HBO, BONG Joon-ho & Adam McKay to Adapt PARASITE for Small Screen

In the midst of its spectacular awards season run in the United States,BONG Joon-ho’sPARASITE(2019) has been optioned for a TV series adaptation by HBO. The series will be developed by Director BONG as well as American filmmaker Adam MCKAY, known for the films...

K-pop Superstar IU Joins PARK Seo-jun in DREAM

The previously announced project Dream (working title), a soccer-themed film from Extreme Job (2019) director LEE Byoung-heon and starring PARK Se-jun of Midnight Runners (2017), has added K-pop superstar IU to its cast. Details surrounding IU’s character have...

PARASITE Wins Critics’s Choice Awards for Best Director and Best Foreign Language Film

BONG Joon-ho has scored another major victory during the North American awards seasons, after winning the prize for Best Director at the Critics’ Choice Awards for Parasite, in a tie with Sam MENDES, who was recognized for his World War I-themed film 1917. Par...

PARASITE Receives Historic 6 Nominations from Academy Awards

Several historic firsts for Korean cinema were recorded early in the morning of Monday, January 13 in Los Angeles, as two Korean films landed the first ever Academy Awards nominations for the country to the upcoming 92nd edition of the ceremony. BONG Joon-ho’s...

Barack Obama Lists PARASITE among His Favorite Films of 2019

In a break from the stream of acclaim and accolades it has been receiving from critics and awards groups around the world, BONG Joon-ho’s smash hit Parasite has also been singled out for praise by a popular former head of state. Barack OBAMA, the two-term 44th...

HA Jung-woo Ventures into Horror with THE CLOSET

Though he is still tearing up the box office charts with the smash hit disaster action spectacle Ashfall, Korean superstar HA Jung-woo will be back on screens next month in The Closet, his first ever horror film. HA co-stars with KIM Nam-gil in the picture, wh...

PARASITE Crowned Best Foreign Language Film at Golden Globes

BONG Joon-ho has made history by becoming the first Korean filmmaker to earn a prize at the Golden Globe Awards, which held their 77th ceremony in Beverly Hills on Sunday, January 5. The acclaimed director received the Best Foreign Language Film Award for his ...

Korean Film Magazine Cine 21 Publishes Top 10 for 2019

Influential Korean film magazine Cine21 has revealed its top 10 films for 2019. While the Korean film exhibition sector reached a new box office high, the magazine’s critics largely favored indie films in their end-of-year round-up, with only three commercial ...

JUNG Woo-sung to Executive Produce THE SILENT SEA for Netflix

Superstar JUNG Woo-sung (Steel Rain, 2014) is once again going behind the camera as he has partnered with Netflix to be an executive producer on their upcoming sci-fi thriller series The Silent Sea (working title). The Silent Sea will take place in a future wh...

PARASITE Shortlisted for Best International Film and Original Song at Academy Awards

As many expected it to, BONG Joon-ho’s Parasite has advanced to the shortlist for the Best International Film category at next February’s Academy Awards. It is only the second Korean film to make the shortlist for the category, which used to be known as the Be...