SEOUL – Choi Dong-hoon, helmer of last year's breakout hit "Tazza" and producer Lee Eugene ("Voice of a Murderer") have green-lighted a superhero action movie that is set to be one of the biggest Korean films of the next year.

Pic, tentatively titled "Jeon Woo Chi," borrows from an anonymously written novel from the Chosun Dynasty period featuring a magician who punishes corrupt officials. Adapting and modernizing the story Choi's script sees a cursed Taoist magician resurrected 500 years later to cure the evils of the modern age.

Lee and Choi have assembled an A-list cast headed by Kang Dong-won ("M"), Lim Su-jeong ("I'm a Cyborg, but That's OK") and Kim Yoon-suk in what will be his first major role since this year's smash hit "The Chaser." He plays a dangerous, evil spirit.

Pic is being produced Lee's Zip Cinema on a budget of $10 million. Lensing is set to start in August, with a release tentatively skedded for summer 2009.

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