press release
NEON officially released the main trailer and confirmed a U.S. theatrical release date of September 9, 2026 for Na Hong-jin’s highly anticipated sci-fi monster epic, HOPE. You can watch the action-packed preview on YouTube. [1, 2, 3]
The nearly three-hour, star-studded genre epic—which generated massive buzz at the Cannes Film Festival earlier in the year—follows a remote South Korean village thrown into chaos by an unknown, cosmic threat. [2, 3]
The Ensemble Cast and Storyline
The Korean-language film is directed by the acclaimed filmmaker Na Hong-jin (known for The Wailing). The massive international cast includes:
- Hwang Jung-min as the local police chief, Bum-seok
- Zo In-sung as Sung-ki, a young hunter
- Hoyeon as police officer Sung-ae
- Michael Fassbender, Alicia Vikander, Taylor Russell, and Cameron Britton as mysterious alien visitors [3, 4, 5]
The official synopsis sets the stage in the coastal village of Hope Harbor, near the DMZ, where an innocent report of a tiger sighting spirals into a cosmic tragedy. [6, 7]
[1] https://www.facebook.com/neonrated/posts/its-coming-for-us-hope-from-master-filmmaker-na-hong-jin-starring-hwang-jung-min/1713579703456813/
[2] https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/movies/articles/hope-trailer-highlights-utter-chaos-140000476.html
[3] https://theplaylist.net/hope-trailer-na-hong-jin-neon-september-2026-20260709/
[4] https://geektyrant.com/news/awesome-new-trailer-for-hope-unleashes-na-hong-jins-wild-sci-fi-action-nightmare
[5] https://www.indiewire.com/news/trailers/hope-trailer-na-hong-jin-1235204304/
[6] https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/na-hong-jin-korean-monster-movie-hope-trailer-1236643087/
[7] https://horrornewsnetwork.net/neon-reveals-official-trailer-for-hope/
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