Mia Wasikowska In Talks For ‘Stoker,’ From ‘Oldboy’ Director Park Chan-Wook
For those who pleaded for a new ‘real’ movie fromOldboydirectorPark Chan-wookwhen we recently talked about hisshort filmshot on the iPhone, here you go. We heard aboutStokerlast year — the film is scripted byWentworth Millerunder the pseudonymTed Foulke, and is described as such: “After the death of her father, a teenager must deal with a mysterious uncle who returns to spend time with the family.”
Last year Park Chan-wook wasattached to directwithCarey Mulliganin the lead andJodie Fosterin a key supporting role. Now both actresses have moved on, but it looks likeMia Wasikowskawill have the lead when the film shoots this spring.
Deadlinehas the news but doesn’t go into detail about the departures of Mulligan and Foster. Scheduling is likely at the root of both. Carey Mulligan issoondoingShamewith Michael Fassbender and Steve McQueen, and istappedto play Daisy Buchanan in Baz Luhrmann’s new version ofThe Great Gatsby, should that actually move forward. And before Jodie Fosterworkswith Neill Blomkamp onElysiumthis summer, she has Roman Polanski’sGod of Carnagebooked, and likely has to devote serious time to repping her directorial effortThe Beaverwhen Summitreleasesthe film in late March and early April.
No bad comment on this project, then, through the fact that both have moved on. I’m rooting for Park Chan-wook here. Stoker will be his English-language debut, and that’s a hurdle that many a director has struggled to clear. I’d be happy to see him continue to work exclusively in South Korea, but understand the impulse to jump to a US production. Fox Searchlight and Scott Free are backing the film, so he’s certainly got good support.
