- Korean Film News
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- MOSS, INSIDE MEN Writer Pens ILLANG: PREQUEL Webtoon
- Popular webtoon writer YOON Tae-ho has penned a prequel to KIM Jee-woon’s upcoming sci-fi action-drama ILLANG : THE WOLF BRIGADE. Jointly developed by Kakao Pages and Daum Webtoon, ‘Inrang: Prequel’ will take place five years before the events of the upcoming film. An adaptation of OKIURA Hiroyuki’s...
- by Pierce Conran / Jul 10, 2018
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- KIM Jee-woon’s Sci-fi Action INRANG Starts Shooting in August
- Following-up his hit The Age of Shadows from last year, KIM Jee-woon will be back in the director’s chair in August for his ninth film, currently titled Inrang. The sci-fi action title is a live action adaption of OSHII Mamoru’s anime Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade (1999) and will star GANG Dong-won, JUN...
- by Pierce Conran / Jul 28, 2017
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- BONG Joon-ho’s OKJA to Close Sydney Film Fest
- BONG Joon-ho’s new film Okja has been selected as the closing film of this year’s 64th Sydney International Film Festival. The big-budget adventure film, which was entirely backed by online streaming service Netflix, has its world premiere this week in competition at the 70th Cannes Film Festival. O...
- by Pierce Conran / May 19, 2017
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- Netflix Plans Theatrical Bows for BONG Joon-ho’s OKJA
- BONG Joon-ho’s Snowpiercer (2013) follow-up, the high-concept sci-fi Okja, will be getting a theatrical release, as confirmed by its investor Netlfix, thus ending months of speculation as to whether or not the online giant would release the title exclusively on its streaming platform. For its Korean...
- by Pierce Conran / Mar 09, 2017
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- Warner Bros. and KIM Jee-woon Team Up Once More on JIN-ROH Remake
- Director KIM Jee-woon is gearing up for his next project which will be a Korean adaptation of the Japanese animation Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade (1999). GANG Dong-won is in talks to headline the project which will be financed and distributed by Warner Bros., which worked with KIM on last year’s The Ag...
- by Pierce Conran / Mar 03, 2017
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- Production Begins on BONG Joon-ho/Netflix Film OKJA
- Jake Gyllenhaal, Tilda Swinton and Paul Dano to Star Following months of speculation surrounding the casting and details of BONG Joon-ho’s latest film, Netflix officially announced last month that production has begun on Okja in Korea and that Tilda Swinton, Jake Gyllenhaal and Paul Dano are all on...
- by Pierce Conran / May 09, 2016
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- Darius Khondji to Shoot BONG Joon-ho’s OKJA
- SEVEN Cinematographer Boards Netflix-Backed Korean Film BONG Joon-ho’s next film, the global co-production Okja, is slowly coming together, and the latest name to be confirmed for the crew is world-famous cinematographer Darisu Khondji, known for his work on David Fincher’s Seven (1995), WONG Kar-w...
- by Pierce Conran / Feb 04, 2016