Neon to release Park Chan-wook's 'No Other Choice'
1 of 5 | Park Chan-wook, seen at the 2023 Golden Globe Awards, directs "No Other Choice." File Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI | License Photo
June 26 (UPI) -- Neon announced Thursday it will distribute South Korean director Park Chan-wook's next film, No Other Choice, in North America. Neon re-released Park's original Oldboy in theaters in 2023.
No Other Choice is an adaptation of Donald Westlake's 1997 book The Ax. It is the second film adaptation following Costa-Gavras' 2005 French/Dutch film The Axe.
Lee Byung-hung of Squid Game fame plays a man laid off by a paper company. In Westlake's book, the man becomes so desperate for work, he stalks his potential replacements.
Son Yejin will play his wife. Park Hee-soon, Lee Sung-min, Yeom Hye-ran, Cha Seung-won and Yoo Yeon-seok also star.
No Other Choice is in post-production. CJ ENM financed the project; the company also financed Neon's Oscar-winner Parasite.
Westlake's other books have been adapted as the films Point Blank, Payback, Parker and more.
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