디워 (D-War) Release Postponed to November

I feel the pain of the bemused gentleman at DVD Prime that posted "Great, November. Of what year?"

This thing is gonna become a colossal flop. 145 Billion Won... what does he think, that a monster flick with decent graphics is gonna make hundreds of millions worldwide? Looks like 'Dragonheart 2: Attack of The Constipated Monsters', 아이구~.

Agreed. 50 bucks says it's gonna be called trash in Korea. Hopefully it'll have better reactions in the U.S... but.. I'm not watching it :>

This is the movie that Uwe Boll is afraid of because it could actually be worse than what he churns out.

1)How the hell did he get people to invest $145 million in this?

2)How the hell does he expect it to make a profit with that kind of money, no big name actors, and a premise that few really care for.

1) He showed them his Young-Gu films.

2) He's a world famous director! And he's got Jason Behr. And he shot with tanks in LA!

C'mon man, I want serious answers. I really want to know how the hell he got $145 million for this. I could see him scrounging up maybe 40 or 50 mil, but $145! I mean, seriously, what the fuck! All the material released so far does not look good either. I'm predicting this movie will become infamous for being one of the biggest flops in the history of film.

Shim has always been one of the most influential TV personalities in Korean Entertainment, and he's got a TON of money (I mean, he started his own company and has mostly produced all his recent films), so of course he's got connections in the venture capital business and finding money won't be that hard.

Maybe he fooled a few big money investors into thinking the larger market (shooting in Hollywood, in English, with mostly American staff and cast, and the larger distribution possibilities) might have exponentially increased the chances of making it big. And he talked recently about his difficulties in finding investment, so it's hard to guess where he found the money. It seems they did most of the CG in-house, so I wonder if that kind of budget merely came out of their lack of experience in working the Hollywood way. I mean, for 150mil you can shoot a pretty good blockbuster (correct me If I'm wrong) nowadays, and this thing doesn't look anywhere near the technical level of top-of-the-line Hollywood money guzzlers.

Then again, if the guy is confident about his product, let him be. This thing will crash and burn, and then he'll come back a few years later saying he learned from his mistakes, and make something wilder. I mean, anyone who built a company for the sake of making B-Movies with a past-his-prime comedian running from man-sized monsters, and with miniature work a 2 year old kid with Lego blocks could repricate deserves some respect. ^_^

Are you sure it's 150 million dollars? I know that in the recent interview, Director Shim said that this movie looks like equivalent to 150 million dollar Hollywood movie. And after he said that, people started misquoting him saying that he spent 150 million dollars on this movie.

Correct me if I am wrong...

I guess that budget is in Korean money actually, not dollars.

wouldn't make a difference, as the Won and the Dollar have very little difference in change.

Most of the reports I read talked about 145 Billion Won (hence the %150 Million figure) as a real figure, but by now it's hard to know what the man is thinking and saying. The latest interview he had, he talked about his IQ being 65, and people asking him if he can find his way home. Uh...

I'd love to hear that figure is just BS made up by the Korean Media (wouldn't be the first time), it's crazy money for a monster flick.

Any news on this one? No trailers showing up in theaters here yet, but the one posted here before does look like a bit of fun (if tremendously cheesy).

Keep in mind that Korean companies love to exaggerate their budget. Also it's important to look at this film as a fan would. As a fan of fantasy and science fiction, we are hungry for intelligent, thought provoking content exploring themes relevant in today's society. If this film turns out to be a mindless chase scene after another with a flat one-dimensional female character who could easily be substituted with a plastic doll, then this film will be a colossal flop. But what are the chances it will be THAT bad.

t. l. young