THE VILLAINESS American TV Remake Headed to Amazon

Francisca Hu to Write and Produce Pilot with Jung Byunggil Returning to DirectJung Byunggil’s action film The Villainess (2017) is set to get a US makeover, where it will be reborn as a TV series for Amazon Studios. Next Entertainment World (N.E.W.), the studi...

NAFF Sets Malaysia Project Spotlight

BiFan to Return for 20th Edition with New Bucheon Industry Gathering 사진 캡션 2015 NAFF Closing & Awards Ceremony The Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival (BiFan) will be back for its 20th edition next month, and with it, the Network of Asian Fanta...

Crime-Action THE KING, with JUNG Woo-sung and ZO In-sung, Begins Shoot

HAN Jae-rim Film Adds BAE Sung-woo, KIM A-joong Filming for The King, the new HAN Jae-rim thriller with JUNG Woo-sung and ZO In-sung, kicks off this month. Casting is now complete and joining the top stars are KIM A-joong, BAE Sung-woo, KIM Eui-sung, JUNG Eun...

Finecut Founds Writers Agency

First Service of Its Kind in Korea Citing the noticeable lack of representation for screenwriters in one of the world’s most developed film industries, international sales outfit Finest has announced its plans to launch a management agency for writers in Kore...

First half of 2012 sees record 83 million admissions in Korea

The Korean Film Council (KOFIC) recently released official box office statistics for the first half of 2012, revealing that its 82.7 million admissions set a record for biannual ticket sales. This is a whopping 21% increase from 2011’s first half numbers. The...

Finecut dials up Love 911

Seoul-based sales company Finecut has announced it will be selling the upcoming film <Love 911>starting at the Hong Kong Filmart next week. Starring KO Soo and HAN Hyo-joo, the film is about an unlikely romance between a dedicated firefighter with a pai...

Miss Conspirator wraps shoot

South Korean action comedy starring KO Hyun-jung, &lt;Miss Conspirator&gt; wrapped shooting Dec. 15. Directed by PARK Chul-kwan, whose gangsters-and-monks comedy &lt;Hi, Dharma&gt; was a hit in 2002, the film is due for release in the first h...

Hello Ghost walks through walls, opens in China

Korean comedy <Hello Ghost> became the third South Korean film this year to get a theatrical release behind the Great Wall of distribution barriers in China when it opened Nov. 24. Mega Films, which is in charge of <Hello Ghost>’s Chinese distribu...

Finecut sells Leafie to Italy, launches new films at AFM

Major South Korean sales company Finecut has sold hit animation <Leafie> to Mediterranea Productions for Italian-speaking territories at the Rome Film Festival’s Business Street market. Mediterranea Productions plans to release the film in Italy on 50 ...

Toronto film festival takes <Countdown>

The 36th Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) has announced the first 50 films to be added to its line-up include the Korean film <Countdown>, starring JEONG Jae-young and JEON Do-yeon. Written and directed by newcomer HUH Jong-ho, the film will s...