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- Hwang Jungmin and Jeon Doyeon reunite in Kill Boksoon
- 17 years after You Are My Sunshine (2005), HWANG Jungmin and JEON Doyeon are set to reunite in the film KILL Boksoon (literal title), a Netflix original. From The Merciless (2017) director BYUN Sunghyun, the project will also feature SUL Kyunggu, KOO Kyohwan and E Som. The streaming feature will fol...
- by Pierce Conran / Dec 21, 2021
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- Kang Hyoungchul’s Superhero Film HIGH FIVE with Yoo Ahin Wraps Production
- Ra Miran, Ahn Jehong, Lee Jaein and Kim Heewon Co-Star inHit filmmaker Kang Hyoungchul has completed production on his fifth film High Five (literal title), which wrapped up five months of production on November 7. The superhero saga stars Yoo Ahin, Ra Miran, Ahn Jehong, Lee Jaein and Kim Heewon.Hig...
- by Pierce Conran / Nov 22, 2021
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- SUL Kyung-gu and PARK Hae-soo Team Up for DEMON
- Veteran star SUL Kyung-gu and new kid on the block PARK Hae-soo are teaming up for the upcoming film Demon (translated title). The spy action film will be the sophomore work of The Prison (2017) director NA Hyun and will be distributed by Showbox. Kang-in (SUL Kyung-gu) is a ruthless agent nicknamed...
- by Pierce Conran / Dec 19, 2019
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- HA Ji-won, SUNG Dong-il and KIM Yun-jin Put up COLLATERAL
- According to distributor CJ Entertainment, the upcoming Collateral (translated title) wrapped up production on July 31. The film stars HA Ji-won, in her first Korea screen role in three years, SUNG Dong-il and KIM Yun-jin. In the film,SUNG Dong-ilplays a debt collector who takes a woman’s child as c...
- by Pierce Conran / Aug 26, 2019
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- THE MERCILESS to Receive English-Language Remake
- Korean gangster thriller The Merciless, which debuted in a midnight slot at the Cannes Film Festival in 2017, is gearing up for an English-language remake courtesy of the French outfits Pathé and Vendôme, who are teaming up with the film’s original Korean distributor CJ Entertainment for the project...
- by Pierce Conran / May 27, 2019
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- IM Si-wan and BAE Sung-woo Join HA Jung-woo in BOSTON 1947
- During a recent fan meeting, superstar HA Jung-woo revealed who would be joining him in the upcoming period sports drama Boston 1947. Young star IM Si-wan and character actor BAE Sung-woo appear set to star alongside HA in the KANG Je-kyu-directed marathon drama. Set during the first international m...
- by Pierce Conran / Apr 10, 2019
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- Showbox Sells New Don LEE Vehicle UNSTOPPABLE
- Ahead of its domestic bow on November 22, new Don LEE (aka MA Dong-seok) vehicle Unstoppable has secured a number of sales for financier and distributor Showbox, as reported by Screen Daily. The crime-action film, which marks the directing debut of KIM Min-ho, features LEE as a fishmonger who strain...
- by Pierce Conran / Nov 15, 2018
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- SUL Kyung-gu and CHO Jin-woong Line Up for Bromance PERFECT MAN
- SUL Kyung-gu looks set to join the human drama Perfect Man. From director YONG Soo, the film is also reported to feature CHO Jin-woong. The film chronicles the bromance between a high-powered lawyer who does everything to make money and a man who works as a volunteer at a nursing home. Top star SUL ...
- by Pierce Conran / Sep 17, 2018
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- UNSTOPPABLE with Don LEE Completes Filming
- Unstoppable, a new vehicle for popular star Don LEE (aka MA Dong-seok), completed filming on August 3. The crime-action title marks the debut of director KIM Min-ho. The film focuses on a legendary gangster played by LEE who is trying to go on the straight and narrow until the day his wife is kidnap...
- by Pierce Conran / Aug 28, 2018
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- SUL Kyung-gu & BYUN Sung-hyun Reunite for KINGMAKER: THE FOX OF THE ELECTION
- Following their Cannes-invited crime thriller The Merciless (2017), director BYUN Sung-hyun and his star SUL Kyung-gu are getting back together for the period political thriller Kingmaker: The Fox of the Election (translated title). Also joining them will be LEE Sun-kyun on the project that is expec...
- by Pierce Conran / Jul 30, 2018