Hope () is an upcoming South Korean science fiction thriller film written and directed by Na Hong-jin. The cast includes Hwang Jung-min, Zo In-sung, Jung Ho-yeon, Alicia Vikander, Michael Fassbender, Taylor Russell and Cameron Britton.
In the remote village of Hope Harbor, near the heavily fortified Demilitarized Zone (DMZ). When a tiger is suspected to have appeared and local police chief Bum-seok is alerted, it throws the community into chaos. But what begins as a local emergency soon spirals into a deeper, more terrifying mystery, one that forces the townâÂÂs residents to confront the unknown.
Writer and director Na Hong-jin was reportedly originally collaborating on the project with Alfonso Cuarón. It is Na Hong-jin's first since The Wailing in 2016. He has described how the film developed from an idea he had in 2017 or 2018 of a single image that came to him whilst eating in a restaurant. It is produced by Forged Films with Plus M Entertainment distributing internationally and UTA Independent Film Group and Plus M distributing in North America. Cinematography is by Hong Kyung-pyo who also collaborated on The Wailing. The budget for the film was reportedly higher than any previous Korean film.
The cast includes Hwang Jung-min, Zo In-sung, Jung Ho-yeon, Uhm Tae-goo and Lee Kyu-hyung, as well as Michael Fassbender and Alicia Vikander, who use the English-language in the film. It marks the first on-screen collaboration for real-life married couple Vikander and Fassbender since the 2016 film The Light Between Oceans. In April 2023, Cameron Britton and Taylor Russell joined the cast.
Principal photography took place in 2023 in Bukpyeong-myeon. Filming locations included Namchang in Haenam County. Filming also took place in Romania in the area around the Retezat Mountains. A sequence shot with natural daylight involving a horse riding through a forest was filmed in Retezat National Park. Vikander and Russell had completed their filming block by July 2024.
The film will be released in summer 2026.