Chae Kyoungsun Triumphs at 26th Art Directors Guild Awards

Production designer Chae Kyoungsun triumphed in the One-Hour Contemporary Single-Camera Series category at this year’s 26th Art Directors Guild Awards for her work on the global smash Squid Game.Chae beat out nominees for major American series such as Successi...

JANG Joon-hwan Teams Up with Ari ASTER for US SAVE THE GREEN PLANET Remake

Director JANG Joon-hwan is set to revisit his debut film, the cult classic Save the Green Planet (2003), after signing on to direct an English-language adaptation of the film. The film will be produced by Square Peg, the company founded by the rising star dire...

JANG Hyun-sung Signs on to KILL ME NOW

Actor JANG Hyun-sung has taken on his latest challenge, as the lead in the new film Kill Me Now (working title), a feature adaption of the play of the same name which JANG has also performed in on stage. The project is being directed and produced by CHOI Equan...

KIM Sung-kyun Suits Up for JOSEON FIREFIGHTER

Character actor KIM Sung-kyun has confirmed his appearance in the upcoming period comedy-drama Joseon Firefighter (translated title). Star KIM Nam-gil is also reported to be considering an offer to appear in the latest film from director MOON Hyun-sung, known ...

KIM Jee-yong Earns Top Camerimage Prize for THE FORTRESS

This past weekend, KIM Jee-yong earned the Golden Frog Award from the 26th edition of EnergaCamerimage, the world’s top cinematography event which takes place in Bydgoszcz, Poland every year, for his work on HWANG Dong-hyuk’s austere siege drama The Fortress (...

1987, BATTLESHIP and LAST CHILD Earn Prizes in Udine

The jam-packed 20th edition of the Far East Film Festival in Udine (FEFF) wound to a close on April 28 as it handed out its awards for the year, which skewed heavily towards Korean films. The big winner of the fest was JANG Joon-hwan’s political drama 1987: Wh...

KIM Yun-seok, HA Jung-woo and Many More Wrap JANG Joon-hwan’s ‘1987’

1987, a highly-anticipated new political drama featuring a wealth of Korean stars, wrapped five months of production on August 27th. Save the Green Planet (2003) director JANG Joon-hwan was joined by HA Jung-woo, KIM Yun-seok, KIM Tae-ri, GANG Dong-won and man...

1987 Adds YOO Hae-jin, YEO Jin-gu and SUL Kyung-gu

JANG Joon-hwan’s already star-studded thriller 1987 has added more faces ahead of its April production start. Joining previously announced leads KIM Yun-seok, HA Jung-woo, GANG Dong-won and KIM Tae-ri are YOO Hae-jin, YEO Jin-goo and SUL Kyung-gu. Both KIM Yun...

KIM Tae-ri Joins Cast of JANG Joon-hwan’s 1987

KIM Tae-ri, the breakout star of PARK Chan-wook's erotic period thriller The Handmaiden last year, has joined the cast of upcoming drama 1987, which is quickly shaping up as one of the most anticipated titles on the horizon. The actress joins KIM Yun-seok,...

Fox Wraps Production on THE PROXY SOLDIERS

Following the breakout success of NA Hong-jin’s THE WAINING last year, which bowed Out of Competition at the Cannes Film Festival and welcomed almost seven million admissions at home, 20th Century Fox have wrapped production on their fifth Korean production, T...