For his next film, Steven Yeun is getting in the producer’s seat for the first time.The Walking Dead alum, who is coming off a critically acclaimed performance in Lee Chang-dong’s Burning, will star in and serve as an executive producer for Minari, from writer-director Lee Isaac Chung.A24 is financing the film and producing alongside Chung, Plan B and Yeun.
The drama, which is set to begin production on Monday, is inspired by Chung’s upbringing as the son of Korean immigrants in rural Arkansas.
Yeun, who was born in Seoul and moved to Michigan with his parents at age five,…
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