20th Century Studios has found a director for their yet-untitled K-Pop film. According to Deadline, the Disney-owned studio has tapped Benson Lee to helm the new project.
- Lee is known for his most recent directorial credit, the 2015 film Seoul Searching, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival.
- The untitled K-Pop feature film comes from Scooter Braun’s SB Projects and Epic Magazine.
- The film follows “a young Asian-American college student from the U.S. who becomes a top competitor on South Korea’s toughest k-pop competition show and chases her dreams of becoming a K-Pop star, despite the disapproval of her family.”
- Elyse Hollander is currently attached to write the film.
- Braun and James Shin are attached as producers with Scott Manson set to serve as executive producer on behalf of SB Projects.
- Joshua Davis and Arthur Spector are also on as producers with Joshuah Bearman on as another executive producer on behalf of Epic Magazine.
- John Zaozirny is attached as a third executive producer on behalf of Bellevue Productions.
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