Na-Hong-jin, direktọ nke 'Hope' nke siri ike nakupu ndị ogbe 330,000 na ụbọchị mbido, na-ebute ọnụọgụ mbido kacha mma nke afọ a, ga-eso ụkpụ San Diego Comic Con (SDCC).
'Hope' [Direktọ/Akwụkwọ ihe ọkike: Na-Hong-jin | Mmepụta: Posed Films | Sonyere ụmụ mmepụta: Plus M Entertainment, Westworld Inc. | Inye/Ịsa ahịa: Plus M Entertainment], nke na-eme ihe n'ụbọchị Septemba 9 n'Ebe Ugwu Amerika, bụ ụdị ihe nkiri kacha ukwu nke ụwa nke Ihe ọkike ọ bụla, agị na-achọ izu obi ndị ọkike North America tupu ọzọ. N'oge a, e malitere site na ntupo ngwa ngwa nke ulọ ọkpu ijeri United Nations Global Star Jung Ho-yeon, ndị nkiri jiri onwe ha mee ihe mmadụ na ihe na-akpọ "audience conversation" na Na-Hong-jin direktọ ji aka ya siri ike na-agbara, na ihe ndị ọhụ na-ekpughe ihe na-eme mgbe mbu. Akwụkwọ ihe nkiri nke ewepụtara na ya na-egosi onye nka ndụ Beom-seok na-agba ọsọ n'ajọ ihe ndụ na-enweghị ajụjụ, na-atụ egwu. 'Hope' bụ ihe na-enye alaeze nke Beom-seok, onye ndu nke Hoppo Port Outpost dị na demilitarized zone, ka ọ nụrụ ụmụ agbọghọ obodo na mmegide na a gwọkọtara ọgụ na ndị agha n'agbata, na otu obodo chere ibu na mgbe ụbọchị, ya na akụkụ nke na-adịghị mma n'eziokwu na oge niile. Ụdị ihe na-enye akọ ma ịbụ nke 'suspense'. Tupu abalị iri na otu, ọ so aghanye ụkpụ nke nrụnye ego nke mbu, n'imeghe mgbe ọzọ, na ndị mmeri nke ụlọ Europe na mba ọzọ na-akwado ya n'ọtụtụ ụzọ. Lee Chang-dong, direktọ nke yaa mgbe ana eme ngwa ngwa, siri "ọ bụ ihe na-echu anya na onwu nke ihe nkiri amusement ma egosi mmasị n'ụzọ na ire iji gaa karịa okike", at Bong Joon-ho, direktọ na-asị "ọ bụ ihe egwu na ije isi ihe nkiri na-ada ihe nkiri n'ohere, n'ohere nke ngwa ike ma obi mkpa buo", o wula obi mma ya karịa. 'Hope,' nke na-achagim anya na-agba ndu ochiichịu n'oge nleleanya okpomokụ, na-agba ala ya karịa nka nka nkiri ụlọ nile niile ugbu a.
