KIM You-jung to Become TWENTIETH CENTURY GIRL in Netflix Original Film

Romantic Drama to Co-Star BYUN Woo-seokKIM You-jung will team up with BYUN Woo-seok for the the forthcoming romantic drama Twentieth Century Girl (translated title), a Netflix original film.The project marks the feature debut of director BANG Woo-ri and princi...

RYU Seung-ryong and PARK Hae-joon to Play Brothers in JUNG’S FARM

Actors RYU Seung-ryong and PARK Hae-joon have joined forces on the upcoming comedy Jung’s Farm (working title). From first-time director KIM Ji-yeon, the film entered production on January 22. The actors are playing brothers who don’t act as though they’re par...

Studio Canal Options French Remake of CHEER UP, MR. LEE

The recent Chuseok family-oriented title CHEER UP, MR. LEE has been optioned for a French remake. A deal for the adaptation was recently struck by the film’s local producer Yong Film and the major French outfit Studio Canal.CHEER UP, MR. LEEwas co-produced by ...

Family Comedy CHEER UP MR. LEE Enters Production with CHA Seung-won and More

Upcoming comedy Cheer Up, Mr. Lee (working title) kicked off production on June 23. Featuring CHA Seung-won in the lead, the film is the latest from LUCK-KEY (2016) director LEE Gae-byok. CHA features as Chul-soo, a man who has it all but seems to be missing s...

PARK Hae-joon Joins CHA Seung-won for CHEER UP MYSTERY

Following their scene-stealing roles together in the current box office smash Believer, rising star PARK Hae-joon and veteran actor CHA Seung-won will pair up once again in Cheer Up Mystery (translated title), the third work of LUCK-KEY (2016) director LEE Gae...

Investment and Distribution Company NEW Releases 10 Titles for 2018 Line-up

Renowned Korean investment and distribution company Next Entertainment World (NEW) announced 10 titles they plan to release in 2018. Through a press release, NEW stated they had three films in their catalog that had sold over 10 million tickets since their fou...

LEE Hae-young’s DOKJEON Wraps with CHO Jin-woong and RYU Jun-yeol

Director LEE Hae-young’s upcoming Dokjeon (Korean title), a remake of Johnny TO’s Drug War, completed around five months of filming on November 16th. The crime thriller stars CHO Jin-woong, RYU Jun-yeol and the late KIM Joo-hyuk in his final performance. Dokje...

Director LEE Hae-young Readies for DRUG WAR

The Silenced (2015) director LEE Hae-young will be back on set at the beginning of July as he kicks off production of his fourth feature Drug War, a Korean remake of Johnny To’s 2013 HK-China co-production. Joining the director on set are CHO Jin-woong, CHA Se...

JUNG Ji-woo Court Thriller SILENCE with CHOI Min-shik Wraps in Bangkok

JUNG Ji-woo’s new thriller Silence, which stars CHOI Min-shik in the lead role, completed four months of production in Bangkok, Thailand, which included 61 shooting days, on February 7th. Silence is a remake of the Chinese film Silent Witness (2013) and co-sta...

LUCK-KEY Surpassed 5 Million Viewers

Starring YOO Hae-jin, director LEE Gae-byok’s LUCK-KEY (Produced by Yong Film and distributed by Showbox) released on October 13th, surpassed 5 million audiences as of October 28th within 16 days of release. It already exceeded Punch (2011)’s 5,311,307 admissi...