Following the immense success of Bong Joon-ho's Parasite, HBO has confirmed that an American remake is in the works, taking the form of a limited series based on the feature film.

Bong Joon-ho joins Adam McKay as executive producers of the show.

This comes as no surprise, as the Korean director is reported to have had way more ideas to incorporate into the original feature film, but was restricted by the two-hour running time. The TV series should serve as a good idea dumping platform for the critically-acclaimed director.

"I had all these key ideas accumulated from when I started writing the script. I just couldn’t include all those ideas in the two-hour running time of the film, so they’re all stored in my iPad and my goal with this limited series is to create a six-hour-long film." - Bong Joon-ho

The biggest kicker revolves around rumors of Avengers star Mark Ruffalo joining the Parasite TV series roster.

While HBO hasn't given a full confirmation yet, Mark Ruffalo himself slighted at the possibility of him being cast as the father in the Parasite remake. As to which father exactly, one can probably assume he's referring to Song Kang-ho's Kim Ki-taek.

Guess we'll find out when the time comes.

It's no secret that Ruffalo holds a lot of admiration for Bong Joon-ho, as he expressly stated in an interview with ComicBook.com that he's a big fan of both the director and the film itself!

"We’ve met. I love him [Bong Joon-ho], I love that movie. I might be playing the father in Parasite on a television show. I would love to do it. We’re sort of waiting on the script and all that, but yeah, that’s pretty much true and in the works." - Mark Ruffalo

Following conventional TV series run-times, we can expect to see up to 6 episodes in this new venture.

The series reportedly takes place between the two time periods depicted in the film, which serves to shower fans with a tonne of surprises, hopefully!

Are you excited for the Parasite TV series?

We sure are.

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