JOO Won to Headline JUNG Byung-gil’s CARTER for Netflix

Following the Cannes-invited action film The Villainess (2017), JUNG Byung-gil is returning with the action-thriller Carter and joining him in the title role will be actor JOO Won. The film will be one of the first two Netflix Original Films made for Korea, th...

JUNG Byung-gil Signs with Hollywood agent

JUNG Byung-gil, director of the action noir The Villainess (2017), has signed with Hollywood agency CAA (Creative Artists Agency). CAA is one of the three main agencies in America, along with WME and UTA and has represented several Korean luminaries in the pas...

THE VILLAINESS Headed for the Small Screen

JUNG Byung-gil’s Cannes-invited action-thriller The Villainess (2017) will be adapted for the small screen in the United States. The film’s distributor Contents Panda revealed that they have signed a deal with Skybound Entertainment to produce a series based o...

JUNG Byung-gil to Direct Gerald Butler in Hollywood Debut

THE VILLAINESS Filmmaker Signs on for Comic Adaption AFTERBURN Action filmmaker JUNG Byung-gil is set to embark on his Hollywood debut after signing on to di-rect the action film Afterburn. Featuring Scottish star Gerald Butler, the project was unveiled at the...

Excellence in Action Cinema Award for JUNG Byung-gil in New York

Director JUNG Byung-gil will be traveling to New York this week to collect the Daniel E. Craft Award for Excellence in Action Cinema for his latest work The Villainess, which serves as the closing film of this year’s 16th edition of the New York Asian Film Fes...

Well Go USA Takes a Shot at THE VILLAINESS

Ahead of its world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival on Sunday, May 21st, Korean thriller The Villainess has been sold by sales group Contents Panda to North American distributor Well Go USA. Directed by JUNG Byung-gil, who previously made the stuntmen docu...

BONG Joon-ho and Hong Sangsoo Invited to Cannes Competition

On Thursday morning in Paris on April 13th, the Cannes Film Festival revealed its official selection for next month’s 70th edition. Five works from Korea made it into the lineup, including BONG Joon-ho’s Okja and Hong Sangsoo’s The Day After in Competition. Ho...

KIM Ok-vin Takes Center Stage as VILLAINESS

Filming kicks off this month for Villainess, the sophomore narrative thriller from Confession of Murder (2012) director JUNG Byung-gil. Along for the ride are his leads KIM Ok-vin, SHIN Ha-kyun and SUNG June. Production will continue for four months on the Nex...

Japanese Version of CONFESSION OF MURDER Underway

Remake of Dark Thriller Due Out in 2017 The 2012 dark revenge thriller Confession of Murder is gearing up for a Japanese remake. Showbox, the investor and distributor of the original, confirmed that the Japanese rights to the film were snatched up by ROBOT, t...