PARK Hoon-jung and NEW to Partner on THE WITCH

Next Entertainment World (NEW) has confirmed that they have come on board as investor and distributor for The Witch 2, a sequel to the 2018 hit The Witch : Part 1. The Subversion, starring KIM Da-mi, CHO Min-soo and CHOI Woo-shik. The first film was financed a...

Director PARK Hoon-jung Inks Deal with STUDIO&NEW

STUDIO&NEW, a production arm of the major Korean investor and distributor Next Entertainment World (N.E.W.), has signed a pact with writer-director PARK Hoon-jung’s production company Goldmoon. The partnership, which will be supported by an equity investme...

NIGHT IN PARADISE to Debut at Venice International Film Festival

Though the Cannes Film Festival was forced to forgo staging an offline event this year, the Venice International Film Festival is set to return to the Lido in September and it will be bringing a new Korean film with it. Making his Venice debut will be Director...

KIM Da-mi Picks Up Rising Star Award at LEAFF

KIM Da-mi, the breakout star from this year’s mystery-action-drama The Witch: Part 1. The Subversion, has received the Rising Star Award from this year’s recently concluded London East Asian Film Festival (LEAFF). The new star was in London to receive her priz...

RAMPANT to Spread Across 4 Continents in 19 Countries

Upcoming period zombie action film Rampant is gearing up for a global launch after international sales company CONTENTS PANDA announced that the film had already lined up theatrical releases in 19 countries across four continents. HYUN Bin leads the film, whic...

RAMPANT Set to Ravage Screens in October

The upcoming period action-thriller Rampant is now confirmed for an October release in Korea. Additionally, according to investor and distributor Next Entertainment World (NEW), this new collaboration following last year’s Confidential Assignment between direc...

Fantasia Completes Program with 24 from Korea

The Fantasia International Film Festival has revealed its third wave of programming to complete its program announcements for this year’s 22nd edition. The Montreal-based genre film festival has invited 24 films from Korea, including 15 feature films and 9 sho...

THE WITCH Receives Overseas Praise ahead of Domestic Launch

Rising Star KIM Da-mi Shines in Summer Mystery-Action PARK Hoon-jung’s new mystery-action film The Witch: Part 1. The Subversion has been receiving some positive comments from overseas ahead of its domestic release on June 27. Featuring rising star KIM Da-mi a...

CHO Jin-woong and SON Hyun-ju Suit Up for THE CLOWNS

Joseon Era Film Began Production March 31 CHO Jin-woong and SON Hyun-ju are teaming up once more on the period film The Clowns (working title), which began filming on March 31. Also featuring PARK Hee-soon, GO Chang-seok, KIM Seul-ki, YOON Park and KIM Min-suk...

Hyun-bin Period Action Film OUTBREAK Completes Winter Shoot

Korean period action film Outbreak wrapped up five and a half months of shooting on February 13th, just in time for the staff to enjoy the Lunar New Year holiday. The film sees KIM Sung-hoon and Hyun-bin, the director and star of last year’s Confidential Assig...