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- KIM Woo-bin, RYU Jun-yeol and KIM Tae-ri Wrap 2-Part ALIEN
- Latest CHOI Dong-hoon Blockbuster Completes 13-Month ShootDirector CHOI Dong-hoon has been busy at work on his latest project, the two-part sci-fi-action film Alien (translated title), and after kicking off filming in March last year, the simultaneously shot films completed their shoots on April 17 ...
- by Pierce Conran / Apr 26, 2021
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- ALIEN with KIM Tae-ri, RYU Jun-yeol and KIM Woo-bin Begins Production Following Slight Covid-19 Delay
- CHOI Dong-hoon’s upcoming two-part blockbuster Alien (translated title) kicked off shooting on March 28. Production had originally been scheduled for earlier in the month but was delayed due to mounting safety concerns surrounding the Covid-19 public health crisis. Leading the cast in the big-budget...
- by Pierce Conran / Apr 08, 2020
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- Director CHOI Dong-hoon to Return with Simultaneously Filmed 2-Part Sci-Fi Film
- Director CHOI Dong-hoon is reportedly close to getting his next film underway, which will be a simultaneously filmed two-part sci-fi film featuring aliens. RYU Jun-yeol and KIM Tae-ri have been confirmed for both instalments of the series, while bothGianna JUN(aka JUN Ji-hyun) and KIM Woo-bin are al...
- by Pierce Conran / Sep 16, 2019
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- LEE Jun-ho to Make Screen Comeback in Period Comedy
- LEE Jun-ho, a member of the popular K-pop boyband 2PM, has selected his next film project which will be the period comedy Gibang Bachelor (working title). The project will be helmed by NAM Dae-joong, the director who debuted with the youth comedy The Last Ride in 2016. The young singer began his car...
- by Pierce Conran / Nov 21, 2018
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- GOLDEN SLUMBER was Released in March in Singapore
- In March 2018, NOH Dong-seok’s thriller Golden Slumber, starring GANG Dong-won, was released in Singapore. The distribution rights to this thriller film have been sold since last year to many territories, including Cambodia, India, Hong Kong, Philippines, Brunei, Singapore, Thailand, Australia, and ...
- by SONG Soon-jin / Apr 10, 2018
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- MASTER, MEMOIR and SHADOWS Book Dates in Japan
- A trio of Korean thrillers, KIM Jee-woon’s The Age of Shadows (2016) CHO Ui-seok’s Master (2016) and WON Shin-yun’s MEMOIR OF A MURDERER, are all headed to Japanese theaters in the coming months. Both titles that feature LEE Byung-hun will be released in November, with the third to follow in January...
- by Pierce Conran / Sep 06, 2017
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- LEE Jung-jae Sniffs Out Fake Religions in SABAHA
- Top star LEE Jung-jae is taking on the lead role in Sabaha (Korean title), director JANG Jae-hyun’s follow-up to his smash hit exorcism debut The Priests. From production company Filmmaker R & K, the project is scheduled to begin production in November. JANG’s latest work is also concerned with ...
- by Pierce Conran / Aug 24, 2017
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- LEE Jung-jae and KIM Woo-bin Listen to CHOI Dong-hoon’s WIRETAP
- CHOI Dong-hoon’s new project is starting to come together, with actors such as LEE Jung-jae, KIM Woo-bin, KIM Eui-sung and YUM Jung-ah now confirmed to lead the cast. Wiretap (translated title) is a remake of the 2009 thriller Overheard from HK directors Felix CHONG and SIU Fai Mak. Wiretap follows ...
- by Pierce Conran / Apr 06, 2017
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- Thrillers and Action-Comedies Sell for CJ ahead of Berlin
- A quartet of thrillers are leading the sales slate for Korean major CJ Entertainment at the European Film Market in Berlin. Recent chart toppers Master, Confidential Assignment and Fabricated City in Korea and Saigon Bodyguards in Vietnam each stacked up healthy sales even before business got underw...
- by Pierce Conran / Feb 13, 2017
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- Star-Driven Thriller MASTER Hits US Screens on January 6
- CJ Entertainment’s hotly anticipated action-thriller Master has booked its North American release for January 6th. Starring LEE Byung-hun, GANG Dong-won and KIM Woo-bin, the film is scheduled to be distributed by CJ Entertainment America in 16 theaters across the country, in markets such as Atlanta,...
- by Pierce Conran / Dec 20, 2016