Parasite limited series in the works at HBO

January 9th 2020, 5:15pm

THE HOST and SNOWPIERCER director Bong Joon-ho's black comedy thriller masterpiece PARASITE is one of the best movies of 2019. And today we've just learned that after being pursued by top streamers – including Netflix – HBO has snagged the rights to make an English-language limited series out of the film with Bong and Adam McKay (ANCHORMAN, TALLADEGA NIGHTS) crafting the adaptation.

Bong and McKay will also executive produce the limited series along with Mikey Le, Cho Young Ki, Francis Chung, and Kevin Messick. Jerry Ko is a co-executive producer and Fred Lee will produce. We'll let you know when we hear more. What did YOU think of PARASITE? Let us know below!

Bong Joon Ho brings his work home to Korea in this pitch-black modern fairytale which tells the tale of

The Park Family: the picture of aspirational wealth. And the Kim Family, rich in street smarts but not much else. Be it chance or fate, these two houses are brought together and the Kims sense a golden opportunity. Masterminded by college-aged Ki-woo, the Kim children expediently install themselves as tutor and art therapist, to the Parks. Soon, a symbiotic relationship forms between the two families. The Kims provide "indispensable" luxury services while the Parks obliviously bankroll their entire household. When a parasitic interloper threatens the Kims' newfound comfort, a savage, underhanded battle for dominance breaks out, threatening to destroy the fragile ecosystem between the Kims and the Parks.

PARASITE is directed by Bong Joon-ho from a screenplay he co-wrote with Han Jin-won. The film stars Song Kang-ho, Lee Sun-kyun, Cho Yeo-jeong, Choi Woo-shik and Park So-dam. It's rated R for language, some violence, and sexual content and will be released on Blu-ray on January 28, 2020.