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EXCLUSIVE: K-Pop thriller Perfect Girl, riding the wave of popularity for all things K-Pop, has added some buzzy cast ahead of the American Film Market, including KPop Demon Hunters star May Hong. Hong plays Mira in the Netflix smash and now joins her K-Pop Demon Hunters co-star Arden Cho, K-pop star Jeon Somi, Adeline Rudolph and John Kim in Perfect Girl. Also joining are Peter Lee Jae Yoon (12:12 The Day), Samantha Cochran (The Cure), Filipino-Canadian singer AC Bonifacio, Thai singer and actress Ally (The Believers), and K-pop idols Nancy from Momoland, Siyoon from Billie, and Chaerin from Cherry Bullet. A 2023 Blacklist script written by Lynn Q. Yu, the English-language film is being directed by Hong Won-ki (Goedam), founder of Korean production company Zanybros, and produced by Badlands, John Wick outfit Thunder Road, Cho, and Desert Bloom. Described as “Scream meets Black Swan” the film charts the story of a new K-Pop super group preparing for their debut. “With only four spots available in the band and the final cut a week away, the competition is off the charts. When a talented and mysterious new girl is introduced at the last minute, things start to get strange — girls are being hunted and attacked one by one, but who is responsible for the carnage, and more importantly…who will make the final cut?” Pic, which began filming in Thailand this week, will feature six original songs, including a new track from The Black Label’s Jeon Somi. Teddy Park’s The Black Label produced the soundtrack for K Pop Demon Hunters. Upgrade is handling international dealmaking and will continue sales at the upcoming American Film Market, with CAA Media Finance repping domestic. “Director Hong has put together a dream international cast to bring to life his uniquely fun vision for a horror movie set against the backdrop of K-Pop,” said producer Scott Strauss. May Hong is repped by CESD and Brillstein Entertainment Partners. Lee is managed by Echelon Talent Management. Cochran is repped by Talentworks, The Osbrink Agency, Atlas Artists and Schreck Rose Dapello; and Bonifacio is represented by Authentic Talent & Literary Management and Star Magic in the Philippines.
