Park Chanwook Unveils New Short Film LIFE IS BUT A DREAM

Life Is But a Dream (2022)While the world awaits Park Chanwook’s highly anticipated forthcoming feature Decision to Leave, the master Korean filmmaker has returned with a new short film. Life Is But a Dream reunites him with his Thirst (2009) star Kim Okvin an...

Kim Youjung and Byeon Wooseok to Star in Netflix Film 20TH CENTURY GIRL

Park Jungwoo and Newcomer Roh Yoonseo Fill Out Cast of Romantic DramaAfter news initially surfaced of the project in May, Kim Youjung and Byeon Wooseok are confirmed to be leading the latest Netflix Original film for the Korean market. From debut director Bang...

Robert Downey Jr. Boards Park Chanwook’s THE SYMPATHIZER

Adaptation of Pulitzer-Prize Winning Novel Finds Home on HBOThree years after The Little Drummer Girl, director Park Chanwook is returning to the small screen with an English-language adaption of an acclaimed novel. As previously announced, Director Park has t...

CJ ENM Reveals 5-Year $4.5 Billion Content Spending Commitment

PARASITE and CRASH LANDING ON YOU Producer Doubles Down on ContentDuring a major presentation last month, CJ ENM, the top content purveyor in South Korea, revealed its plans to commit KRW 5 trillion (USD 4.5 billion) to content over the next five years.Kang Ho...

Hong Yeji to Debut in Mo Hongjin’s GIRL

Jeon Somin, Kim Jiyoung and Shin Eunjung Join New Social Issues DramaDebut actress Hong Yeji has been tapped to lead Girl (translated title), the new film by director Mo Hongjin. Also, cast in the project are veteran actresses Jeon Somin, Kim Jiyoung and Shin ...

KIM You-jung to Become TWENTIETH CENTURY GIRL in Netflix Original Film

Romantic Drama to Co-Star BYUN Woo-seokKIM You-jung will team up with BYUN Woo-seok for the the forthcoming romantic drama Twentieth Century Girl (translated title), a Netflix original film.The project marks the feature debut of director BANG Woo-ri and princi...

KIM Woo-bin, RYU Jun-yeol and KIM Tae-ri Wrap 2-Part ALIEN

Latest CHOI Dong-hoon Blockbuster Completes 13-Month ShootDirector CHOI Dong-hoon has been busy at work on his latest project, the two-part sci-fi-action film Alien (translated title), and after kicking off filming in March last year, the simultaneously shot f...

RYU Seung-ryong and PARK Hae-joon to Play Brothers in JUNG’S FARM

Actors RYU Seung-ryong and PARK Hae-joon have joined forces on the upcoming comedy Jung’s Farm (working title). From first-time director KIM Ji-yeon, the film entered production on January 22. The actors are playing brothers who don’t act as though they’re par...

DP CHUNG Chung-hoon to Shoot STAR WARS: OBI-WAN KENOBI

Celebrated cinematographer CHUNG Chung-hoon, who has long been known as the visual stylist behind most of Director PARK Chan-wook’s films, from Old Boy (2003) to The Handmaiden (2016), has been hired as the director of photography for the upcoming Disney+ seri...

SPACE SWEEPERS to Lift Off February 5 on Netflix

Following two postponed theatrical release plans owing to the global spread of Covid-19, the big-budget space-set action-drama has finally set a launch date of February 5, just ahead of the Lunar New Year holidays, when it will be made available online interna...