- Korean Film News
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- How far has deep fake come?
- Generative A.I. is truly in a full swing. In February, OpenAI unveiled Sora, a text-to-video generative AI model, once again capturing the world’s attention. Under the description of “All videos on this page were generated directly by Sora without modification,” Sora can transform any text command i...
- by KoBiz / Apr 19, 2024
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- Korean Historical Thriller ‘The Night Owl’ Licensed to China for Remake
- South Korean film studio Next Entertainment World (NEW) reports that period thriller “The Night Owl” has been licensed for remake in China.It claims that its deal is the highest price ever paid for rights to remake Korean IP in China, but it declined to disclose either the value of the deal or the i...
- by Variety / Apr 17, 2024
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- Korean films report all-time record March sales on big success of 'Exhuma'
- Korean films achieved their highest combined sales ever for the month of March, largely propelled by the box-office sensation "Exhuma," a government report showed Tuesday. According to a monthly report on the Korean film industry by the Korean Film Commission (KOFIC), homegrown movies secured c...
- by Yonhap / Apr 15, 2024
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- Interview with Park Tae-joon, Executive Producer of 25th JEONJU International Film Festival • 16th JEONJU Project
- The 25th Jeonju International Film Festival (JIFF) is to be held in Jeonju, Republic of Korea from May 1 to May 10, 2024. Jeonju Project, an industry program of JIFF, will also be greeting its 16th cohort this year. Jeonju Project offers a wide variety of support programs to independent and arthouse...
- by KoBiz / Apr 12, 2024
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- Shining Debut, Jang Da-a in Pyramid Game
- "The eyes that witness my pain. Have you ever felt the urge to gouge them out??” It's the moment when the always kind Ha-rin reveals her true feelings in front of transfer student Su-ji (Kim Ji-yeon)."It was a scene I acted out during the audition. It was important to find the right bala...
- by CINE21 / Apr 11, 2024
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- CAA Boards Korean Post-Apocalyptic Show ‘Pleasant Outcast’ Ahead of Canneseries Premiere, Reveals Poster (EXCLUSIVE)
- CAA has come on board to advise on the worldwide sales of “Pleasant Outcast,” the post-apocalyptic Korean thriller series from Lotte Cultureworks (“Along With the Gods: The Last 49 Days”) and Climax Studio. “Pleasant Outcast” is set to premiere at Canneseries, which kicks off April 5.
- by Variety / Apr 08, 2024
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- Navigating the Future of the Korean Video Entertainment Industry in 2024
- Keyword 01. Recession and SurvivalIt's no exaggeration to say that "a sense of crisis pervades the entire content industry" as "an unusually inflated industry bubble" deflates. Since the COVID-19 pandemic, social distancing and ticket price hikes have diminished the incentive to ...
- by CINE21 / Apr 05, 2024
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- New South Korean Shows Introduce a Woman Traveling in Time to Save Her Favorite Star, Kid Teaming Up With a Kidnapper and a Man Who Dies 12 (!) Times
- courtesy of CJ ENMSouth Korean dominance shows no signs of stopping, delivering even more outrageous storylines.In SLL’s “Death’s Game,” a Prime Video Original fantasy drama based on a webtoon, a hard-working man – “who knows how to make lemonade out of the lemons,” said sales executive Youseon Jee ...
- by Variety / Apr 03, 2024
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- Son Suk-ku chooses to be swayed by others in navigating life
- Actor Son Suk-ku (AceMaker Movieworks)Just weeks after appearing as a relentless detective in the Netflix original “A Killer Paradox,” actor Son Suk-ku met with reporters for the promotion of his new film “Troll Factory.”“I haven’t rested a single day since the start of the year except for the publ...
- by The Korea Herald / Apr 01, 2024
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- Subtly but boldly, Hong Sangsoo is treading into a new realm
- Right Now, Wrong Then※The contributions of external writers may differ from the opinions of KoBiz & KOFIC, and they do not represent the official views of KOFIC.Hong Sangsoo occupies a curious place in the world cinema landscape. He is at once an omnipresent and an elusive figure, both fixture a...
- by KoBiz / Mar 29, 2024