Hoyeon (left), Theo James and Christian Slater Joe Scarnici/Getty Images; Gareth Cattermole/Getty Images; Kristina Bumphrey/WWD/Getty Images Logo text Filmmaker Kim Jee-woon’s The Hole has found an opening on the summer 2027 release calendar.
Amazon MGM Studios‘ specialty film label Orion Pictures is set to release The Hole theatrically on June 25, 2027, The Hollywood Reporter has learned. Theo James, Hoyeon, Yeom Hye-ran and Christian Slater round out the movie’s cast.
The Hole centers on Owen (James), an American professor living in South Korea. After his wife dies in a car accident, Owen’s Korean mother-in-law cares for him and begins learning secrets about his marriage and past. The suspenseful thriller takes place in Seoul and Berkeley, Calif.
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Jee-woon helms The Hole from a script by Christopher Chen that adapts author Hye-young Pyun’s 2016 best-selling Korean-language novel of the same name. Producers include Anthology Studios, K. Period Media and Esmail Corp, while Department M and Medan are financing and executive producing.
Also set for theatrical release on June 25, 2027, is Warner Bros.’ untitled Ocean’s Eleven prequel from writer-director Bradley Cooper, who will star alongside Margot Robbie, Wagner Moura and Monica Barbaro.
James leads the Guy Ritchie-created series The Gentlemen for Netflix, which is set to return for its third season, while his feature credits include Fuze, Rosemead, The Monkey and the Divergent franchise.
Hoyeon is known for her breakout role on Netflix’s Squid Game, along with starring in the recent feature Hope and appearing on the series Disclaimer.
Hye-ran was seen in the recent film No Other Choice and is also known for such series as The Glory and The Uncanny Counter.
Slater has had roles in such features as If I Had Legs I’d Kick You and Blink Twice, and he can soon be seen in Amazon MGM’s How to Rob a Bank, opposite Nicholas Hoult and Zoë Kravitz.
Jee-woon’s previous features include Cobweb, Illang: The Wolf Brigade, The Age of Shadows and the Arnold Schwarzenegger-led The Last Stand.
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