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UPDATE: Mystery solved! The unidentified man who briefly gatecrashed today’s virtual Cannes talk with Neon was none other than the father of Brent Lang, exec editor at our sister publication Variety. Lang just tweeted: “This is hilarious. I was supposed to moderate this panel, but technical problems got the best of…

Neon, distributor of multi-Oscar winning and Best Picture Parasite, has inked a revolving credit facility with MUFG Union Bank. Neonwill use the capital to continue building upon its core film business, and to expands its production slate. Tom Quinn, Jessica Nickelsberg, Jeff Deutchman, and Jim Wehrfritz negotiated…

Parasite producer CJ is lining up another genre-bending treat. The Korean powerhouse is teaming up with Midsommar and Hereditary duo Ari Aster and Lars Knudsen on an English-language remake of cult Korean movie Save The Green Planet! The off-beat, black comedy-sci-fi mashup from 2003 follows a man who believes the…

Neon has promoted Elissa Federoff to President of Distribution and Christina Zisa to President of Publicity. Both Federoff and Zisa have been with Neon since its inception in January 2017. The news comes in the wake of the distributor’s awesome success with Bong Joon Ho’s Parasite which has grossed over $54M at the…

When Deadline runs its Most Valuable Blockbuster film profitability countdown each year, readers often ask about certain films that make big bucks but don’t make the list because they don’t hit the minimum on domestic grosses. Here are five pics that deserve honorable mentions for 2019. (The takeaway for all the…

Another milestone for Parasite. The Oscar-winning Korean sensation has now become the highest-grossing foreign-language film in UK box office history, surpassing The Passion Of The Christ. The film already posted a record-breaking debut in the UK, opening with $1.8M including previews from an initial 136 sites, a new…

The Parasite train keeps on gaining steam, with Bong Joon Ho’s four-time Oscar-winning dark comedy crossing $50 million at the domestic box office. But the real question is, can it beat Life Is Beautiful’s box office gross of $57M? If it maintains its momentum, signs are pointing to yes. As its Imax run comes to an…

CJ ENM, one of Asia's leading entertainment companies and the outfit behind Bong Joon Ho's Oscar-winning sensation Parasite, is taking a significant stake in fellow South Korean company Dexter Studios. Founded by Kim Yong-Hwa, Dexter is the producer of numerous mega-grossing Korean blockbusters including Along With The…

Hulu has landed exclusive U.S. streaming rights to Parasite, the South Korean film that made Oscar history as the first foreign language film to win the best picture Oscar. In a deal with studio Neon, the film will be available for streaming on Hulu beginning Wednesday, April 8. Parasite took home four Oscars…

30WEST, which invested in Parasite releaser NEON back in 2018, has taken a significant minority stake in UK and Ireland distribution, sales and production outfit Altitude Media Group. Launched in 2012 by Will Clarke and Andy Mayson, Altitude saw early successes with Asif Kapadia's Oscar-winning doc Amy and Barry…

President Donald Trump mocked the Academy Awards for giving its best picture Oscar to Parasite, expressing bewilderment to a rally crowd in Colorado that a foreign language movie could get the top award. “By the way, how bad were the Academy Awards this year, do you see? And the winner is, a movie from South Korea…

The double bill last week was confounding: Parasite playing side by side nationally with Love Story — the edgy Korean thriller nudging the 50-year-old weepy. There was a perverse logic behind the playdates. Having won every statuette in sight, Parasite now was opening wide in quest of a giant payday, already…