The popular South Korean film "Train to Busan", which has been liked by many fans of TV projects about zombies, will have a sequel. There is not much information about the movie "Train to Busan 2: Peninsula" / "Bando" (2020): its release date is set for 2020, the trailer has appeared on the network, and the plot and actors are already known.
Expectations rating - 99%. The rating of the previous part: KinoPoisk - 7.0, IMDb - 7.5. Critics rating: in the world - 93%, in Russia - 100%.
Concept Art
Train to Busan 2: Bando
South Korea
Genre: horror, thriller
Producer: Yeon Sang Ho
World premiere: 15 July 2020
Release in Russia: 20 August 2020
Cast: Kang Dong-won, Lee Jong-hyung, Lee Rae, Kwon Hae-hyo, Kim Min-jae, Ku Kyo-hwan, Kim Do-yun, Lee Ye-won and others.
First part budget: $ 8,500,000. Box office: $ 87,547,518.
The sequel will tell you how the fate of the inhabitants of South Korea developed four years after the country was defeated by a virus that turns people into zombies ...
Plot
In the original film, viewers saw the peaceful life of the people of Seoul turning into a waking nightmare. Suddenly an unknown virus hits the country. The moment of infection overtakes the main character of the film and his daughter on the train, when both are heading to Busan. Here they had to fight for their own survival for 442 kilometers on the way ...
According to the creators, they do not plan to use the characters from the original picture. In the new part, we will be shown how some of the surviving residents will get out of the epidemic-ridden Korean Peninsula.
Production
The sequel was directed by Yong San-Ho ("Seoul Station", "Telekinesis"), who also directed "Train to Busan". He also co-wrote the film with Park Chu-Sok ("Hwai", "Train to Busan").
Yeon sang-ho
The filming process of the tape began on June 24, 2019. The exact date of the release in Russia of the film "Peninsula" (2020), which became a continuation of the project "Train to Busan", is still unknown. The world premiere has also not yet been officially announced, however, according to Naver, the second part will be released on August 12, 2020.
Cast
The cast of the film is already known. Famous Asian stars starred in the project:
- Kang Dong-won (Our Happy Time, The Duelist, The Temptation of Wolves, The Secret Reunion, Inran: The Wolf Brigade, Time Disappeared);
- Lee Jong-hyung ("Kunham: Border Island", "Battle of Menryan", "Alexander", "Night Fishing");
- Lee Rae (7 Years of the Night, Desire, Witch's Trial, Radio Romance, Miss and Mrs. Kop);
- Kwon Hae-hyo ("Ghost", "Lie to Me", "Hot Blood of Youth", "King of Drama", "Default", "Lost Night");
- Kim Min-jae (Mean Girl, Graduate, The Good, the Bad, the Fucked Up, The Bad Cop);
- Ku Kyo-hwan ("Werewolf Boy", "Robinson on the Moon", "Jane's Dream");
- Kim Do-yun ("Howl", "Room # 7", "Telekinesis", "Guard");
- Lee Ye-won ("Come and Hug Me").
Interesting Facts
Did you know that:
- Hollywood is preparing a remake of the movie "Train to Busan". It was written by Gary Doberman ("It", "The Curse of Annabelle"), who declared that he loved the original very much, and accepted the idea of starting a restart with enthusiasm.
- Yeon Sang-ho is a former cartoonist who suddenly changed his profile and fell into the topic of a zombie virus that is destroying humanity.
- In 2016, Yeon Sang-ho released an animated prequel to The Train to Busan, which he called Seoul Station.
Whether the main characters will be able to escape from the monsters covered by an unknown virus, we learn in the movie "Train to Busan 2: Peninsula" / "Bando" (2020), the official release date has already been announced, the actors and the plot are known, and the trailer has appeared on the network.
