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- Project Wolf Hunting, Won 2 Awards at the 55th Sitges International Fantastic Film Festival
- The hard-boiled survival action film, Project Wolf Hunting, won 2 awards at the 55th Sitges International Fantastic Film Festival, receiving the Special Jury Prize and the Best Special Effects Award. The Sitges International Film Festival is the largest film festival in Spain. It is considered one o...
- by Park Hyejin / Oct 22, 2022
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- Project Wolf Hunting, Pre-sold to 41 Countries Globally
- Project Wolf Hunting has been pre-sold to 41 countries around the world, including Spain, Taiwan, Thailand, Russia, India, the United States, and Japan. It is also attracting attention from Germany, France, Brazil, Argentina, and the United Kingdom. Especially overseas sales of Project Wolf Hunting ...
- by Park Hyejin / Sep 07, 2022
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- Project Wolf Hunting, Invited to MIDNIGHT MADNESS of the 47th Toronto Int’l Film Festival
- The film, Project Wolf Hunting, has officially been invited to the MIDNIGHT MADNESS section of the 47th Toronto International Film Festival, which will open on September 8th (local time). Along with Cannes, Venice, and Berlin, the Toronto International Film Festival is one of the world's four re...
- by Park Hyejin / Aug 05, 2022
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- The Roundup Held Global Press Conference
- On May 11, the press distribution premier & global press conference for The Roundup was held at Megabox COEX in Gangnam-gu, Seoul. Actors Don Lee, Choi Gwihwa, Park Jihwan and Director Lee Sangyong attended the event. Actor Son Sukku, the new villain of the sequel, couldn’t join the event becaus...
- by Park Hyejin / May 13, 2022
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- LONG LIVE THE KING to Extend Reign to 8 Foreign Markets
- Hot on the heels of its domestic theatrical debut, the election crime drama Long Live the King has been sold for distribution in seven foreign territories and is currently screening in the United States. Starring KIM Rae-won, the film is the sophomore work of THE OUTLAWS (2017) director KANG Yun-sun...
- by Pierce Conran / Jun 26, 2019
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- THE OUTLAWS Directors Returns to LONG LIVE THE KING in June
- Following his smash hit debut THE OUTLAWS (2017), director KANG Yun-sung will be back in theaters next month with his follow-up work, the thriller Long Live the King. Featuring KIM Rae-won in the lead, the film, which combines elements of the gangster thriller and the election drama, will be distrib...
- by Pierce Conran / May 08, 2019
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- LEE Jun-ho and JEONG So-min Team Up for GIBANG BACHELOR
- K-pop star LEE Jun-ho, of the popular boyband 2PM, is starring alongside JEONG So-min in the upcoming period comedy drama Gibang Bachelor (working title). The project is the latest from director NAM Dae-joong, who previously helmed the youth comedy-drama THE LAST RIDE (2016). The story focuses on He...
- by Pierce Conran / Jan 14, 2019
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- CHOI Gwi-hwa Joins Latest Period Film from Director of THE GRAND HEIST
- Rising star CHOI Gwi-hwa has joined the period drama Jo-seon-gong-gal-pe (Korean title). Stars SON Hyun-ju and CHI Jin-woong have already signed on to appear in the latest work from director KIM Joo-ho, which takes place in the Joseon Dynasty and focuses on a group that manipulates the media. CHOI G...
- by Pierce Conran / Mar 22, 2018
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- Top Star Awards for NA Moon-hee, LEE Jung-hyun, CHOI Min-shik and Hyun-bin
- During their 6th annual ceremony, the Korean Film Actors Association gave their Top Star honors to NA Moon-hee of I Can Speak, LEE Jung-hyun for her part in The Battleship Island, Heart Blackened lead actor CHOI Min-shik and Hyun-bin for his roles in Confidential Assignment and The Swindlers. The ce...
- by Pierce Conran / Jan 08, 2018
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- BONG Joon-ho Scores 4th DGK Award for OKJA
- The Director’s Cut Awards, put on by the Directors’ Guild of Korea (DGK), gave its top prize this year to BONG Joon-ho for his Netflix-backed Okja. It is the first award for the film in the 2017 end-of-year awards run, with some bodies ruling the US-financed project out of contention. It’s BONG’s fo...
- by Pierce Conran / Dec 15, 2017