MOON So-ri and JANG Joon-hwan to Visit Korean Film Festival DC

The Korean Film Festival DC returns this month for its 2019 edition, which will unfold from May 10 to July 1. This year’s event will feature 11 recent Korean titles as well as a pair of very special guests, acclaimed actress MOON So-ri and director JANG Joon-h...

LEE Ha-nee Signs with WME and Artist International Group

Actress LEE Ha-nee (sometimes known as Honey LEE) has become the latest Korean star to sign with a Hollywood agency. LEE will be represented by Phillip Sun at William Morris Endeavor (WME) and David Unger, the CEO of Artist International Group (AIG). The arran...

Korean Sci-fi HUNTING TIME Wraps 6-Month Shoot

Featuring actors LEE Je-hoon, CHOI Woo-shik, PARK Jung-min and AHN Jae-hong, the youth sci-fi thriller Hunting Time (working title) wrapped filming in Incheon on July 15th. Production took approximately six months and concluded with a large-scale protest scene...

LEE Chung-ah and HONG Jong-hyun Wrap Timeloop Drama SPRING, AGAIN

The time-loop drama Spring, Again (translated title) completed production on July 11. Featuring LEE Chung-ah and HONG Jong-hyun, this webtoon adaptation from director JUNG Yong-juis currently in post-production and aiming for a theatrical release later this ye...

Korean Romcom SHALL WE DO IT AGAIN Begins Shoot

Previously announced as Guy Guy Girl, the romantic comedy Shall We Do It Again (working title) began shooting on May 10. Rising star PARK Kyung-hye has joined the cast which already confirmed the participation of KWON Sang-woo, LEE Jung-hyun and LEE Jong-hyeuk...

RYU Seung-ryong, LEE Ha-neui and JIN Seon-kyu Confirmed to Star in EXTREME JOB

RYU Seung-ryong, LEE Ha-neui and JIN Seon-kyu will join the cast of upcoming comedy Extreme Job (translated title). The film is about an undercover narc unit that opens a chicken place to bust a drug squad, but discover their new business is unexpectedly good....

Hong Kong’s Festive Korea to Screen 19 Films

Festive Korea will kick off its 7th edition in Hong Kong on October 5th and run until November 30th, during which it will screen 19 films from Korea, ranging from indie documentaries to commercial blockbusters. The festival’s cinema section is broken down into...

YEON Sang-ho Wraps PSYCHOKINESIS

Following the smash global success of TRAIN TO BUSAN (2016) Director YEON Sang-ho will return to theaters next year with the high concept black comedy Psychokinesis, which wrapped a four-month shoot on August 6th in Chuncheon, Gangwon Province. Along for the r...

Fantasia Hails A TAXI DRIVER for Closing Slot

Gwangju Uprising drama A Taxi Driver, featuring SONG Kang-ho and Thomas Kretschmann, has been selected as the closing film of this year’s Fantasia International Film Festival. Directed by JANG Hun, the work will join Cannes midnighter The Villainess, which was...

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...