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- LEE Won-suk to Direct WOMAN IN CRISIS Series on Netflix
- Director LEE Won-suk has partnered with Netflix for the upcoming fantasy drama series Woman in Crisis. Penning the project will be writer KIM Su-a. The project is currently in development, while Director LEE is also working on post-production for his new film Killing Romance (translated title) with ...
- by Pierce Conran / Dec 17, 2020
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- PARK Chan-wook’s DECISION TO LEAVE Begins Shoot This Month
- TANG Wei and PARK Hae-il Headline Latest from Korean Maestro Following his recent John LE CARRE adaptation The Little Drummer Girl for the BBC, master Korean filmmaker PARK Chan-wook is about to return to set for a new Korean project. Decision to Leave, which will be produced by PARK’s outfit Moho ...
- by Pierce Conran / Oct 19, 2020
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- Hollywood Project Woos SON Ye-jin and LEE Sun-kyun
- SON Ye-jin and LEE Sun-kyun have received offers to star alongside Avatar star Sam WORTHINGTON in the upcoming film Cross from Hollywood director Andrew NICCOL. Cross will take place in the future in a multiracial country which is divided by a border that separates it into a rich side and a poor one...
- by Pierce Conran / Jul 17, 2020
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- 24th BIFAN to Open with WHISPERING CORRIDORS 6
- The Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival (BIFAN) will return next month and opening this year’s 24th edition on July 9 will be Whispering Corridors: The Humming, the sixth entry in the long-running Korean horror franchise. This summer’s BIFAN will be a hybrid event mixing physical screening...
- by Pierce Conran / Jun 26, 2020
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- Netflix Enters ROUND SIX with HWANG Dong-hyuk
- Netflix is partnering with one of Korea’s most successful directors for an upcoming series. Director HWANG Dong-hyuk will helm the series Round Six. The show will follow a group of people unlucky in life who are given an opportunity to participate in a survival game, the winner of which could win US...
- by Pierce Conran / Sep 18, 2019
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- LEE Kyoung-mi to Direct Netflix Original Series
- JUNG Se-rang novel ‘School Nurse Ahn Eun Young’ will be remade as a Netflix Original series. Netflix has recently made official its intention to produce the series and confirmed that it will be helmed by LEE Kyoung-mi, the director of Crush And Blush (2008) and The Truth Beneath (2015), with JUNG Yu...
- by KIM Su-bin / Jan 10, 2019
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- SON Ye-jin and Hyun-bin Vehicle THE NEGOTIATION Books September Release
- The upcoming star-studded Korean hostage thriller The Negotiation will hit screens in September, just in time for the busy Chuseok holiday. From first-time director LEE Jong-seok, the film features popular names SON Ye-jin and Hyun-bin. SON plays Chae-yoon, a hostage negotiator for the Seoul Metropo...
- by Pierce Conran / Aug 14, 2018
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- Awards Winners Announced for MSFF 2018
- The Mise-en-scène Short Film Festival (MSFF) held its 17th edition this year from June 28 to July 4, once again seeking out the next generation of voices in the Korean film industry. Winners were announced for each festival’s five main sections, however, unlike most editions, a Grand Prize was not h...
- by Pierce Conran / Jul 26, 2018
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- Neuchâtel IFFF Invites Trio of Works from Korea
- This year’s 18th Neuchâtel International Fantastic Film Festival (NIFFF) has invited a trio of works from Korea spanning an array of different mediums. JUNG Bum-shik’s horror hit Gonjiam: Haunted Asylum, LEE Kyoung-mi’s short film The Lady from 406 and the Dexter Studios-produced VR short Help Me ar...
- by Pierce Conran / Jun 29, 2018
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- JANG Joon-hwan to Preside over 17th Mise-en-scène Short Film Festival Jury
- The jury for this year’s 17th Mise-en-scène Short Film Festival has been set with 1987: When the Day Comes (2017) director JANG Joon-hwan selected as the jury president while many other top Korean film directors have also been invited to take part. In total, ten directors have been selected, with fi...
- by Pierce Conran / Jun 19, 2018