- Korean Film News
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- BYUN Yo-han Speaks Up for VOICE
- According to his agency Saram Entertainment, BYUN Yo-han, star of Socialphobia (2015) and Will You Be There? (2016), has been cast in the upcoming thriller project Voice (literal title), the latest film from filmmaking brothers KIM Gok and KIM Sun. Voice will foreground the criminal practice of voic...
- by Pierce Conran / Nov 07, 2019
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- Finecut Launches Sales for THE BATTLE OF JANGSARI in Cannes
- Korean sales boutique Finecut recently picked up the international sales rights of the upcoming Korean War drama The Battle of Jangsari. Featuring K-pop star Min-ho (ILLANG : THE WOLF BRIGADE, 2018) and Hollywood actress Megan FOX, and co-directed by KWAK Kyung-taek and KIM Tae-hun, the title launch...
- by Pierce Conran / May 24, 2019
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- Megan FOX Arrives in Korea for Role in Korean War Epic
- Hollywood star Megan FOX arrived in Korea on January 6 for her part in the Korean War film Jangsari 9.15 (Korean title), in which she plays real-life Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Marguerite HIGGINS. It is her fourth trip to the country. Jangsari 9.15 is being co-directed by veteran filmmaker KW...
- by Pierce Conran / Jan 10, 2019
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- MONSTRUM Gobbles Up Audience Award in Sitges
- Korea’s first ever period creature feature Monstrum has picked up the Audience Award from the Panorama Fantàstic section of this year’s 51st Sitges International Fantastic Film Festival of Catalonia. Also on the prize winners list was KIM Sang-joon’s The Wheel Turns, which earned the Best Short Film...
- by Pierce Conran / Oct 22, 2018
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- Megan Fox to Play Pulitzer Prize-Winning Reporter in JANGSARI 9.15
- Megan Fox will become the latest Hollywood star to be involved in a Korean project after signing on to appear in a major role of KWAK Kyung-taek’s upcoming Korean War epic Jangsari 9.15. The period war film will also feature KIM Myung-min and is being produced by TAEWON ENTERTAINMENT, which delivere...
- by Pierce Conran / Sep 11, 2018
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- MONSTRUM Takes a Bite Out of Sitges
- Period creature feature Monstrum is set to have its international premiere at the upcoming 51st Sitges International Fantastic Film Festival of Catalonia. From director HUH Jong-ho and featuring KIM Myung-min, KIM In-kwon, and Girls’ Day kpop star LEE Hye-ri, the monster film debuts in Korea on Sept...
- by Pierce Conran / Sep 11, 2018
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- Monstrum, sales to Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia and Vietnam
- Korean sales boutique Finecut is on the ground at the Marché du Film in Cannes with a broad lineup of titles, which includes LEE Chang-dong’s highly-anticipated new work BURNING, screening in the official competition of the Cannes Film Festival this year. Eight years after his last work Poetry, LEE’...
- by Pierce Conran / May 25, 2018
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- LEE Sung-kyoung Confirmed to Star in GIRL COPS
- LEE to Play Novice Detective Assigned to Public Service Center LEE Sung-kyoung has confirmed that she is going to play opposite veteran actress LA Mi-ran in upcoming Girl Cops (working title). In this detective comedy, Mi-young (LA Mi-ran), who used to be the top agent of her police squad until she ...
- by KIM Su-bin / May 17, 2018
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- Showbox Animates Sales for DETECTIVE K: SECRET OF THE LIVING DEAD
- Showbox, one of Korea’s main film investors and distributors, had a fruitful few days at the Hong Kong International Film and TV Market(Filmart), which took place from March 19-22 on HK Island, running alongside the Hong Kong International Film Festival(HKIFF). The company scored several deals on th...
- by Pierce Conran / Mar 29, 2018
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- SON Dam-bi and KIM Sung-cheol Enter THAT NIGHT
- Black Comedy from Director PARK Jin-young Korean singer and actress SON Dam-bin has joined the cast of upcoming comedy film That Night (translated title), which will be helmed by director PARK Jin-young. Also joining the cast is KIM Sung-cheol, a new face on the acting scene. That Night is described...
- by Pierce Conran / Mar 22, 2018