Warner Bros. has kicked off manufacturing in Seoul on the Korean remake of The Intern, the hit 2015 office dramedy that paired Robert De Niro with Anne Hathaway. The mission marks the primary title to emerge from Warner Bros. Discovery’s latest first-look pact with longtime Asia government Jack Nguyen and his firm JOAT Movies.
The native retelling is directed by Kim Do-young, finest recognized for the feminist hit Kim Ji-young: Born 1982, and toplines revered display screen icon Choi Min-sik within the De Niro function of the seasoned intern, reverse Han So-hee because the millennial CEO. Choi, famed for his singular depth in Park Chan-wook’s Oldboy and a profession spanning stage and display screen, holds a De Niro-like stature in Korean cinema. Han, in the meantime, catapulted to fame because the lovable lead of the smash-hit Ok-drama romance The World of the Married, and has since starred in Netflix’s My Identify and Disney+’s Soundtrack #1.
From left: Han So-hee, director Kim Do-young, and Choi Min-sik.
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The unique Intern was a shock smash in Korea, grossing $24 million following its native launch in September 2015 — a standout haul for a Hollywood office dramedy. Warner Bros. Korea is co-producing the remake with JOAT Movies and Anthology Studios, the Seoul-based banner based by producer Jay Choi (The Lawyer, The Age of Shadows). Capturing started in September and can run via December.
The remake can be the opening salvo in Warner Bros. Discovery’s new take care of Nguyen, certainly one of its longest-serving former execs within the area. Beneath the first-look association unveiled final yr, Nguyen is creating Asia-focused movies for the studio, with an emphasis on local-language reimaginings of the studio’s Hollywood IP.
Warners has had a powerful yr on the Korean field workplace. The corporate distributed Apple Unique Movies’ Brad Pitt-starrer F1, which has grossed $39 million regionally, making it South Korea’s largest movie of 2025. The race film might want to preserve its engines revving to retain that title, although, with Japanese anime juggernaut Demon Slayer: Infinity Citadel at present only a step behind with $38.6 million and counting.
