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- CONTENTS PANDA Invade Cannes Market with THE GREAT BATTLE, BELIEVER
- Korean sales outfit Contents Panda, which participated in the official selection of the Cannes Film Festival over the past two years with Train to Busan (2016) and The Villainess (2017), have brought a diverse lineup to the Marché this year, led by LEE Hae-young’s crime thriller Believer, which bows...
- by Pierce Conran / May 14, 2018
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- ANSI FORTRESS Begins 5-Month Shoot
- Period blockbuster Ansi Fortress, the first feature film project by Next Entertainment World’s new production arm Studio & NEW, began filming on August 23rd. ZO In-sung stars in the latest from director KIM Kwang-sik and production is expected to carry on for five months. The film chronicles the...
- by Pierce Conran / Sep 01, 2017
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- AOA’s Seol-hyun Enters ANSI CITY
- Actress Seol-hyun, a member of the Kpop group AOA, has signed on for a role in the upcoming period war film Ansi City alongside leading man ZO In-sung. The film is the latest work from My Dear Desperado (2010) and Tabloid Truth (2014) Director KIM Kwang-sik. Pop sensation Seol-hyun kicked off her ac...
- by Pierce Conran / Jun 07, 2017
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- ZO In-sung Leads ANSI CITY into Battle
- Following on the heels of the hit Lunar New Year prosecutor drama The King, ZO In-sung is stepping into his next project, the period battle film Ansi City. The film is KIM Kwang-sik’s follow-up to his gangster romcom My Dear Desperado (2010) and the media thriller Tabloid Truth (2014). Star ZO will ...
- by Pierce Conran / May 15, 2017
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- NEW Ventures into Film Production with Period War Film AHN-SI-SEONG
- Korean film investor and distributor Next Entertainment World (NEW) has set its first internally produced feature film project with its subsidiary Studio & NEW. The period battle film Ahn-si-seong (working title) will be helmed by KIM Kwang-sik, who previously made the gangster romcom My Dear De...
- by Pierce Conran / Apr 21, 2017
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- Berlinale Generation Kplus Selects THE WORLD OF US
- Feature Debut of SPROUT Director YOON Ga-eun The lineup for the Berlin International Film Festival is steadily trickling in and, with the announcement of its Generations sections, the film jubilee has revealed its first Korean title for 2016. YOON Ga-eun’s feature debut film The World of Us will ha...
- by Pierce Conran / Jan 21, 2016
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- HAN Ye-ri to Dupe Suitors as WORST WOMAN
- New Film from Indie Director KIM Jong-kwan Haemoo star HAN Ye-ri has been tapped as the lead in Worst Woman, the new film from indie filmmaker KIM Jong-kwan. In it, she plays a woman who changes her personality and appearance every time she meets a new man, particularly over the course of one, whe...
- by Pierce Conran / Sep 18, 2015
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- JU Ji-hoon and KIM Kang-woo Sign on for TREACHEROUS SUBJECT
- MIN Kyu-doing Period Film to Lens Next Month Actors JU Ji-hoon and KIM Gang-woo have signed on to star in the upcoming period film Treacherous Subject (literal title). They join previously attached LIM Ji-yeon and veteran director MIN Kyu-dong. Set amidst Prince Yeongsan’s reign during the Joseon D...
- by Pierce Conran / Aug 26, 2014
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- TABLOID TRUTH Spreads to US
- CJ Thriller to Hit North American Screens CJ Entertainment’s new thriller Tabloid Truth, which is currently on release in Korea, will hit North American screens on March 7th. The film will first be seen in CGV Cinemas in Los Angeles before expanding its run to New York, Vancouver and Hawaii on Marc...
- by Pierce Conran / Mar 04, 2014
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- Press Conference Held for TABLOID TRUTH
- Tabloid Truth, directed by KIM Kwang-sik, behind 2010’s My Dear Desperado, and starring KIM Gang-woo of The Taste of Money (2012), JUNG Jin-young of S.I.U. (2011) and GO Chang-seok of The Front Line (2011), had a press conferenceat CGV Apgujung. Tabloid Truth is a story about manager Wu-gon (KIM Ga...
- by SONG Soon-jin / Jan 21, 2014