EXCLUSIVE: Steven Yeun and producer Christina Oh have partnered to create Celadon Pictures.
Yeun and Oh first met working together on Bong Joon-Ho’s Okja, which premiered at the 2017 Cannes Film Festival. The two teamed again for the 2021 Oscar-nominated Minari, which earned them Oscar nominations for Best Actor and Best Picture, respectively.
With Celadon Pictures, they have already secured deals to develop and produce both features and television. In addition to focusing on elevated stories in film, Yeun plans to use his recent award-winning experience producing Beef to further grow a broad TV slate with Oh.
“We are very excited about our partnership, and we look forward to collaborating with new and established voices to create lasting and impactful stories that connect us,” said Yeun and Oh.
For Yeun, he was last seen starring and serving as executive producer on the acclaimed limited series Beef for Netflix and A24. The show received 13 Emmy nominations including for Best Limited Series and Best Actor for Yeun, along with Golden Globe nominations in both categories. Also this year, Yeun lent his voice and executive produced the documentary Nam June Paik: Moon Is the Oldest TV, which premiered at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival. He returns to Sundance next month for Love Me, starring opposite Kristen Stewart, which will debut in competition.
Later next year will see him re-teaming with Bong for Mickey 17 opposite Robert Pattinson. His other notable credits include Nope for director Jordan Peele, director Chang-dong Lee’s Korean-language film Burning and Boots Riley’s comedy Sorry to Bother You.
He is repped by WME.
Oh has worked on numerous film and television projects over her career including Joe Talbot’s feature film debut The Last Black Man in San Francisco. Most recently she produced Minari, written and directed by Lee Isaac Chung, which premiered at Sundance and went on to land six Academy Award nominations. Oh’s past television experience includes LEGO Masters for Fox and Outer Range and Paper Girls for Prime Video.
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