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- Lee Sugyeong Joins Wavve Original Film DEAD MAN
- Crime Mystery Also Stars Cho Jinwoong, Kim HeeaeRising star Lee Sugyeong has joined the main cast of the upcoming wavve original film Dead Man (literal title). She joins a line-up that already includes Cho Jinwoong and Kim Heeae. Production kicked off earlier this month.Dead Man follows the story of...
- by Pierce Conran / Nov 12, 2021
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- Cho Jinwoong and Kim Heeae to Headline wavve Original DEAD MAN
- Ryu Hyeyoung to Co-Star in Hah Junwon’s Feature DebutThe Korean streaming platform wavve has landed another major new original film project. Actors Cho Jinwoong, Kim Heeae and Ryu Hyeyoung have all confirmed their participation in the upcoming political thriller Dead Man (literal title), which will ...
- by Pierce Conran / Sep 06, 2021
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- Finecut Trio Finds Buyers in Hong Kong
- Korean sales agent Finecut sealed several deals for titles in its current lineup during last month’s Hong Kong International Film & TV Market (FILMART). Among the titles that found favor with foreign distributors were LEE Su-jin’s thriller Idol, the LEE Si-young-fronted action-thriller No Mercy ...
- by Pierce Conran / Apr 08, 2019
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- PARK Sung-woong and BAE Jeong-nam Join OK Madam
- Actors PARK Sung-woong and BAE Jeong-nam have joined previously announced UHM Jeong-hwa in the upcoming action-comedy OK Madam (literal title). The film is from first-time director SHIN Hyun-sung. OK Madam is about a woman who runs a traditional donut shop who has a soft side under her harsh exterio...
- by Pierce Conran / Dec 14, 2018
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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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- War Blockbuster Starring ZO In-sung, ANSI FORTRESS Finished Filming
- The upcoming war blockbuster Ansi Fortress, which stars ZO In-sung, finished filming and is now in post-production. “It began shooting on August 23rd last year and completed five-months of filming at the end of January.” its distributor NEW said. Ansi Fortress chronicles the Siege of Ansi, centering...
- by SONG Soon-jin / Feb 13, 2018
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- Finecut to Launch Sales on MONSTRUM at EFM
- Finecut will launch sales on the period creature feature Monstrum (translated title) at the European Film Market (EFM) during the Berlin International Film Festival later this month. The big-budget title is the third work of Countdown (2011) director HEO Jong-ho and features KIM Myung-min, PARK Hee-...
- by Pierce Conran / Feb 05, 2018
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- KANG Hyo-jin’s Upcoming Comedy THE MAN INSIDE ME Finishes Filming
- On December 28th, body change comedy The Man Inside Me finished shooting. This body swap comedy revolves around isolated high school boy Dong-hyun (Jin-young) who tumbles off a roof but finds himself in the body of elite gangster JANG Pan-soo (PARK Sung-woong). The movie was directed by KANG Hyo-jin...
- by KIM Su-bin / Jan 17, 2018
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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
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- VIXX’s HAN Sang-hyuk Cast in GOODBYE MY FATHER
- Another K-pop star is headed to the big screen. HAN Sang-hyuk, a member of the K-pop boy group VIXX, has been confirmed to star in family drama Goodbye My Father (translated title). In Goodbye My Father, father Suk-jin (PARK Sung-woong) and his son Ha-neul (CHOI Ro-woon and HAN Sang-hyuk) scrape by ...
- by SONG Soon-jin / Oct 23, 2017