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Filmmaker and actor Justin Chon got quite a bit of attention for his film Gook at the Sundance Film Festival earlier this year when it premiered in and won the Next category. Chon is partnering with MACRO, the company behind Dee Rees’ Mudbound, for his next original and untitled feature, which he will write and direct.

Repped by APA and Scott Whitehead, Chon was nominated as a “Director to Watch” at the Film Independent Spirit Awards for Gook, about two Korean-American brothers who must defend their shoe store when the 1992 L.A. riots break out.

Chon also established himself as an actor from appearances in the Twilight movies, and he also recently scored a gig as a series regular on Greg Berlanti’s Deception, which will air on ABC.

Chon’s new project, which will start filming in 2018, will be produced by Charles D. King, Kim Roth and Poppy Hanks.

MACRO was formed by former WME partner King in early 2015 as a multi-platform media company focusing on the multicultural market with Denzel Washington’s Fences being the company’s first major studio release.

Besides Mudbound, MACRO also produced and co-financed Dan Gilroy’s Roman J. Israel, Esq, starring Denzel Washington, and the upcoming Sundance feature Sorry To Bother You, directed by Boots Riley.

This story was first reported on by Deadline.



Edward Douglas | East Coast Editor