Bong Joon Ho on Restoring ‘The Host’ and Why It Still Resonates 20 Years On: ‘We Are Repeating Our Mistakes’

News Briefvia VarietyNovember 9, 2026

Bong Joon Ho has revisited “The Host” for a 20th-anniversary 4K restoration, and the Oscar-winning director says the 2006 monster movie’s satire of official misinformation feels newly pertinent. Magnolia Pictures will return the remastered film to theaters nationwide on Nov. 20. Screenings on Nov.

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