PARK Byung-eun to Co-Star in KINGDOM: ASHIN OF THE NORTH Following speculation that emerged earlier this year, Netflix Korea has confirmed that Gianna JUN (aka JEON Ji-hyun) will star in a special spin-off episode of their hit series Kingdom, following her cameo appearance at the very end of season two, which launched earlier this year. Titled Kingdom: Ashin of the North, the bonus episode will b...

Chad STAHELSKI and Derek KOLSTAD, the director and writer duo behind the hit John Wick action franchise, are reportedly teaming up again for New Line Cinema to develop an American version of the modern Korean action classic The Man from Nowhere (2010). STAHELSKI is set to produce the remake with Jason SPITZ, his partner at 87Eleven Entertainment. CJ E&M, which released the original, is also on...

Reports have surfaced that Gianna JUN may be headlining a prequel to the hit Netflix series Kingdom. The My Sassy Girl (2001) star previously appeared at the end of season two in a cameo role. The same sources suggest that PARK Byung-eun has also been approached to appear in the project. Kingdom, which was developed by hit TV writer KIM Eun-hee (Signal), debuted on Netflix in early 2019, as the fi...

Three new local thrillers swarmed into the charts this past week and though only one of those triumphed it was enough to push sales up over 10% to 1.88 million admissions and to return the market share advantage to the domestic industry, with Korean titles commanding a 71% share of the market. Coming it at first place was the RYU Jun-yeol and YOO Ji-tae-fronted financial thriller Money, the first ...

With a lack of compelling new releases in theaters, admissions fell about 40% compared to last week, with 1.65 million tickets sold over the past weekend. As with the previous frame, Hollywood accounted for the lion’s share of admissions, accounting for 85% of all sales as local films combined to a 12% market share, though that number should improve significantly this coming weekend as three new l...