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- KIM Go-eun and JUNG Hae-in Queue Up YOO YEOL’S MUSIC ALBUM
- Director JUNG Ji-woo is reuniting with his Eungyo (2012) star KIM Go-eun, who will lead his upcoming drama Yoo Yeol’s Music Album alongside JUNG Hae-in. KIM and JUNG previously appeared together in the hit TV series Goblin, which featured KIM and GONG Yoo in the lead roles. KIM plays the diligent Mi...
- by Pierce Conran / Oct 04, 2018
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- THE NEGOTIATION Leads to 22 International Sales
- Hostage thriller THE NEGOTIATION, a star-driven Chuseok holiday release featuring SON Ye-jin and HYUN Bin, has booked itself theatrical releases in 22 countries. From debuting director LEE Jong-seok, the film kicked off his global rollout in Korea on September 19. Since the Cannes Film Market earlie...
- by Pierce Conran / Oct 01, 2018
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- KIM Rae-won Anointed for LONG LIVE THE KING
- KIM Rae-won is set to take the lead in the webtoon adaptation Long Live the King, which will be director KANG Yun-sung’s follow-up project to smash hit crime drama THE OUTLAWS (2017). KIM will be joined on screen withWON Jin-ah. KIM will play Jang Se-chool, a mob boss who has been pining after Kang ...
- by Pierce Conran / Oct 01, 2018
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- JEON Do-yeon and JUNG Woo-sung Dig in to BEASTS THAT CLING TO THE STRAW
- Korean stars are lining up for an adaptation of SONE Keisuke’s novel Beasts that Cling to the Straw. JEON Do-yeon, JUNG Woo-sung, BAE Sung-woo, YOUN Yuh-jung and more are featuring in this debut film by director KIM Yong-hoon, which kicked off production on August 30. The mystery-thriller follows se...
- by Pierce Conran / Oct 01, 2018
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- Chuck CHAE’s BUDDY VR Picks Up Best VR Experience Award in Venice
- A Korean film has earned a prize in the VR competition at the Venice International Film Festival for the second year in a row. Following Gina KIM’s top prize winning for Bloodless (2017) last year, Chuck CHAE has earned the Best VR Experience Award (For Interactive Content) for BUDDY VRat the 75th e...
- by Pierce Conran / Sep 28, 2018
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- BURNING Selected as Korea’s Official Submission to 2019 Academy Awards
- LEE Chang-dong’s critically acclaimed BURNING, which debuted in the main competition of the Cannes Film Festival this year, has been selected as Korea’s official submission to the best foreign language film category of next year’s Academy of Awards, put on by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and S...
- by Pierce Conran / Sep 28, 2018
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- CHO Jin-woong Signs on for Directing Debut of JUNG Jin-young
- Actor CHO Jin-woong has signed to star in the debut directing effort of fellow thespian JUNG Jin-young, a 27-year veteran of the screen in Korea. Following a lengthy preparation period, Close to You is expected to begin rolling in October. CHO and JUNG co-starred in last year’s Colonial Era prison t...
- by Pierce Conran / Sep 27, 2018
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- 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, which sees him team up once more with his Co...
- by Pierce Conran / Sep 27, 2018
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- SUL Kyung-gu and CHO Jin-woong Line Up for Bromance PERFECT MAN
- SUL Kyung-gu looks set to join the human drama Perfect Man. From director YONG Soo, the film is also reported to feature CHO Jin-woong. The film chronicles the bromance between a high-powered lawyer who does everything to make money and a man who works as a volunteer at a nursing home. Top star SUL ...
- by Pierce Conran / Sep 17, 2018
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- Martine and Jean-Marc Thérouanne to Receive BIFF Korean Cinema Award
- Martine and Jean-Marc Thérouanne, the co-founders of the Festival International des Cinémas d’Asie (Vesoul International Film Festival of Asian Cinemas), will receive this year’s Korean Cinema Award at the Busan International Film Festival (BIFF), awarded for their contribution to the promotion of K...
- by Pierce Conran / Sep 17, 2018
