Oscar-winner Ang Lee is coming on to direct Old Gold Mountain, an adaptation of C. Pam Zhang’s debut novel How Much of These Hills Is Gold. Hansol Jung penned the adaptation which tells the journey of two orphaned immigrants.
The original novel was about newly orphaned children of immigrants, Lucy and Sam are suddenly alone in a land that refutes their existence. Fleeing the threats of their western mining town, they set off to bury their father in the only way that will set them free from their past. Along the way, they encounter giant buffalo bones, tiger paw prints, and the specters of a ravaged landscape as well as family secrets, sibling rivalry, and glimpses of a different kind of future.
Best known for his Oscar-winning work on Brokeback Mountain and Life of Pi, Lee is also currently developing a biopic about Bruce Lee.
Jung most recently worked on the Apple TV+ series Pachinko. The news was first reported by World of Reel.
