simply because of differences in perspective. My hope for this film is to cinematically capture that phenomenon in a way that has yet to be seen.”
Stay tuned for more on Hope as it arrives.
