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- KIM You-jung to Become TWENTIETH CENTURY GIRL in Netflix Original Film
- Romantic Drama to Co-Star BYUN Woo-seokKIM You-jung will team up with BYUN Woo-seok for the the forthcoming romantic drama Twentieth Century Girl (translated title), a Netflix original film.The project marks the feature debut of director BANG Woo-ri and principal photography is expected to begin at ...
- by KIM Bo-ra / May 12, 2021
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- RYU Seung-ryong and PARK Hae-joon to Play Brothers in JUNG’S FARM
- Actors RYU Seung-ryong and PARK Hae-joon have joined forces on the upcoming comedy Jung’s Farm (working title). From first-time director KIM Ji-yeon, the film entered production on January 22. The actors are playing brothers who don’t act as though they’re particularly close, even though they raise ...
- by Pierce Conran / Feb 16, 2021
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- Studio Canal Options French Remake of CHEER UP, MR. LEE
- The recent Chuseok family-oriented title CHEER UP, MR. LEE has been optioned for a French remake. A deal for the adaptation was recently struck by the film’s local producer Yong Film and the major French outfit Studio Canal.CHEER UP, MR. LEEwas co-produced by Along with the Gods creator Dexter Studi...
- by Pierce Conran / Oct 02, 2019
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- Family Comedy CHEER UP MR. LEE Enters Production with CHA Seung-won and More
- Upcoming comedy Cheer Up, Mr. Lee (working title) kicked off production on June 23. Featuring CHA Seung-won in the lead, the film is the latest from LUCK-KEY (2016) director LEE Gae-byok. CHA features as Chul-soo, a man who has it all but seems to be missing something. One day, Saet-byul, a daughter...
- by Pierce Conran / Jul 10, 2018
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- PARK Hae-joon Joins CHA Seung-won for CHEER UP MYSTERY
- Following their scene-stealing roles together in the current box office smash Believer, rising star PARK Hae-joon and veteran actor CHA Seung-won will pair up once again in Cheer Up Mystery (translated title), the third work of LUCK-KEY (2016) director LEE Gae-byok. Cheer Up Mystery will depict the ...
- by Pierce Conran / Jun 19, 2018
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- Investment and Distribution Company NEW Releases 10 Titles for 2018 Line-up
- Renowned Korean investment and distribution company Next Entertainment World (NEW) announced 10 titles they plan to release in 2018. Through a press release, NEW stated they had three films in their catalog that had sold over 10 million tickets since their founding in 2008: The Attorney, Miracle in ...
- by SONG Soon-jin / Dec 19, 2017
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- LEE Hae-young’s DOKJEON Wraps with CHO Jin-woong and RYU Jun-yeol
- Director LEE Hae-young’s upcoming Dokjeon (Korean title), a remake of Johnny TO’s Drug War, completed around five months of filming on November 16th. The crime thriller stars CHO Jin-woong, RYU Jun-yeol and the late KIM Joo-hyuk in his final performance. Dokjeon (a contraction of the Korean words fo...
- by Pierce Conran / Dec 01, 2017
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- Director LEE Hae-young Readies for DRUG WAR
- The Silenced (2015) director LEE Hae-young will be back on set at the beginning of July as he kicks off production of his fourth feature Drug War, a Korean remake of Johnny To’s 2013 HK-China co-production. Joining the director on set are CHO Jin-woong, CHA Seung-won, KIM Joo-hyuk and RYU Jun-yeol. ...
- by Pierce Conran / Jul 03, 2017
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- JUNG Ji-woo Court Thriller SILENCE with CHOI Min-shik Wraps in Bangkok
- JUNG Ji-woo’s new thriller Silence, which stars CHOI Min-shik in the lead role, completed four months of production in Bangkok, Thailand, which included 61 shooting days, on February 7th. Silence is a remake of the Chinese film Silent Witness (2013) and co-stars PARK Shin-hye and RYU Jun-yeol. CHOI ...
- by Pierce Conran / Feb 21, 2017
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- LUCK-KEY Surpassed 5 Million Viewers
- Starring YOO Hae-jin, director LEE Gae-byok’s LUCK-KEY (Produced by Yong Film and distributed by Showbox) released on October 13th, surpassed 5 million audiences as of October 28th within 16 days of release. It already exceeded Punch (2011)’s 5,311,307 admissions, which was the most successful movie...
- by AHN Young-yoon / Nov 03, 2016