Concrete Utopia

Concrete Utopia (Korean: 콘크리트 유토피아) is an upcoming South Korean disaster-thriller film directed by Um Tae-hwa and starring Lee Byung-hun, Park Seo-joon and Park Bo-young. The film is based on second part of webtoon Pleasant Bullying by Kim Sung-nik which is about an earthquake destruction and its aftermath.[2][3][4] It is scheduled to be released theatrically in 2023.[5]

For other uses, see Concrete Utopia (disambiguation).

Concrete Utopia
Teaser poster
Hangul
콘크리트 유토피아
Revised RomanizationKonkeuriteu Yutopia
Directed byUm Tae-hwa
Screenplay by
  • Um Tae-hwa
  • Lee Sin-ji
Based onPleasant Bullying (webtoon)
by Kim Sung-nik
Starring
Production
company
Climax Studio (formerly known as Lezhin Studio)[1]
Distributed byLotte Entertainment
Release date
  • 2023 (2023)
CountrySouth Korea
LanguageKorean

Synopsis

It tells the story of earthquake survivors in 'Imperial Palace Apartment' in Seoul. Yeong-tak (Lee Byung-hun) leads the survivors in the crisis situation amply helped by Min-seong (Park Seo-joon), a public servant and his nurse wife Myeong-hwa (Park Bo-young).

Cast

Production

Casting

On August 4, 2020, Lotte Entertainment announced a disaster thriller film with Um Tae-hwa as director and Lee Byung-hun and Park Bo-young in pivotal roles.[10] Park Seo-joon was also named to star in the film to be based on webtoon Pleasant Bullying by Kim Sung-nik.[6][11] Park Ji-hu[7] and Kim Do-yoon joined the cast in April 2021.[8]

Filming

Principal photography began on April 16, 2021.[12][13] The filming was finished in the end of August 2021.[14]

Sequel

A sequel titled as Concrete Utopia 2, a dystopian action film that deals with a story long after the worldview of 'Concrete Utopia' began production on November 14, 2021. It will be the first feature film directed by Martial Arts Director Huh Myung-haeng, and features Ma Dong-seok.[15] The sequel tentatively titled as The Wilderness includes Lee Jun-young and Roh Jeong-eui as lead cast.[16]

References
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  10. Kim Sun-woo (August 4, 2020). "[단독]이병헌X박보영, '콘크리트 유토피아' 캐스팅…'믿보배' 라인업" [[Exclusive] Lee Byung-hun X Park Bo-young cast'Concrete Utopia'... 'Believe' lineup]. Sports Seoul (in Korean). Naver. Archived from the original on April 16, 2021. Retrieved April 16, 2021.
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