If you have any interest in the film festival circuit, you\u2019ve probably heard about Na Hong-jin\u2019s bonkers Korean monster-action epic Hope<\/em>. The film had a huge response following its premiere, and marks a departure from the director\u2019s previous films, the thrilling The Chaser<\/em> and certified horror banger The Wailing<\/em>. This time around, Hong-jin has gone all-out with a relentless action spectacle.<\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n The film has already had one South Korea\u2019s biggest film openings of 2026 following its July 15 release. The good news is that you won\u2019t have to wait long to see Hope<\/em>, because it now has a UK release date.<\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n NEON announced today that the film will be released in UK and Irish cinemas on 25 September, meaning we\u2019re now just over a month away from seeing it for ourselves. The film follows two police officers who are called to investigate a mysterious creature that has wreaked havoc on a village. And, supposedly, once the action kicks off, the spectacle rarely lets up. Monster Movie Fury Road<\/em>, anyone?<\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n Most impressively, Na Hong-jin has assembled an impressive cast for the film, including Hwang Jung-min, Zo In-sung and Squid Game breakout HoYeon. Not only that, but Michael Fassbender, Alicia Vikander, Taylor Russell and Cameron Britton are also part of the very starry line-up.<\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n If you\u2019ve seen any of the director\u2019s previous films, this is certainly one to get excited about. So, see you at the cinema on 25 September.<\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" If you have any interest in the film festival circuit, you\u2019ve probably heard about Na Hong-jin\u2019s bonkers Korean monster-action epic Hope. The film had a huge response following its premiere, and marks a departure from the director\u2019s previous films, the thrilling The Chaser and certified horror banger The Wailing. This time around, Hong-jin has gone […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12924,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"Default","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[47],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12923","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-47"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12923","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12923"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12923\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12925,"href":"https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12923\/revisions\/12925"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12924"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12923"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12923"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12923"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![](\"https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/korean-monster-epic-hope-is-coming-to-uk-cinemas-this-september.jpg\")
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