Lee Min Ho leads cast of political thriller 'Assassins'
MANILA, Philippines — Lee Min-ho will star opposite fellow Korean veteran actors in the upcoming political thriller "Assassins."
Production studio Hive Media Corp. confirmed it Min-ho, Yoo Hae-jin and Park Hae-il boarded the film, which began shooting last August, targeting a 2026 release.
The movie by director Hur Jin-ho revolves around the attempted assassination of former Korean president Park Chung-hee in the early 1970s.
Min-ho will play a journalist who witnessed the attempted assassination alongside Hae-jin's police inspector while Hae-il will play a news editor overseeing the incident's coverage.
The film reunites Hae-il and Jin-ho, who had worked on the latter's "The Last Princess" with Son Ye-jin. Hae-il also starred in Park Chan-wook's "Decision to Leave" and the Bong Joon-ho films "Memories of Murder" and "The Host."
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Hae-jin appeared in "Exhuma," "Space Sweepers," the "Confidenial Assignment" films, and another Hive Media Corp. production "Yadang: The Snitch."
Min-ho is best known for starring in "Boys Over Flowers," "The Heirs," "City Hunter," "Legend of the Blue Sea," "The King: The Eternal Monarch," "Pachinko" and "When the Stars Gossip."
Hive Media Corp. also previously produced political dramas "12.12: The Day," "The Man Standing Next" and "Inside Men." The former two also circled Korea in the 1970s while the latter two both starred Lee Byung-hun.
Cinematographer Lee Mo-gae and lighting director Lee Sung-hwan also board the project having collaborated on the previously mentioned "Exhuma" and "12.12: The Day" as well as "Emergency Declaration.
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