Train to Busan Director Yeon Sang-Ho Has a New Zombie Movie

Did you like Train to Busan and its follow up Peninsula? If yes, you’ll be pleased to hear director Yeon Sang-Ho’s cooking up another undead movie.

According to Deadline, that movie is Gunche, whose title means “‘colony’ in a biological context.” The film is currently in production and will star Ji Chang-wook (Revolver), Go Soo (Parole Examiner Lee), Koo Kyo-hwan (Parasyte: The Grey), and Jun Ji-hyun (Jirisan). Distributor Showbox described the film as “the culmination of Yeon Sang-ho’s universe, spanning from Train to Busan to Peninsula.” You may recall in 2021, Yeon said he was very much up to do a third one when he had some free time. This may be that third film, which comes after his recent films Jung_E and Revelations and the TV shows like Hellbound and Parasyte: The Grey.

Whether Gunche is the real Train to Busan 3 or not, that franchise may not entirely go away. An English-language adaptation of the first film, called The Last Train to New York, was announced back in 2021 and with Timo Tjahjanto at the helm. In 2022, Yeon likened it to more of a potential reimagining than a full-on remake, and it was meant to come out in 2023, but it’s a mystery if Last Train will actually happen. Tjahjanto himself has been pretty busy with other projects, and he’s recently booked The Beekeeper 2 and a follow-up to The Shadow Strays, not to mention this year’s Nobody 2. (And apparently a remake of Under Siege?) If he is the guy to reimagine Busan, it may be a wait before we actually see it.

Meanwhile, Gunche is due to release sometime in 2026.

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