Netflix has released some new images from The Host and Snowpiercer director Bong Joon Ho’s upcoming film Okja. The original story follows a young girl named Mija (An Seo Hyun) who has spent her entire life as caretaker and companion to a massive animal named Okja in the mountains of South Korea. But when the Mirando Corporation, a family-owned multinational conglomerate, takes Okja for themselves, Mija sets out to rescue the friendly beast.

That this is Bong Joon Ho’s next film after Snowpiercer is reason enough to be excited, but the filmmaker once again put together a tremendous cast that includes Tilda Swinton as CEO Lucy Mirando, who’s in the midst of a rebranding campaign, and Jake Gyllenhaal as Mirando Corporation employee, TV personality, and Zoologist Dr. Johnny Wilcox. Paul Dano, Giancarlo Esposito, Steven Yeun, and Lily Collins also star and basically give me this movie now.

Check out a trio of new images below. Okja premieres on Netflix on June 28th.

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Here’s the official synopsis for Okja:

For 10 idyllic years, young Mija (An Seo Hyun) has been caretaker and constant companion to Okja—a massive animal and an even bigger friend—at her home in the mountains of South Korea. But that changes when the family-owned multinational conglomerate Mirando Corporation takes Okja for themselves and transports her to New York, where image obsessed and self-promoting CEO Lucy Mirando (Tilda Swinton) has big plans for Mija’s dearest friend.

 

With no particular plan but single-minded in intent, Mija sets out on a rescue mission, but her already daunting journey quickly becomes more complicated when she crosses paths with disparate groups of capitalists, demonstrators and consumers, each battling to control the fate of Okja…while all Mija wants to do is bring her friend home.

 

Deftly blending genres, humor, poignancy and drama, Bong Joon Ho (Snowpiercer, The Host) begins with the gentlest of premises—the bond between man and animal—and ultimately creates a distinct and layered vision of the world that addresses the animal inside us all.