With Train to Busan Presents: Peninsula having now been released in select North American cinemas as of yesterday, now comes word on an animated prequel for the picture.
Director Yeon Sang-ho – who has helmed all three Train to Busan offerings to date – revealed to Polygon that Peninsula will be getting an animated prequel down the line.
As Yeon explained, “A prequel to Peninsula, we are currently in talks about making a cartoon about the relationship between Unit 631 and Min-jung. I am hopeful that the story can be further expanded upon through the less inhibited cartoon medium.”
Of course, the original Train to Busan was followed by the animated prequel Seoul Station, and it appears that Peninsula will be getting the same treatment if Yeon Sang-ho gets his way.
The official synopsis for Train to Busan Presents: Peninsula reads:
Four years after South Korea’s total decimation in Train to Busan, Jung-seok (Gang Dong-won), a soldier who previously escaped the diseased wasteland, relives the horror when assigned to a covert operation with two simple objectives: retrieve and survive. When his team unexpectedly stumbles upon survivors, their lives will depend on whether the best – or worst – of human nature prevails in the direst of circumstances.
With the planned release of Peninsula running into countless postponements due to the ongoing global pandemic, the current plan is for the film to get a November cinema release here in the UK.
