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August 15, 2006

Kang Moves Out of 'Motel,' Onto 'West 32nd' with Korean Giant CJ Entertainment

South Korea's monolithic CJ Entertainment has been flirting with a stateside operation for a while now, and according to Variety, the relationship is now official: Production began Monday on the $2.4. million Koreatown gangster film West 32nd, with The Motel filmmaker Michael Kang getting the directing call and Teddy Zee (Saving Face) producing.

"So far, so good," Kang told The Reeler this morning from the set. "We've got a great cast and a great team putting this together. Teddy is producing, and John Cho [Harold and Kumar] and Grace Park [Battlestar Galactica] are in it, along with some Korean actors you probably don'r know but who are really well-known in Korea."

Which is perfect for the gang at CJ, who plan an early 2007 distribution date in both the US and South Korea Kang said he has been developing the project with the studio since last March. "They read the script, and Teddy Zee made the formal introductions," Kang said. "We went out to Korea and met with them. It just seemed like a perfect fit, and I'm really excited to direct their first American production."

Terrific news all around. Best of luck to Kang on the shoot and to CJ on its American bow.

Posted by stvanairsdale at August 15, 2006 11:29 AM

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