SUL Kyung-gu, LEE Ha-nee and PARK So-dam Consider GHOST

The agencies of actors SUL Kyung-gu, LEE Ha-nee and PARK So-dam have confirmed that the stars have all received offers to appear in Ghost (translated title), a new spy action-drama set during the Japanese Colonial Era from Believer (2018) director LEE Hae-youn...

Korean Horror 0.0MHz Secures May Release Slot

0.0MHz, 2019’s first Korean horror film, is set to hit theaters in May. Starring in the film, which is based on a webcomic by JANG Jak, are TV series names JUNG Eun-ji and LEE Sung-yeol. Though the Korean horror genre had fallen on hard times for several years...

PARK Jung-min and RYOO Seung-bum Get Head-to-Head for TAZZA 3

PARK Jung-min and RYOO Seung-bum are set to team up in the third installment of the hit crime series Tazza, which will be helmed by KWON Oh-kwang and produced by Sidus FNH. The Tazza series was launched with Tazza: The High Rollers by director CHOI Dong-hoon i...

Apink’s JUNG Eun-ji Considers 0.0MHZ for Screen Debut

JUNG Eun-ji, a member of the Kpop girl-band Apink, is considering making her feature acting debut in the upcoming horror picture 0.0Mhz, to be directed by YOU Sun-dong and jointly produced by Monster Factory and JM Cultures, according to her agency PLAN A Ente...

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...

New RYOO Seung-wan Film Adds Actresses

RYOO Seung-wan’s new crime thriller Veteran is taking shape as a pair of actresses have joined previously announced thesps HWANG Jung-min and YOO Ah-in. Actress YOO In-young and TV personality JANG Yoon-ju have joined the project, which is scheduled to begin p...

RYOO Seung-bum Retrospective at NYAFF

4 Film Program for Versatile Performer Following last year’s special Korean actor showcase, where Korean star CHOI Min-shik traveled to the US for the first time, greeting fans and presenting such films as Failan (2001), Oldboy (2003), Crying Fist (2005) and...

Judges for the International Competition Section Confirmed for the 14th JIFF

The judges for the International Competition section of the 14th Jeonju International Film Festival have been confirmed. The jury, composed of master directors, a star actor, and a noted scholar, is set to review this year's entries that will open the doo...

CJ films to stream on Netflix

Major Korean entertainment company CJ E&M has announced a deal to stream 20 of its films on Netflix, leading internet subscription service for films and TV shows. Netflix members in the US will be able to watch these CJ films on multiple platforms includ...