KIM Yun-seok to Play Admiral YI Sun-shin in KIM Han-min’s NORYANG

Director KIM Han-min has rounded up a formidable cast for Noryang (Korean title), the final entry in his trilogy on the legendary Korean admiral YI Sun-shin, which started with Roaring Currents (2014), the most successful Korean film of all time. KIM Yun-seok ...

ASHFALL to Open 22th Far East Film Festival

The Korean disaster action blockbuster ASHFALL will serve as the opening film of this year’s online-only edition of the Far East Film Festival (FEFF) in Udine, Italy, leading a program of 46 titles from around Asia. FEFF was originally scheduled to take place ...

KIM Hye-soo Wraps New Thriller THE DAY I DIED

Veteran star KIM Hye-soo has wrapped production on her latest film, the upcoming thriller The Day I Died (translated title). From first time feature director PARK Ji-wan, the film completed filming on November 5. KIM plays Hyun-soo, a detective who tries to tr...

LEE Byung-hun and HA Jung-woo Wrap MOUNT BAEKDU

Superstars LEE Byung-hun and HA Jung-woo wrapped production on the star-studded action drama Mount Baekdu (translated title) on July 21 after five months of filming. The project, which co-stars Don LEE (aka MA Dong-seok), JEON Hye-jin and BAE Suzy, among other...

M-Line Adds ZOMBIE ON SALE and FENG SHUI to Cannes Slate

Sales Agent Scores Multiple Deals for Youth Drama LITTLE FOREST Going into this year’s Marché du Film at the Cannes Film Festival, M-Line Distribution announced a slew of sales for their youth drama Little Forest from director YIM Soon-rye (Forever the Moment,...

IM Chang-jung and JUNG Ryeo-won Wrap Production on GATE

Actors IM Chang-jung and JUNG Ryeo-won have completed production on their upcoming project Gate after three months of filming. The film is the first to reference the recent political scandal that led to the impeachment of President PARK Geun-hye due to her rel...

IM Chang-jung and JUNG Ryeo-won Mine Recently Presidential Scandal in GATE

IM Chang-jung and JUNG Ryeo-won appear to set to headline Gate, a new project that centers around the recent political scandal involving former President PARK Geun-hye and her confidante CHOI Soon-sil. Also to feature in the film by director SHIN Dong-yeob is ...

BORN TO BE BLUE and Remastered DIE BAD to Bookend Jeonju Film Festival

JIFF Presents Program for 17th Edition The 17th edition of the Jeonju International Film Festival will open with Robert Burdreau’s Chet Baker biopic Born to Be Blue with Ethan Hawke on April 28th. A digitally remastered version of RYOO Seung-wan’s debut film ...

HONG Sang-soo Wins Locarno’s Golden Leopard

RIGHT NOW, WRONG THEN’s JUNG Jae-young Deemed Best Actor HONG Sangsoo’s 17th film Right Now, Wrong Then has earned him the Golden Leopard at the 68th Locarno International Film Festival two years after his feature Our Sunhi won the Best Director prize (Silver...

MY DICTATOR Begins Shooting with SEOL Kyung-gu and PARK Hae-il

Director of CASTAWAY ON THE MOON ReturnsLEE Hae-jun, director of the 2009 comedy Castaway on the Moon, is returning with his new film My Dictator, which finally began shooting last week following a long gestation. Joining him on set are stars SEOL Kyung-gu and...