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- "If you hesitate, you'll miss it!" The Strong Presence of K-Movie at Marché du Film, Festival de Cannes 2022
- Underground the Palais des Festivals in Cannes, France, where the 75th Festival de Cannes was celebrating the annual festival with the cineastes from all over the world, a war was going on among movie buyers around the world. It is Marché du Film, the world's largest film market, where more than...
- by Park Hyejin / Jun 02, 2022
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- Coupang Play Fills Out Streaming Library with NEW Hits
- Coupang Play, the new Korean streaming service which debuted just last month, has added a selection of hit titles from local studio Next Entertainment World (NEW). This deal follows quickly on the heels of a similar 51-title acquisition from Showbox earlier this month. Among the 25 titles from NEW t...
- by Pierce Conran / Jan 19, 2021
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- Cannes Taps PENINSULA and HEAVEN: TO THE LAND OF HAPPINESS for Official Lineup
- Though the festival will not take place this year owing to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, the Cannes Film Festival announced its 73rd official selection on the evening of June 3rd. Among the 56 titles for this unusual 2020 edition, which features no sections, are a pair of Korean films - YEON Sang-h...
- by Pierce Conran / Jun 11, 2020
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- TIME TO HUNT Netflix Launch Back on Track as Parties Resolve Legal Dispute
- The release plan for the Korean youth sci-fi thriller Time to Hunt from distributor Little Big Pictures has taken several twists and turns since it premiered at the Berlin International Film Festival in February, with the last few weeks being particularly turbulent owing to ongoing legal issues. A p...
- by Pierce Conran / Apr 21, 2020
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- TIME TO HUNT Scraps Theatrical Plans for Netflix Bow, Faces Legal Repercussions
- In the midst of a film landscape that is quickly adapting in the face of the Covid-19 pandemic, the Berlinale-premiered sci-fi thriller Time to Hunt has forgone its theatrical plans in favor of a global Netflix launch. Originally scheduled to open theatrically in Korea on February 22, the sophomore ...
- by Pierce Conran / Apr 08, 2020
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- CRAZY ROMANCE Advances to 22 Foreign Markets
- The hit romcom Crazy Romance, starring KONG Hyo-jin and KIM Rae-won, is set to continue entertaining audiences overseas after reportedly closing deals with 22 foreign markets, according to international sales agent CONTENTS PANDA. KONG (Door Lock, 2018) plays a woman who recently broke up with her o...
- by Pierce Conran / Oct 28, 2019
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- October to Welcome KONG Hyo-jin and KIM Rae-won’s CRAZY ROMANCE
- KONG Hyo-jin and KIM Rae-won will storm the screen next month in the romantic comedy Crazy Romance. The film marks the feature debut of KIM Han-gyeol, a graduate of Konkuk University known for her award-winning shorts A Perfect Sight (2009), Chatter (2011) and Make Peace (2015). The stars play Jae-h...
- by Pierce Conran / Sep 10, 2019
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- CHA Seung-won Returns to Comedy Genre for Chuseok Holidays
- CHA Seung-won is returning to screens next month in the Chuseok holiday title CHEER UP, MR. LEE, the latest comedy-drama from LUCK-KEY (2016) director LEE Gae-byok. CHEER UP, MR. LEEfeatures CHA as Cheol-soo, a simple-minded man with good looks and a strong physique who one day discovers that he has...
- by Pierce Conran / Aug 19, 2019
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- THE VILLAINESS Headed for the Small Screen
- JUNG Byung-gil’s Cannes-invited action-thriller The Villainess (2017) will be adapted for the small screen in the United States. The film’s distributor Contents Panda revealed that they have signed a deal with Skybound Entertainment to produce a series based on the property. The Villainess (2017) in...
- by Pierce Conran / Jan 24, 2019
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- CONTENTS PANDA Finds Global Buyers for UNDERDOG
- Korean sales agent CONTENTS PANDA has announced a slew of deals for its new animated title Underdog. The film, from the people behind the 2011 animated hit Leafie, a Hen Into the Wild, has found buyers across North America, Europe and Asia, where viewers will be able to see the film following its Ko...
- by Pierce Conran / Jan 09, 2019