MOON Jung-hee Joins THE GAME

MOON Jung-hee has been offered a role alongside LEE Byung-hun and YOO Ah-in in the upcoming drama The Game (translated title). According to news reports, she is positively considering taking on the part in what is quickly shaping up to be one of the most antic...

5 Korean Films Announced in Fantasia’s 2nd Wave

The Fantasia International Film Festival will be returning for its 24th edition on August 20, but this year’s event will be an unusual one as it will take place exclusively online, owing to continued global concerns over the spread of the 2019-nCoV virus. The ...

PARK Hae-il to Play Admiral Yi Sun-sin in HANSAN

Roaring Currents (2014) director KIM Han-min is returning to the legendary historical figure Admiral LEE Sun-shin for his next film, the period naval epic Hansan: Rise of the Dragon (translated title). PARK Hae-il will play the Admiral in the film, while BYUN ...

Actress JEON Mi-sun Passes Away at Age 48

The Korean entertainment industry reeled in shock following the news of the death of veteran actress JEON Mi-sun on Saturday, June 29. Known for her roles in Memories Of Murder (2003), Love Is A Crazy Thing (2005) and this summer’s upcoming historical epic The...

THE KING’S LETTERS to Kick Off Korean High Summer Season

This year’s high summer season in Korea will be ushered in by The King’s Letters, a new period drama starring SONG Kang-ho and PARK Hae-il. From veteran producer and writer but first time director CHO Chul-hyun, the film will be released by Megabox Plus M on J...

THE MERCILESS to Receive English-Language Remake

Korean gangster thriller The Merciless, which debuted in a midnight slot at the Cannes Film Festival in 2017, is gearing up for an English-language remake courtesy of the French outfits Pathé and Vendôme, who are teaming up with the film’s original Korean dist...

DARK FIGURE OF CRIME to Kick Off 2018 Fall Thriller Season in Korea

The fall season in Korea is a prime time for the release of local thrillers and as we approach that time of year in 2018, one of the first confirmed titles has been revealed to be the upcoming serial killer drama Dark Figure ofCrime. Featuring KIM Yun-seok and...

CJ ENM Launches Horror Label 413 Pictures

Korea’s leading investment distribution company CJ ENM has launched a specialty film label, 413 Pictures, specializing in thrillers and horror flicks for Vietnamese, Thai and American film industries. In a news release, the company announced that it has launch...

Awards Winners Announced for MSFF 2018

The Mise-en-scène Short Film Festival (MSFF) held its 17th edition this year from June 28 to July 4, once again seeking out the next generation of voices in the Korean film industry. Winners were announced for each festival’s five main sections, however, unlik...

CJ Unveils 10-Picture Slate for North America

Korean film studio CJ Entertainment has revealed details of a ten-title pipeline of local-language projects being produced directly for the North American market. Among these are previously announced American remakes of the Korean hits Miss Granny (2014) and H...