- Korean Film News
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- PARK Bo-young and KIM Young-kwang Commit to YOUR WEDDING
- PARK Bo-young and KIM Young-kwang are set to co-star in the upcoming romantic drama Your Wedding (translated title). In the film’s plot, Soo-jeong (KIM) receives a wedding invitation from his first love Seung-hee (PARK). The film chronicles the 10-year relationship of the two, beginning with their h...
- by Christopher Weatherspoon / Oct 06, 2017
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- JANG Hyuk Sharpens Up for SWORDSMAN
- Korean star JANG Hyuk is back before cameras for the upcoming period action film Swordsman (translated title), which began production on June 15th. Also on board are JUNG Man-sik, Indonesian action star Joe Taslim, in his Korean film debut, and Kpop idol LEE Min-hyuk of BTOB. Set in the Joseon Era, ...
- by Pierce Conran / Jun 28, 2017
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- United Pictures Launches THE PREPARATION at Cannes
- Korean sales agent United Pictures, which handles pictures produced by Opus Pictures, has entered this year’s Cannes Film Market armed with a catalogue that includes a pair of market premieres, a brand new production announcement and several recent commercial titles. Having their market premieres in...
- by Pierce Conran / May 19, 2017
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- MASTER Lures LEE Byung-hun, GANG Dong-won, KIM Woo-bin
- New Con Thriller from COLD EYES Director Three of Korea’s top male box office draws are teaming up for new thriller Master. Global star LEE Byung-hun, GANG Dong-won and KIM Woo-bin have signed on to star in the new film by Cold Eyes (2013) director CHO Ui-seok. LEE will feature as Jin, the preside...
- by Pierce Conran / Dec 23, 2015
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- YOU GOTTA CATCH THEM of KIM Seung-woo and KIM Jung-tae Booked for Release in January
- To Compete with THE GOOD DINOSAUR and REMEMBER YOU You Gotta Catch Them (translated title) is now booked to be released on January 7th next year, featuring KIM Seung-woo of Woman On The Beach (2006), KIM Jung-tae of Mourning Grave (2014), and Hyuk (HAN Sang-hyuk) of a boy-band VIXX. It is an actio...
- by SONG Soon-jin / Dec 22, 2015
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- HA Ji-won, CHEN Bolin Wrap LIFE-STAKING LOVE
- Romcom Thriller Due out Next Year Korean actress HA Ji-won and Taiwanese star CHAN Bolin wrapped the romcom thriller Life-Staking Love (literal title) earlier this month on the 5th in Paju, northwest of Seoul. The film, which began its shoot in Itaewon, Seoul on September 6th this year, is the debu...
- by Pierce Conran / Dec 22, 2015
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- THE PRIESTS Books Stateside Release
- JANG Jae-hyun’s smash hit debut The Priests has confirmed a nine-theater release in the United States, courtesy of CJ Entertainment America. The film will open in Los Angeles and Dallas this Thursday (November 26th) before expanding to Atlanta, Chicago, Fullerton, Honolulu, New Jersey, San Francisco...
- by Pierce Conran / Nov 26, 2015
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- Spackman Entertainment Group Goes Public in Singapore
- SNOWPIERCER Producer Rises 58% in Debut Spackman Entertainment Group (SEG), the Korean film company behind hits such as Snowpiercer, Cold Eyes and All About My Wife (2012), went public on the Singapore stock market on July 22nd. The company sold all of its 69.4 million shares ahead of its IPO. Star...
- by Pierce Conran / Jul 24, 2014
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- JU Ji-hoon, JI Sung and LEE Kwang-soo Team Up for New Film
- JU Ji-hoon, JI Sung and LEE Kwang-soo have signed on to appear in Good Friends, a new drama that will mark the debut of director LEE Do-yoon. The film will tell the story of a group of friends who suffer a falling out following an event than unintentionally links them to a crime. JU, taking over a ...
- by Pierce Conran / Dec 16, 2013
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- LEE Min-ki Headlines NEW Action Noir
- Late last month, distributor NEW (Next Entertainment World) announced that production would begin on their new action noir For the Emperor (translated title) early this month. The film stars LEE Min-ki, PARK Sung-woong and LEE Tae-im and will mark the second directorial outing for PARK Sang-joon, wh...
- by Pierce Conran / Dec 11, 2013