CHAE Soo-bin and JANG Ki-yong to Taste SWEET AND SOUR

Young stars CHAE Soo-bin and JANG Ki-yong are reportedly close to signing as the leads of the upcoming romantic comedy Sweet and Sour (translated title). The film will be the latest of LUCK-KEY (2016) director LEE Gae-byok. CHAE and JANG will depict a couple w...

PARK Jung-bum Awarded Special Jury Prize at Locarno

PARK Jung-bum’s third film Height of the Wave has picked up the Special Jury Prize in competition at the 72nd Locarno International Film Festival. The film stars LEE Seung-yeon (House of Hummingbird) as a police officer who is restationed to an out-of-the-way ...

KIM Jee-woon to Return with French-Korean Co-Produced Series

Following last year’s Japanese sci-fi action noir anime adaptation Illang: The Wolf Brigade, Director KIM Jee-woon is gearing up for his next project, which will be a co-produced French and Korean series called Klaus 47. Extreme Job star LEE Ha-nee is currentl...

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...

RIE Young-zin Summoned for THE JURORS

RIE Young-zin has joined the production of The Jurors, the new trial drama from first time director HONG Seung-wan starring MOON So-ri and ZE:A member PARK Hyung-sik which kicked off filming on July 7. The drama focuses on the true story of Korea’s first every...

Jeonju Lifts Curtain on 19th JIFF

Indie Film Festival to Showcase 5 Jeonju Cinema Projects This year’s 19th Jeonju International Film Festival (JIFF) kicked off on a clear night at the Jeonju Dome on May 3. The new venue housed 3,000 guests and welcomed several stars and filmmakers, as well as...

Udine Audiences Favor SPLIT and CANOLA

The 19th edition of the Udine Far East Film Festival came to a close on April 29th after welcoming 60,000 viewers. While this year’s First Place Golden Mulberry Audience Award and Black Dragon Award went to the Japanese film Close Knit by OGIGAMI Naoko, it was...

BAE Doo-na Partners with DRUG KING SONG Kang-ho

Global star BAE Doo-na has joined the crime drama Drug King as the female lead opposite previously cast male star SONG Kang-ho. JO Jung-suk has also joined the cast of director WOO Min-ho’s follow up to his smash hit political corruption thriller Inside Men (2...

BIFFF Welcomes 11 from Korea

PARK Chan-wook Honored in Brussels Fantastic Fest On the 4th of April, the Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival will return for its 35th edition, screening 170 films, including 118 features, from 39 countries until it closes on the 16th. It’ll be a b...

PARK Hee-soon and LEE Hui-joon Travel Back to 1987

JANG Joon-hwan’s already star-studded third feature 1987 has added another pair of recognizable faces to its growing cast. PARK Hee-soon and LEE Hui-joon will join a troupe that already includes HA Jung-woo, KIM Yun-seok, GANG Dong-won and KIM Tae-ri. 1987 con...