Daniel Dae Kim Developing ‘Escaping North Korea’ Memoir As Feature Film
EXCLUSIVE: Hawaii Five-O star Daniel Dae Kim and his CBS-based production company 3AD are partnering with Sriram Das’ Das Films (November Man) to develop Mike Kim’s Escaping North Korea: Defiance And Hope In The World’s Most Repressive Country, as a feature film. Rosalind Ross (Matador) is attached to pen the adaptation, and the South Korean-born Daniel Dae Kim will star as Mike Kim (no relation).
Chris S. Lee, founder and co-CEO of Be Funny Studios, a Seoul-based digital studio established in conjunction with Funny or Die, is producing. Haroon Saleem (Chronicles of Narnia, Into The Forest) will executive produce.
Daniel Dae Kim is currently in production on the sixth season of CBS’ Hawaii Five-0, where he stars as Chin Ho Kelly. Ross currently has in-development feature film script Lioness about a secretly gay U.S. Marine serving in Iraq, with Ellen Page set to star.
Daniel Dae Kim is repped by APA, Anonymous Content, and Klevan/Longarzo. Ross is with ICM Partners, Heroes and Villains Entertainment and Peter Sample at Jackoway Tyerman.
Daniel Dae Kim Developing ‘Escaping North Korea’ Memoir As Feature Film