LEE Byung-hun Thriller MASTER Presells to 31 Territories

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LEE Byung-hun Thriller MASTER Presells to 31 Territories

Nov 24, 2016

Writer by Pierce Conran
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CJ Entertainment Secures Global Rollout for Starry New Title

New action-thriller Master, which features stars LEE Byung-hun, GANG Dong-won and KIM Woo-bin, has been presold by distributor CJ Entertainment to 31 territories around the globe. The film is director CHO Ui-seok’s followup to his 2013 hit Cold Eyes.

Rights for the film were snatched by distributors in regions such as United States, Canada, Hong Kong, Singapore, Australia, New Zealand, Italy, Taiwan, Thailand, the Philippines and many more. The title drew great interest from buyers when it was presented by CJ at the recent American Film Market (AFM) that was held in Santa Monica over November 2nd to 9th.

Master will bow first in Korea in December before beginning its international rollout that same month in Asian territories such as Hong Kong, Taiwan and Singapore.

The story concerns a major heist plotted by an infamous conman (LEE Byung-hun) and his right-hand man (KIM Woo-bin), who are chased around the world by GANG Dong-won’s determined investigator.

LEE has recently picked up several awards for his turn in last year’s hit thriller Inside Men and also featured in supporting roles in KIM Jee-woon’s Chuseok release The Age of Shadows and the US western The Magnificent Seven this fall. GANG is currently on screens in the fantasy VANISHING TIME: A BOY WHO RETURNED after appearing in the consecutive hits The Priests (2015) and A Violent Prosecutor, while KIM was last seen in the popular youth comedy Twenty last year.

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