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- RYU Seung-ryong and YUM Jung-ah Join LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL
- Extreme Job star RYU Seung-ryong and YUM Jung-ah, hot off the sensational hit TV show Sky Castle, are set to join forces as an on-screen couple for Default (2018) director CHOI Kook-hee on the upcoming musical drama Life Is Beautiful (working title). The film will follow Oh Se-yeon (YUM Jung-ah), a ...
- by Pierce Conran / Aug 01, 2019
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- Florence Korean Film Fest to Stage HA Jung-woo Retrospective and Masterclass
- The 16th Florence Korean Film Fest will open its doors on March 22 and screen 25 features and several shorts until it concludes on March 30. This year’s edition will also include a retrospective on films featuring popular star HA Jung-woo. HWANG Dong-hyuk will visit Italy with his period film The Fo...
- by Pierce Conran / Mar 19, 2018
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- PERFECT STRANGERS Remake Begins Production
- The Korean remake of the Italian comedy Perfect Strangers, featuring YOO Hae-jin, CHO Jin-woong and YUM Jung-ah, kicked off production on December 27th. From The Fatal Encounter (2014) director LEE Jae-kyoo, the film will be distributed by Lotte Entertainment, the company behind current the 10-milli...
- by Pierce Conran / Jan 09, 2018
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- KIM Yun-seok Eyes Directing Debut with Stage Adaptation
- Top actor KIM Yun-seok is set to make the transition to the director’s chair with the upcoming project Miseongnyeon (Korean title). KIM will both direct and star in the project, while actress YUM Jung-ah is in negotiations to appear alongside him. One of the most successful Korean actors of the last...
- by Pierce Conran / Jan 08, 2018
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- Joel David Moore Tagged for US Version of HIDE AND SEEK
- HUH Jung’s hit 2013 mystery-thriller Hide and Seek will be remade in the United States with filmmaker Joel David Moore stepping up to direct the project. Though the original was released by Next Entertainment World, fellow Korean studio CJ Entertainment has optioned the film’s remake rights, adding ...
- by Pierce Conran / Dec 26, 2017
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- RYU Jun-yeol Joins KONG Hyo-jin in BBAENGBAN
- Following his female-led gangster saga Coin Locker Girl (2015), director HAN Jun-hee is putting the final touches on the cast of his next project, the cop thriller Bbaengban (Korean title). Joining the previously announced KONG Hyo-jin in the lead is rising superstar RYU Jun-yeol, while the addition...
- by Pierce Conran / Dec 12, 2017
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- THE MERCILESS Leads Nominations for 38th Blue Dragon Film Awards
- BYUN Sung-hyun’s crime thriller The Merciless, which was screened in the midnight lineup of this year’s Cannes Film Festival, is leading the nominations for the upcoming 38th Blue Dragon Film Awards with nods in nine categories. Close behind with eight nominations apiece are JANG Hun’s Gwangju upris...
- by Pierce Conran / Nov 14, 2017
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- VANISHING TIME: A BOY WHO RETURNED Wins Audience Award at the Festival du Film Coréen à Paris
- The 12th Festival du Film Coréen à Paris (FFCP) came to a close with a screening of director HUH Jung’s horror film, The Mimic. “We had 14,000 festival attendees this year, which is the most we’ve had so far.” a festival executive reported. In addition, it was announced that UM Tae-hwa’s fantasy dra...
- by SONG Soon-jin / Nov 10, 2017
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- I CAN SPEAK a Success at Paris Korean Film Festival
- Comfort-woman drama I Can Speak was a major success at the 12th Paris Korean Film Festival which took place from October 24th to 31st. “I Can Speak smashed the Korean box office by surpassing 3 million moviegoers and was also popular at the Paris Korean Film Festival recording sellouts for two conse...
- by SONG Soon-jin / Nov 03, 2017
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- PARK Sung-woong and JIN Young Switch for THE MAN INSIDE ME
- PARK Sung-woong and JIN Young will swap roles in next year’s body swap comedy The Man Inside Me. From director KANG Hyo-jin, the film also features LA Mi-ran and LEE So-min in her film debut. In a plot reminiscent of last year’s smash hit Luck-Key, a teenage boy takes a tumble off a roof but rather ...
- by Pierce Conran / Oct 27, 2017