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- CHOI Woo-shik and KIM Da-mi to Headline first Studio N Original Series
- Korea’s busy streaming market is set to welcome a new content creator as Studio N, the streaming service of internet web portal giant Naver, has announced its first original series. CHOI Woo-shik and KIM Da-mi have been tapped to headline the series That Year, We Were (translated title), reuniting t...
- by Pierce Conran / Mar 25, 2021
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- PARK Hoon-jung and NEW to Partner on THE WITCH
- Next Entertainment World (NEW) has confirmed that they have come on board as investor and distributor for The Witch 2, a sequel to the 2018 hit The Witch : Part 1. The Subversion, starring KIM Da-mi, CHO Min-soo and CHOI Woo-shik. The first film was financed and released by Warner Bros Korea, but si...
- by Pierce Conran / Dec 03, 2020
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- Fantasy SF WONDERLAND in Talks for Partial Netflix Launch
- Following the recent rumors that the SF blockbuster Space Sweepers has been in talks for a Netflix launch, news sites light up again when reports surfaced that Wonderland (literal title) another big-budget Korean sci-fi, was also mulling a move to the global streaming platform. Unlike recent Korean ...
- by Pierce Conran / Nov 02, 2020
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- PARASITE Leads Asian Film Awards with 10 Nominations
- The Asian Film Awards are returning for their 14th edition this year, which will take place for the first time in Busan, South Korea, after the previous 13 editions took place in either Hong Kong or Macao. Leading the nominations scorecard is BONG Joon-ho’s global smash Parasite (2019), which was re...
- by Pierce Conran / Sep 25, 2020
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- AMPAS Invites 19 New Korean Members
- Last week, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), which stages the Academy Awards annually, revealed a list of 819 new film professionals from 68 countries invited to join its ranks this year. Among the new Academy members, should they accept their invitations, were a record 19 Kor...
- by Pierce Conran / Jul 10, 2020
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- PARASITE Scores Record Debut on Hulu
- The phenomenal theatrical, festival and awards run of BONG Joon-ho’s PARASITE (2019) may have finally come to an end, yet the global success story is still finding new ways to break records after posting a scorching debut on US steaming platform Hulu. The film debuted on Hulu on April 8 in North Ame...
- by Pierce Conran / Apr 28, 2020
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- TIME TO HUNT Netflix Launch Back on Track as Parties Resolve Legal Dispute
- The release plan for the Korean youth sci-fi thriller Time to Hunt from distributor Little Big Pictures has taken several twists and turns since it premiered at the Berlin International Film Festival in February, with the last few weeks being particularly turbulent owing to ongoing legal issues. A p...
- by Pierce Conran / Apr 21, 2020
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- TIME TO HUNT Scraps Theatrical Plans for Netflix Bow, Faces Legal Repercussions
- In the midst of a film landscape that is quickly adapting in the face of the Covid-19 pandemic, the Berlinale-premiered sci-fi thriller Time to Hunt has forgone its theatrical plans in favor of a global Netflix launch. Originally scheduled to open theatrically in Korea on February 22, the sophomore ...
- by Pierce Conran / Apr 08, 2020
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- PARASITE Sweeps Hollywood Industry Guild Awards
- As the awards season reaches its climax, BONG Joon-ho’s acclaimed Palme d’Or winner Parasite has been stacking win after win at Hollywood’s major industry guild award ceremonies. The Korean smash hit earned the Best Ensemble Award from the Screen Actors Guild (SAG), Best Original Screenplay from the...
- by Pierce Conran / Feb 04, 2020
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- CHOI Woo-shik Partners with A24 for PAST LIVES
- Parasite (2019) star CHOI Woo-shik has been offered a role in the romance drama Past Lives, from acclaimed American distributor A24, according to his representatives at Soop Management. Film news site Collider revealed that the project will mark the feature directing debut of Celine SONG and will be...
- by Pierce Conran / Feb 04, 2020
