Oscar winner Ang Lee (Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, Brokeback Mountain) will direct Old Gold Mountain, based on C. Pam Zhang's 2020 debut novel, How Much of These Hills Is Gold, with Hansol Jung (Pachinko) writing the movie adaptation. World of Reel reported the project "was originally conceived as a series, but plans have changed and Lee is now in charge to make something cinematic out of the source material."
Cinematographer Emmanuel Lubezki will be shooting the film, "which means it'll at the very least be a visual beauty," World of Reel noted. Avy Kaufman is in charge of casting, though no details have been released yet.