Director IM Sang-soo’s latest film To the Land of Happiness (working title) wrapped production on October 19. The thriller features CHOI Min-shik and PARK Hae-il, marking the first on-screen pairing for the two stars. CHOI and PARK play two men who meet by chance and decide to go on a trip, in search of one last taste of happiness. However, something unexpected takes place during the journey. Asid...

PARK Jung-min and RYOO Seung-bum are set to team up in the third installment of the hit crime series Tazza, which will be helmed by KWON Oh-kwang and produced by Sidus FNH. The Tazza series was launched with Tazza: The High Rollers by director CHOI Dong-hoon in 2006. Following that film’s massive popularity, KANG Hyeong-chul tackled the sequel Tazza-The Hidden Card in 2014. The previous films were...

Director IM Sang-soo may be back behind a camera before long as his new project Dead in the Lake has been invited to participate in the project market of this year’s 2nd International Film Festival & Awards Macao. Described as a chilling thriller, Dead In The Lake will unite IM with producer LEE Namhee. LEE produced IM’s most recent two films, The Taste of Money (2012) and Intimate Enemies (20...

Box Office Report of 2016 After five years of consecutive growth, the Korean film industry remained healthy in 2016, though the half-decade streak of gains came to an end as the industry essentially remained flat. Admissions reached 217.02 million, which was down just 0.1% from 2016. A wide range of hits accounted for the hefty admissions total in a year that welcomed just one new member to the va...

Local Films Expected to Recover from the Long Slump Crime drama The Classified File marked the highest opening score for all local films released this year. The KWAK Kyung-taek film opened last Thursday (June 18) and amassed $1.25 million from 181,739 admissions on the opening day alone, beating all earlier local titles’ opening scores this year: Gangnam Blues (152,571 admissions); Detective K...

"San Andreas" Debuts Strong while Local Films Underperform Hollywood disaster flick "San Andreas" debuted at the top of the chart and was the only strong box office performer over the weak weekend. The Warner Bros. release earned $7.18 million between Wednesday and Sunday, marking actor Dwayne Johnson’s best ever opening in Korea. It surpassed the opening weekend score of "Fas...