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.
The man doesn't stop. James Gunn has confirmed he's already hard at work writing his next film, even as ‘Man of Tomorrow’ makes its way toward theaters next summer.