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- Lee Mikyoung, Vice Chair of CJ Group, Chosen as a Cover Model for the Special Edition of 『Variety』, an American Magazine, to Celebrate International Women's Day
- Lee Mikyoung, Vice Chair of CJ Group, Chosen as a Cover Model for the Special Edition of 『Variety』, an American Magazine, to Celebrate International Women's DayShe showed her presence in the global entertainment industry by serving as an executive producer of <PARASITE>, a four-time Oscar ...
- by Pierce Conran / Mar 03, 2022
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- BAE Doo-na and KWAK Sin-ae Receive Etoile du Cinema Awards
- International star BAE Doo-na and Barunson E&A CEO KWAK Shin-ae were awarded the ‘Etoile du Cinéma’ (Cinema Star) prizes during the Busan International Film Festival this year. BAE was conferred her award ahead of the premiere of her latest film #iamhere at the festival, while KWAK was given her...
- by Pierce Conran / Oct 15, 2019
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- World’s 1st 4DX VR Film to Debut in Seoul in March
- This month, upcoming melodrama Meet the Memories - First Love, will become the world’s first Virtual Reality (VR) film to be screened in a 4DX theater. The film, a joint production of film financier Barunson E&A Corp. and VR producer EVR Studio, will debut at the CGV Yongsan theater in central S...
- by Pierce Conran / Mar 15, 2018
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- VR Melodrama MEET THE MEMORIES – FIRST LOVE Cranks Up
- Production has been completed for the first Korean theatrical VR film: VR melodrama Meet the Memories – First Love. The project is being produced by Barunson E&A, which has put out well known films such KIM Jee-woon’s western action film The Good, The Bad, And The Weird (2008), BONG Joon-ho’s fa...
- by SONG Soon-jin / Dec 11, 2017
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- BIFF to Hold Asia’s Biggest VR Cinema Events
- The 22nd edition of the Busan International Film Festival (BIFF) will host Asia’s largest Virtual Reality (VR) cinema event. Titled ‘VR CINEMA in BIFF’, the program will launch this fall and is expected to be “a long-term project to lead the technology for the domestic film industry, and not as a te...
- by KIM Su-bin / Aug 03, 2017
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- BONG Joon-ho and SONG Kang-ho Take on PARASITE
- Director BONG Joon-ho and star SONG Kang-ho are set to team up once again for the film Parasite, which will kick off production in January of next year. Little is known about the project so far, save that it will be Korean, will focus on a family faced with a grave situation and that it will be dist...
- by Pierce Conran / Apr 06, 2017
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- SUL Kyung-gu & IM Si-wan Wrap HOODLUM
- Prison Thriller Completes 4 Month Shoot Incoming prison thriller Hoodlum (literal title) completed its four months production on December 10th. Financed by both CJ Entertainment and Barunson Media, the film stars veteran actor SUL Kyung-gu and newcomer IM Si-wan and marks the third directorial effo...
- by Pierce Conran / Dec 22, 2016
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- KWAK Kyung-taek’s Thriller RESURRECTION Has Begun Production
- A Vengeful Story Featuring KIM Rae-won, KIM Hae-sook and SUNG Dong-il KWAK Kyung-taek of Friend (2001) and The Classified File (2015) has begun production of a new film. Resurrection (working title), a mystery thriller where CHOI Myung-sook, a woman who died 7 years ago, comes to life again, has com...
- by SONG Soon-jin / Nov 20, 2015