Go-sa sequel on the rocks?

by javabeans

Last month, a sequel was announced for last year’s summer horror flick Go-sa: Bloody Midterms, also called Death Bell (starring Lee Beom-soo, Nam Gyuri, Kim Bum). However, two recent press conferences for the sequel project have been abruptly canceled without adequate reason, leading to puzzlement over why.

Go-sa 2 is to be a collaboration between CEO Kim Kwang-soo of production company Core Contents Media and horror director Ahn Byung-ki (of Nightmare and the upcoming Phone remake). A previous press conference had been announced, then canceled. It was rescheduled for December 9, but two hours before the event, it was also canceled, saying that Kim had caught a cold.

Go-sa was the debut film project for Core Contents Media, and its surprise success in theaters allowed the company to produce the Kwon Sang-woo melodrama More than Blue (aka A Story Sadder than Sadness), which was not a critical or commercial success. Reportedly, the Go-sa sequel is not likely to bring back Lee Beom-soo. Singer-turned-actress Nam Gyuri had a fractious split with Core Contents when she left SeeYa and criticized CEO Kim, so she’s clearly out as well.

(Tangential note: If you can read Korean, the source article is pretty amusing because it’s basically spewing vitriol at the producers for canceling the press conference. I’ve just taken out the general facts, but the original is so bitter it’s actually funny. You’d think a cancellation were a grave moral failing. It even points out that it’s not even swine flu, but a normal cold, lol.)

Via OSEN

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