Korean actor Hoyeon joins Theo James in Kim Jee-woon's film The Hole thriller.
The standalone series follows Owen, played by James, as a successful professor living in South Korea who is bedridden after a devastating car accident kills his wife, Sandy (Hoyeon). Owen cares for Yuna, his Korean mother-in-law, who begins to reveal the truth behind Owen and Sandy's marriage, only to threaten his road to recovery.
Hoyeon made her acting debut in the first season of Netflix Squid game series, and also appears in Alfonso Cuarón's psychological thriller Disclaimer for AppleTV+. Hoyeon will also have an upcoming lead role in Na Hong-jin Hope, alongside Alicia Vikander and Michael Fassbender.
The Veterans is purchasing international rights The Hole starting at AFM this week, while CAA Media Finance and UTA Independent Film Group represent U.S. rights. Sam Esmail, Chad Hamilton and Nick Krishnamurthy are producing for Esmail Corp alongside Kimberly Steward and Alex Foster for K Period Media and Andy Sorgie via his Paisan banner.
Jay Choi and Kim Jee-woon will produce the film alongside Soon Ho Song, who will serve as co-producer for Anthology Studios. The Hole is written by Christopher Chen and is based on the 2017 novel of the same name by Hye-young Pyun.
The film will have English and Korean language dialogue and will shoot in the United States and Korea starting in the first half of 2025. Recent projects handled under The Veterans banner include: Emilia Perezwith Zoe Saldana and Selena Gomez, and Walter Salles I'm still herewith Fernanda Montenegro.
Hoyeon is represented by CAA.