Korean director Kim Jee-woon is now attached to direct the film adaptation of Coward, based on Ed Brubaker’s comic book, Variety is reporting.  Kim made his English-language debut earlier this year with the Arnold Schwarzenegger action-flick The Last Stand.
 
Kim is best known for his Korean titles A Bittersweet Life and I Saw the Devil, but geek audiences may be more familiar with his guksu western The Good, The Bad, The Weird and his horror movie A Tale of Two Sisters.
 
The movie is based on the first collection of Brubaker’s Marvel Icon Criminal comic book series (a series for which he has won Eisner Awards in 2007and 2012). Coward tells the story of Leo Patterson, a brilliant yet cowardly second-generation thief known for his perfect exit strategies.  During an armored car heist, Patterson is double-crossed, forcing him to hide from both police and his fellow criminals while figuring out a way to save his life. 
 
Brubaker himself adapted the screenplay.  Back in 2011, it was announced that Jamie Patricof and Lynette Howell of Electric City Entertainment were producing, with David Slade (Twilight: Eclipse, 30 Days of Night) attached to direct (see "'Coward' Movie").  Patricof and Howell are still producing, with Nick Meyer’s Sierra/Affinity set to finance the project and handle international sales.

"Kim Jee-woon is exactly the type of filmmaker with which we are looking to collaborate," said Patricof.  "His previous work consists of elevated genre films, set in interesting worlds, with three-dimensional characters, which makes him a very strong and exciting partner for Coward."