Na Hong-jin Hope, a highly anticipated 2026 film, reveals a 10-month action teaser poster for one cut

By Jeeyoung, Jo

Sep 16, 2025

Na Hong-jin Hope, a highly anticipated 2026 film, reveals a 10-month action teaser poster for one cut



The SF thriller film 'Hope' (directed by Na Hong-jin, produced by Posey Films) released a teaser poster for the first time ahead of its release in the summer of 2026.

Unlike general movie posters, the teaser poster of 'Hope' is a special poster completed by capturing a frame of an actual movie.

The cut used in the teaser poster captures the moment a character on a horse running at full speed in the deep forest catches a young man running away from an alien by the scruff of the neck and saves him from danger.




Filmed in Romania's Letezat National Park, this scene was a high-level shot that was only possible if all elements, including actors, horses, wires, and cameras, matched without any error. For this one cut, the actors and crew went through five months of training and three months of pre-testing in Korea, and two months of adaptation training there.

Director Hong Kyung-pyo tried to make the most of natural light by carefully considering the light and environment of the forest. Despite the tricky situation of shooting 120 frames at high speed under natural light, the 'Hope' production team completed this cut with perfect timing in half a day with thorough preparation and combined breathing.

The teaser poster, which features raw boldness and speed, contains the action style of 'Hope', raising expectations for a new cinematic experience that director Na Hong-jin, who has changed the paradigm of Korean movies in every work, will show.




Na Hong-jin Hope, a highly anticipated 2026 film, reveals a 10-month action teaser poster for one cut
'Hope' has received global attention for its global casting with actors representing domestic and foreign countries. Hwang Jung-min plays Beom-seok, the head of the branch office of Hopo Port, which is arrogant but responsible, and Cho In-sung plays Seong-gi, a young man in the village who does small things by hunting and fishing, and Jung Ho-yeon transforms into Hopo Port constable Seong-ae, who does his job under any circumstances. And even Michael Passbender, Alicia Vikander, Taylor Russell, and Cameron Britton, trustworthy Hollywood actors play alien characters.

'Hope' is a story about the head of the Hopo Port branch located in the Demilitarized Zone who hears the news of the appearance of a tiger from young people in the neighborhood and encounters an incredible reality while the whole village is on alert. Hwang Jung-min, Jo In-sung, Jung Ho-yeon, Taylor Russell, Cameron Britton, and Alicia Vikander and Michael Passbender appeared, and Na Hong-jin, director of 'The Chaser'Yellow Sea'Wailing', took the megaphone. It will be released next summer.





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