South Korean starlet Jun Ji-hyun ("Il Mare") will star in "Blood Vampire," the $30 million live-action English-language remake of the hit Japanese animated film "Blood: The Last Vampire" says The Hollywood Reporter.

Hong Kong director Ronnie Yu ("Jet Li's Fearless") is helming the film about Saya (Jun), a vampire employed by the U.S. government to hunt demons in post-World War II Japan.

Shooting is set to begin in March in China and Argentina, with a 2008 release planned.