Hollywood Project Woos SON Ye-jin and LEE Sun-kyun

SON Ye-jin and LEE Sun-kyun have received offers to star alongside Avatar star Sam WORTHINGTON in the upcoming film Cross from Hollywood director Andrew NICCOL. Cross will take place in the future in a multiracial country which is divided by a border that sepa...

AMPAS Invites 19 New Korean Members

Last week, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), which stages the Academy Awards annually, revealed a list of 819 new film professionals from 68 countries invited to join its ranks this year. Among the new Academy members, should they accept...

JUNG Woo-sung to Executive Produce THE SILENT SEA for Netflix

Superstar JUNG Woo-sung (Steel Rain, 2014) is once again going behind the camera as he has partnered with Netflix to be an executive producer on their upcoming sci-fi thriller series The Silent Sea (working title). The Silent Sea will take place in a future wh...

SWING KIDS and BEAUTIFUL DAYS to Bookend Florence Korean Film Festival

The Florence Korean Film Fest 2019, which will take place from March 21st to the 29th, has revealed this year’s lineup. Opening the program will be KANG Hyoung-cheol’s Korean War-era tap dance musical war drama Swing Kids, while Jero YUN’s Beautiful Days, the ...

HUR Jin-ho’s THE LAST PRINCESS to be Released in Japan

The Last Princess (2016) has been getting attention after it was announced that it will be released in Japan. Although it is rare for a movie set during the Japanese occupation of Korea to be released in Japan, the film will be shown in 20 to 30 theaters from ...

JUNG Woo-sung to Serve on Macao Jury

Korean star JUNG Woo-sung has been invited to take part on the jury for the inaugural edition of the International Film Festival & Awards Macao (IFFAM) which kicked off on December 8th and will run until 13th. The actor joins international film luminaries ...

OPERATION CHROMITE Screens at Global US Army Bases

Summer Korean War hit Operation Chromite was screened at several US military bases around the world on September 16th. The film was already a hit in Korea, where it topped 7 million admissions (USD 48.94 million) after its release on July 27th. The film has al...

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...

OPERATION CHROMITE Ends 4-Month Shoot

Korean War Film Expected to Land in July Korean War blockbuster Operation Chromite completed its four-month shoot in South Gyeongsang-do Province on March 10th. The Korean summer release features Hollywood star Liam Neeson in a supporting role, who shot his s...

LEE John H Hires Hollywood Action Star Liam NEESON for OPERATION CHROMITE

The War Drama Is the First Korean Production to Star High-profile Hollywood Actor Hollywood action star Liam NEESON will play the role of US Army General Douglas MACARTHUR in Operation Chromite. The Korean production is about a historic military operation th...