Train to Busan: Peninsula lacks terror when compared to the original film, but it delivers a ghoulish, rollicking Fast and Furious ride through a hollowed-out hellscape:
In objectively today's most on the nose news, Peninsula, the sequel to the hit South Korean zombie flick Train to Busan, will hit North America theaters on August 7, 2020, a little less than a month after the U.S. hit 3 million cases of a highly-contagious virus. What are we doing? What 👏 are 👏 we 👏 doing? Luckily, Well Go USA Entertainment announced that Peninsula is also heading exclusively to Amazon's horror-focused streaming service, Shudder, just a bit later down the line in early 2021. Directed by Yeon Sang-ho, Train to Busan injected …
Hop in if you want to live. You know versions of this iconic line from the Terminator franchise, spoken by humans and robots alike. It's used in the trailer for Train to Busan Presents: Peninsula by a little girl driving a car, promising her would-be passengers salvation from the zombie hordes and post-apocalyptic factions of human suffering after them. This line's recontextualization combined with its context in the trailer should tell you everything you need to know about the semi-sequel's point of view. But you should still watch the rest of the wild trailer …
Good news, Train to Busan fans. The director of the 2016's Korean zombie horror hit, Yeon Sang-ho, is set to direct a new Netflix animated series called Hellbound. Yeon is already on our radar these days thanks to his unofficial sequel to Train to Busan, Peninsula, currently set for release in 2020. [caption id="attachment_890778" align="alignright" width="400"] Image via Pan Media and Entertainment[/caption] But it looks like we're going to have to officially file Yeon under "Directors to Watch" because he has once again secured a fascinating project worth keeping tabs on. Per Screen …
If you're a horror/zombie-movie fan worth your salt, you've undoubtedly seen director Yeon Sang-Ho's 2016 flick Train to Busan and his animated prequel movie released the same year, Seoul Station. Now, the director is back with the franchise's first sequel in Train to Busan Presents: Peninsula which has taken a page from the Fast and Furious folks. The original film told the tale of a zombie outbreak in South Korea, focusing on a group of passengers aboard a train bound for Busan from Seoul who attempted to survive amidst the madness. The prequel …
Train to Busan's sequel, Peninsula, was inspired by Akira and Mad Max: Fury Road both in looks and in world views.
Did you love Train to Busan? The high-paced, high-stakes, surprisingly emotional South Korean zombie thriller from director Yeon Sang-ho? If you haven't seen it, you simply must: It's streaming on Netflix right the hell now, and is an incredible contemporary horror film. If you have: Ooh, do I have good news for you. Per ScreenDaily, Yeon is preparing a spiritual sequel to the film, entitled: Peninsula. While Yeon doesn't consider the film "an official sequel," there is an explicit connection made to Train to Busan: [caption id="attachment_612507" align="alignright" width="350"] Image via …
We cannot wait to see Peninsula, the follow up to the hit zombie film, Train To Busan.
Train to Busan, the 2016 hit zombie movie out of South Korea, reinvigorated the prospect of genuinely terrifying zombies that are fast and unique.
South Korean actor Ma Dong-seok (Train to Busan) is set to join Angelina Jolie and Kumail Nanjiani in Marvel's The Eternals, Collider has confirmed. Chloe Zhao (The Rider) is directing from a script by Matthew Firpo and Ryan Firpo, and Marvel's Kevin Feige is producing The Eternals, which is based on the 1976 comic book series created by Jack Kirby. The comic follows super-powered and near-immortal beings known as Eternals and a rival group known as the Deviants that were created by cosmic beings called Celestials. [caption id="attachment_774001" align="alignright" width="360"] Image via …