Kakao Acquires Top Production Company ZIP CINEMA

Company Behind THE PRIESTS Sold to Korean Internet GiantTop Korean production company ZIP CINEMA has been bought by Kakao Entertainment, a subsidiary of the local internet giant Kakao. Spackman Entertainment, the Singapore-based previous owner, sold the compan...

Far East Film Festival Stages Yoon Jongbin Retrospective

Korean Films on Show as Udine Prepares Hybrid EventFollowing last year’s online event, the Far East Film Festival (FEFF) in Udine is returning with a hybrid online/offline event later this month. This year’s 23rd edition will feature 11 Korean films, including...

Ha Jungwoo and Hwang Jungmin Head to SURINAME with Yoon Jongbin for Netflix

Stars Reunite with Director for Crime SeriesDirector Yoon Jongbin is partnering with Netlfix for the forthcoming original series Suriname. The project will see the director reunite with stars Ha Jungwoo and Hwang Jungmin, and feature Yoo Yeonseok, Jo Woojin an...

HA Jung-woo Packs His Bags for NIGHT TRIP

Korean star HA Jung-woo has signed on to star in the upcoming thriller Night Trip (translated title). From director KIM Jin-hwang, the project will be the first film financed by Kakao M, the entertainment company subsidiary of the Korean instant messaging gian...

Following COVID Delay, BARGAINING Starts Location Shooting in Jordan

The upcoming Korean thriller Bargaining (translated title) from director YIM Soon-rye, featuring top stars HWANG Jung-min and HYUN Bin, is set to start production in Jordan this month. Production was originally scheduled to kick off in the Middle East earlier ...

Yoon-a, PARK Jung-min and LEE Sung-min Consider MIRACLE

Stars Yoon-a, PARK Jung-min and LEE Sung-min are positively considering offers to appear in Miracle (translated title), the sophomore feature outing for Be With You (2018) director LEE Jang-hoon. Based on a true story and set in the 1980s, Miracle will follow ...

HA Jung-woo and HWANG Jung-min Considering Netflix Project SURINAME

The big-budget Netflix crime drama Suriname (literal title), the first series from director YOON Jong-bin, has offered leading roles to superstar HA Jung-woo and HWANG Jung-min. Representatives for the actors, who have both worked with Director YOON in the pas...

LEE Sung-min and NAM Joo-hyuk Set to REMEMBER

Actors LEE Sung-min and NAM Joo-hyuk are set to join forces in the upcoming revenge thriller Remember (literal title). A Violent Prosecutor (2016) director LEE Il-hyung will be handling the reins on the project, which is set to begin production in February. LE...

JUNG Woo-sung Takes BaekSang Arts Grand Prize for INNOCENT WITNESS

The BaekSang Arts Awards, a long-standing show body that recognizes achievements in both the film and television fields, held their 55th edition on May 1 in Seoul. The night’s Grand Prize went to star JUNG Woo-sung for his role in the well-received legal drama...

SWING KIDS and BEAUTIFUL DAYS to Bookend Florence Korean Film Festival

The Florence Korean Film Fest 2019, which will take place from March 21st to the 29th, has revealed this year’s lineup. Opening the program will be KANG Hyoung-cheol’s Korean War-era tap dance musical war drama Swing Kids, while Jero YUN’s Beautiful Days, the ...