DELIVER US FROM EVIL Gets Special Screening in Paris

The Paris Korean Film Festival (FFCP) staged a special screening of the action noir hit DELIVER US FROM EVIL (2020) in France on February 27. The film was originally screened at the 15th edition of the FFCP last year, and this new screening was an opportunity ...

Actor Lee Jungjae and Director Lee Myungwoo Sign with CAA

Actor Lee JungjaeThe newly minted Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Award winner Lee Jungjae has signed with the leading Hollywood talent agency CAA (Creative Artists Agency). Also joining the roster of CAA clients is the successful Korean drama series director Lee My...

Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival Selects 8 Korean Films

Long a big part of the Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival (BIFFF), Korean films will once again descend on the Belgian genre film jubilee in big numbers this year, as eight films from South Korea have been selected to screen at the event’s 39th edi...

LEE Jung-jae Goes on the HUNT for Directorial Debut

Veteran actor LEE Jung-jae, who is back on screens this week in the action-thriller Deliver Us From Evil, is about to embark on a new phase of his career, after signing on to make his directorial debut with the film Hunt (literal title), to be made from his ow...

JOHN WICK Creator to Adapt THE MAN FROM NOWHERE

Modern action classic The Man from Nowhere (2010) looks like it may join the ranks of Old Boy (2003), My Sassy Girl (2001), Il Mare (2000) and other major Korean works that have been remade in America. The WON Bin vehicle is getting an update from New Line Cin...

Josh Hartnett Mulls A MOMENT TO REMEMBER Remake

Classic Korean Melo Gets Hollywood Treatment Penny Dreadful star Josh Hartnett is considering the lead in the Hollywood remake of classic Korean melodrama A Moment To Remember (2004). If he signs on, he will take over a role made famous by local heartthrob JU...

NYAFF Announces LEE Jung-jae Focus

Will Also Screen COLD EYESThe New York Asian Film Festival (NYAFF) has begun to reveal the components of its 2014 lineup, which will kick off on June 27th in the US metropolis. Among its recent announcements were this year’s Korean Actor in Focus, which, follo...