The Ancient One

Director Bong Joon Ho

DAY 16: You never know what's around the corner here... WEEK 3 is WRAPPED Bitches!!! #ProjectMAYHEM @steveyeun @samweaving A photo posted by Joe Lynch (@thejoelynch) on Apr 9, 2016 at 1:47pm PDT

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Steven Yeun, who may or may not or may or may not be back on the next season of, has joined the cast of the sci-fi feature film, director Bong Joon Ho's anticipated follow-up toWritten by Bong and Jon Ronson,centers on Mija, a young girl who befriends a genetically manufactured pig named Okja. When the pig grows up to gigantic proportions, the corporation that created him takes him, thrusting the girl, now a teen, into a mission to take it back.No word on Yeun's role in the movie, but Tilda Swinton is playingthe head of the corporation (and her twin sister), while Jake Gyllenhaal is a zoologist, and Paul Dano is an animal activist looking to expose the corporation's dastardly dealings.The cast ofalso includes Lily Collins, Devon Bostick, Byun Heebong, Shirley Henderson, Daniel Henshall, Yoon Je Moon, Choi Wooshik, and Seohyun An as Mija.Principal photography onbegan last week in Seoul. The film will be shot in South Korea, Canada and the United States, in English and Korean.will premiere globally on the streaming service Netflix some time in 2017, alongside a limited day and date theatrical release in the United States.Yeun was recently in Serbia shooting the indie action thriller. Judging from this recent behind-the-scenes Instagram photos with co-star Samara Weaving, it's a pretty bloody affair:At this point, let us assume nothing about what these film roles mean for the fate of Steven's character on... although when we last saw him on the hit AMC zombie drama, things were not looking very good. Some are already speculating that this means it was indeed Glenn -- [] as originally depicted in the comic books -- who brutally met the business end of Negan's barb wire-adorned baseball bat.I don't want to believe it. Fingers crossed.More here: 'Walking Dead' Star Steven Yeun Joins Bong Joon-Ho's Sci-Fi 'Okja'