Take advantage of Cohen to direct '1950'

Take advantage of Cohen has signed onto direct Korean War tale "1950," created by CJ E&M Pictures of Columbia and Grapevine Entertainment.Producers made the announcement Thursday, observing the project may be the biggest carried out through the Korean film industry at $100 million. Shooting's likely to come from May having a planned release date of before summer 2013."1950," depending on dispatches from New You are able to Herald Tribune correspondent Marguerite Higgins, is created by Brett Donowho, Sean Lee and John Han and professional created by Paul Hudson. Producers developed the storyline, and drawn on Rachel Lengthy and John Pittman to script a tale of Higgins' journey over the Korean peninsula having a platoon of marine corps, ending using the mass evacuation on Christmas Eve of nearly 200,000 South Korean ordinary people getting away the oncoming Chinese and North Korean armies.CJ and Grapevine stated they're in foretells cast stars as well as in "advanced discussions" having a distribution company to deal with the discharge outdoors of Korea, where CJ will handle.Cohen stated, "The Korean War has frequently been known to as 'the forgotten war' and i believe it's the perfect time it had been appreciated. Telling the storyline of the harrowing conflict with the eyes of pioneering journalist Marguerite Higgins causes it to be an extremely different war film on every level."Cohen's credits include "The Short and also the Furious," "xXx," "Stealth" and "The Mummy: Tomb from the Dragon Emperor." Contact Dork McNary at dork.mcnary@variety.com