- Korean Film News
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- WOMAN’S WAIL Remake with SEO Young-hee Begins Production
- A remake of the 1986 Korean horror film Woman’s Wail began production on December 20th. The update features Bedevilled (2010) star SEO Young-hee and is being directed by YOO Young-sun, following his 2014 debut The Wicked. Co-starring in the horror project are SON Na-eun of Kpop group Apink, PARK Min...
- by Pierce Conran / Jan 04, 2018
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- SUL Kyung-gu, OH Dal-su, CHUN Woo-hee, MOON So-ri Enter School Bullying Drama
- 20th Century Fox Korea has reported that their forthcoming projects, the school bullying drama I Want to See Your Parents’ Faces (translated title), began production last month on the 29th. The project assembles SUL Kyung-gu, OH Dal-su, CHUN Woo-hee, MOON So-ri and others under director KIM Ji-hoon,...
- by Pierce Conran / Jun 23, 2017
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- Period Drama ENEMY SOLDIER Adds YEO Jin-gu
- LEE Jung-jae Stars New 20th Century Fox Offering Actors LEE Jung-jae and YEO Jin-gu are set to star in the upcoming period drama Enemy Soldier. From director CHUNG Yoon-chul, the title is the fifth fully financed local production by 20th Century Fox. YEO features as Prince Gwanghae and the film wi...
- by Pierce Conran / Aug 18, 2016
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- THE WAILING Calls to French-Speaking Europe, China
- FINECUT Locks Deal Ahead of Cannes Bow After scoring North American distribution last week ahead of its international premiere at the Cannes Film Festival, where it will screen in Out of Competition section on May 18th, NA Hong-jin’s THE WAILING has locked new deals with European distributor Metrop...
- by Pierce Conran / May 13, 2016
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- KIM Jee-woon’s SECRET AGENT to be Warner Bros.’ First Korean Production
- Secret Agent Is Actor SONG Kang-ho’s Fourth KIM Jee-woon Film Warner Brothers is gearing up for its first local production in Korea, Secret Agent (a.k.a. Miljeong). Warner Bros. has therefore become the second major Hollywood studio to greenlight a Korean-language movie, following Fox’s Intimate E...
- by Kobiz Reporter / Aug 13, 2015
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- Warner Bros Considering Move into Korean Film
- May Follow 20th Century Fox into Local Production Following 20th Century’s ongoing forays into the Korean film industry, Warner Bros. has followed suit by announcing its intention to produce films directly for the local market. Senior Vice President of Business Affairs Jun OH shared their plans duri...
- by Pierce Conran / Nov 19, 2014
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- NA Hong-jin and HWANG Jung-min Team Up for GOKSEONG
- THE YELLOW SEA Director Returns After 5 Years NA Hong-jin, the helmer behind The Chaser (2008) and The Yellow Sea (2010) will soon begin production on his third feature, following confirmation of his leading cast. Gokseong (working title) will feature HWANG Jung-min, KWAK Do-won and CHUN Woo-hee. F...
- by Pierce Conran / Aug 05, 2014
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- FIP and Ivanhoe to Co-Finance Asian Films
- Hollywood Heavyweights Invest in Korean Films Fox International Productions (FIP), which has been making inroads in Korean film production since 2010, has just signed a new deal with Ivanhoe Pictures, which will help them finance their slate of local language productions in 11 Asian territories, i...
- by Pierce Conran / Nov 18, 2013
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- 20th Century Fox Finances 2nd Korean Film
- The shooting of Slow Video (working title), produced by 20th Century Fox, kicked off on October 23rd. Slow Video is the second Korean film fully financed by the US studio after Running Man. The action thriller Running Man, a CHO Dong-oh film starring SHIN Ha-kyun and LEE Min-ho, was released in Apri...
- by TAE Sang-joon / Oct 25, 2013
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- Two Well Organized Popcorn Movies
- LEGEND OF FIST Filled with Humanity as Well as Actions - Legend of Fist ▶ informationDirector KANG Woo-suk | Starring HWANG Jung-min, YU Jun-sang, YOON Je-moon | Genre Action, Drama | Running Time 153 Minutes | Rating 18+ | Release April 10 ▶ synopsisThere were many boys who excelled at fighting a...
- by LEE Eun-sun / Apr 05, 2013