A limited series based around Bong Joon-ho’s “Parasite” is now in the works at HBO, according to Variety. Bong is actually teaming up with “The Big Short” and “Vice” director Adam McKay to co-executive produce the series. As per Variety: “It isn’t clear as of yet whether the series will be a direct English language remake of the film or some kind of spinoff.“ HBO, su[pposedly, beat out a ton of competition to nab the rights for the “Parasite” TV series, including a heavily ammoed effort from none other than Netflix.
The question that begs to be asked is quite simple; Did we really need this? Why does every successful original story need to be remade, rebooted and sequel-ized? Sometimes it's best to leave a great movie alone. The structure of “Parasite” does indeed play out like it could be expanded into series-length, but we didn’t need an American remake of the film. And yet, Bong has been shopping around the idea of a remake since the summer. What he finally got wasn’t a remake per se, but, rather, an episodic venture with a limited amount of episodes.
Bong seems very interested in American TV these days as he’s even professed his love for David Fincher’s “Mindhunter” and even expressed interest in directing a few episodes of the Netflix series. Also, his 2014 film “Snowpiercer” will have a TV series coming up later this year. So, it seems as though the South Korean filmmaker is clearly interested in building up a career in television as much as at the movies.