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Park Chan-wook to Direct $60M Western Starring McConaughey

4/26/2026

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South Korea announced that director Park Chan-wook will direct the Western thriller *The Brigands of Rattlecreek* starring Matthew McConaughey, Austin Butler, Pedro Pascal and Tang Wei.
The film’s budget exceeds $60 million, about 88.6 billion won.
It adapts S. Craig Zahler’s unproduced script *Born Tomahawk*, which appears on the Black List.
Park, who has pursued the project for ten years, will also serve as jury president at the 79th Cannes Film Festival next month.

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South Korea announced that director Park Chan-wook will direct the Western thriller *The Brigands of Rattlecreek* starring Matthew McConaughey, Austin Butler, Pedro Pascal and Tang Wei.
The film’s budget exceeds $60 million, about 88.6 billion won.
It adapts S. Craig Zahler’s unproduced script *Born Tomahawk*, which appears on the Black List.
Park, who has pursued the project for ten years, will also serve as jury president at the 79th Cannes Film Festival next month.