Liam Neeson to play General Douglas MacArthur in Operation Chromite

Neeson’s Korean co-stars have yet to be chosen for the film, which is expected to go into production later this year.

Deadline reported that Neeson has been in negotiations to play the world famous official in Taewoon Entertainment’s “Operation Chromite” an upcoming film based on a real life event during the Korean War in the 1950s.

The Battle of Inchon resulted in a decisive victory for US and United Nations-backed southern forces, and paved the way for the liberation of Seoul on 25 September, 1950.

Further casting news has yet to appear for this project, but it has been confirmed that director John H. Lee (71: Into The Fire, Sayonara Itsuka) is attached to helm. During this time, UN’s army helped South Korea to fight against the North by orchestrating a surprise attack on N. Korean soldiers, Cinemablend wrote.

Neeson will travel to South Korea for filming, Yonhap reports.

The movie, which is roughly translated into “Incheon Landing Operation”, tells the story of eight heroic Korean troop members who successfully carried out a covert “X-ray” operation that preceded the Incheon landing operation in the Yellow Sea that shifted the momentum of the Korean War, Taewon Entertainment said.

Korea’s Taewon Entertainment is said to be producing “Operation Chromite“, The Hollywood Reporter wrote. The Korean actor has served voluntarily in the Marine Corps from 2011 to 2012.

The film, which has been greenlit with a 15 billion won ($12.73 million) budget, will focus on the Battle of Incheon, a turning point in the war. It was an English-language post-apocalyptic thriller movie directed by Bong Joon-ho that cast Hollywood stars Tilda Swinton and Chris Evans.