PART-TIME SPY Infiltrates Asian Markets

Action-comedy PART-TIME SPY is scheduled to open in Korea on March 16th as well as four other Asian nations on the same day, including Brunei, Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia. On March 31st, the film is also scheduled to open in Vietnam. KANG Ye-won stars in...

HA Ji-won Hops on to John WOO’s MANHUNT

Korean Actress to Act for HK Legend Following months of speculation, actress HA Ji-won confirmed last week that she will indeed be appearing in the new film by veteran Hong Kong filmmaker John WOO. The performer made the announcement during a dinner hosted by...

INSANE Sales for M-Line in Cannes

Distributor Picks Up A SPECIAL LADY At the beginning of this year’s Cannes Film Market, Korean distributor M-Line Distribution revealed international sales for its current mystery thriller INSANE. Directed by LEE Cheol-ha (Love Me Not, 2006) and featuring KAN...

SHIM Eun-kyoung and LEE Seung-gi’ MARITAL HARMONY Began Shooting

SHIM Eun-kyoung and LEE Seung-gi’ MARITAL HARMONY Began ShootingPeriod Romcom Sets Supporting Cast Rising star SHIM Eun-kyoung has added another project to her busy slate, this time the period romantic comedy Marital Harmony, which will see her pair up with TV...

Buyers Target THE SUSPECT in EFM

THE HUNTRESSES also Sells in BerlinDistributor Showbox had a busy week at the European Film Market (EFM) this year, actively selling five titles in Germany. Their two current titles, last December’s spy thriller The Suspect and the recent period action comedy ...

HA Ji-won Joins HA Jung-woo’s 2nd Directorial Outing

Release Following his directorial debut Roller Coaster last fall, HA Jung-woo is getting ready to hop back into the director’s seat with Chronicle of a Blood Merchant (W/T), a new project based on a Chinese novel by YU Hua published in 1995. Joining the star o...

MISS GRANNY Tops Huge Lunar New Year Weekend

Record Fri-Sun Attendance for Korean Box Office The Lunar New Year holiday is always a busy time at the Korean box office but the festivities in 2014 reached a new benchmark, not just for the holiday but for the calendar as a whole. 4.95 million viewers shuff...

Press Conference Held for THE HUNTRESSES

A press conference for The Huntresses as it awaits a Lunar New Year’s theatrical release was held at the Seoul, Wangshimni CGV on January 2nd. This Charlie’s Angels-inspired action comedy set during the Chosun Dynasty period stars HA Ji-won, KANG Ye-won and SO...

HAEUNDAE Star HA Ji-won Signs with UTA

Korean Actress HA Ji-won Eyes Hollywood Career Korean actress HA Ji-won looks to be following in the footsteps of LEE Byung-hun as she seeks her Hollywood breakthrough after signing with United Talent Agency (UTA), one of LA’s top ten percenters. One of the ...

Big Korean Presence at HK FILMART, HAF and AFAs

Awards and Sales Galore in Hong Kong Korean cinema had a strong showing this week in Hong Kong as it clinched a slew of deals during the Hong Kong International Film & TV Market (FILMART) and a pair of awards from the Asian Film Awards (AFAs) and the Hon...