Following his first foray into television with 2018’s “The Little Drummer Girl,” Korean filmmaker Park Chan-Wook returns to Western television this month with the espionage thriller series “The Sympathizer” on HBO (read our review). And the director is already quickly putting together another project for the small screen, a series adaptation of his 2003 revenge masterpiece “Oldboy.” Variety reports that Chan-Wook is partnering with Lionsgate Television on the adaptation of the English-language series based on his film of the same name.

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Earlier this year, “John Wick: Chapter 4” became the action franchise’s highest-grossing title, taking in $432.2 million globally off an $100 million budget. Not bad for a series once slated for a direct-to-video release. And there’s more from the world of John Wick to come: before Ana de Armas stars in the spinoff “Ballerina” next year, here comes “The Continental,” a prequel series that hits Peacock in September.

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The “John Wick” franchise led by actor Keanu Reeves as the titular badass assassin is one of the franchise jewels at Lionsgate as they’re reportedly set to begin shooting “John Wick: Chapter 4” this summer with talk that “John Wick: Chapter 5,” also in the works, that could end up becoming the final film with Reeves.

READ MORE: ‘John Wick 5’ Is A Go & Will Likely Shoot Back To Back With Fourth Edition

And the franchise keeps expanding.

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