- Korean Film News
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- Scripted Series THE CURSED Gets Movie Spinoff
- According to distributor CJ Entertainment, The Cursed: Repeat (translated title), a movie spinoff of the YEON Sang-ho-scripted tvN series The Cursed, has wrapped production after three months of filming. Principal photography began on September 9 and was completed on December 5. The Cursed, which or...
- by Pierce Conran / Dec 18, 2020
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- YEON Sang-ho to Make Debut as TV Writer
- TRAIN TO BUSAN (2016) director YEON Sang-ho is gearing up for a new challenge as a TV writer as reports suggest he will pen the script for the upcoming series Method (translated title) for cable network tvN. Hope (2013) star UHM Ji-won is considering an offer to star in the project, which will be he...
- by Pierce Conran / Aug 02, 2019
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- 9 Korean Films on Deck for New York Asian Film Festival
- The 18th New York Asian Film Festival (NYAFF), which will run from June 28 to July 14 this summer, recently unveiled its lineup, which bears the tagline “Still Too Young to Die”. This year’s program will include nine titles from Korea, including a pair set to screen in the competition section. This ...
- by Pierce Conran / Jun 20, 2019
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- M-Line Reports International Sales for THE ODD FAMILY and FENGSHUI
- Towards the beginning of this year’s European Film Market (EFM), taking place alongside the Berlin International Film Festival, Korean sales boutique M-Line Distribution reported several sales to international territories for new films in its lineup, including horror-comedy THE ODD FAMILY : ZOMBIE O...
- by Pierce Conran / Feb 18, 2019
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- THE ODD FAMILY: ZOMBIE ON SALE Books Valentine’s Day Release
- Korean horror-comedy The Odd Family: Zombie On Sale will hit screens on February 14. Fromnew director LEE Min-jae, the film stars KIM Nam-gil (The Shameless, 2015), UHM Ji-won (MISSING, 2016), JUNG Jae-young (Right Now, Wrong Then, 2015), LEE Su-gyeong (Heart Blackened, 2017), JUNG Ga-ram (The Poet ...
- by Pierce Conran / Jan 21, 2019
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- M-Line Adds ZOMBIE ON SALE and FENG SHUI to Cannes Slate
- Sales Agent Scores Multiple Deals for Youth Drama LITTLE FOREST Going into this year’s Marché du Film at the Cannes Film Festival, M-Line Distribution announced a slew of sales for their youth drama Little Forest from director YIM Soon-rye (Forever the Moment, 2008). The outfit also added several ne...
- by Pierce Conran / May 25, 2018
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- Top Prize at Women in Film Korea Goes to NA Moon-hee
- Adding to her growing collection of trophies this awards season, actress NA Moon-hee has earned the top prize from this year’s Women in Film Korea Awards for her part in the drama I Can Speak. The event, which was hosted by Our Love Story star LEE Sang-hee (as well as NA’s co-star in I Can Speak), t...
- by Pierce Conran / Dec 15, 2017
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- JUNG Jae-young, UHM Ji-won and KIM Nam-gil become a STRANGE FAMILY
- ‘Fantastic Comedy’ Set to Feature a Cast of Colorful Characters JUNG Jae-young of Right Now, Wrong Then (2015), UHM Ji-won of MISSING (2016) and KIM Nam-gil of MEMOIR OF A MURDERER are on board for the upcoming comedy Strange Family (translated title). Strange Family tells the story of a mysterious ...
- by SONG Soon-jin / Oct 02, 2017
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- Production Ends on THE ACCIDENTAL DETECTIVE 2
- Production on the upcoming detective comedy sequel The Accidental Detective 2 (working title) ended on September 11th following three months of filming. Original stars KWON Sang-woo and SUNG Dong-il return while TV star LEE Kwang-soo joins the cast and E.oni steps into the director’s chair. In this ...
- by Pierce Conran / Sep 26, 2017
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- KWON Sang-woo and SUNG Dong-il Return for ACCIDENTAL DETECTIVE
- THE ACCIDENTAL DETECTIVE, the investigate comedy that was hit during the Chuseok holidays in 2015 promised viewers a sequel and the project seems to be gearing up for production. Stars KWON Sang-woo and SUNG Dong-il will reprise their roles while MISSING director E.oni will join the team to helm the...
- by Pierce Conran / Mar 30, 2017