KO Asung, E Som and PARK Hye-su Sign up for SAMJIN GROUP’S ENGLISH TOEIC CLASS

Korean actresses KO Asung, E Som and PARK Hye-su have signed up to appear in Samjin Group’s English TOEIC Class (translated title). The film will be the latest from director LEE Jong-pil. The narrative concerns employees who take over their company’s English c...

Director CHOI Dong-hoon to Return with Simultaneously Filmed 2-Part Sci-Fi Film

Director CHOI Dong-hoon is reportedly close to getting his next film underway, which will be a simultaneously filmed two-part sci-fi film featuring aliens. RYU Jun-yeol and KIM Tae-ri have been confirmed for both instalments of the series, while bothGianna JUN...

IDOL, HAN Suk-kyu and SUL Kyung-gu Awarded at Fantasia

LEE Su-jin’s sophomore film Idol picked up the Cheval Noir Award for Best Film at the recently concluded 23rd edition of the Fantasia International Film Festival in Montreal. The film’s stars HAN Suk-kyu and SUL Kyung-gu also shared the Cheval Noir Award for B...

RYU Seung-ryong and YUM Jung-ah Join LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL

Extreme Job star RYU Seung-ryong and YUM Jung-ah, hot off the sensational hit TV show Sky Castle, are set to join forces as an on-screen couple for Default (2018) director CHOI Kook-hee on the upcoming musical drama Life Is Beautiful (working title). The film ...

JO Sung-hee’s VICTORY with SONG Joong-ki, KIM Tae-ri Takes Off

JO Sung-hee’s fourth film, the big-budget space drama Victory (translated title), entered production on July 3. SONG Joong-ki, KIM Tae-ri, JIN Seon-kyu and YOO Hae-jin lead the cast, which will also feature British actor Richard ARMITAGE. Plot details are stil...

SONG Kang-ho to Receive Excellence Award in Locarno

SONG Kang-ho is set to be honored at this year’s 72nd Locarno International Film Festival, where he will become the first person from Asia to receive the festival’s Excellence Award. Currently on screens in BONG Joon-ho’s PARASITE, which walked away from the C...

RYU Jun-yeol to Receive Rising Star Asia Award at NYAFF

Korean actor RYU Jun-yeol (Believer, 2018) will receive the Screen International Rising Star Asia Award at this year’s 18th edition of the New York Asian Film Festival (NYAFF), which is scheduled to run from June 28 to July 14. RYU’s first big break came in 20...

Showbox Revs Up Sales for HIT-AND-RUN SQUAD

According to international trade magazine Screen Daily, Korean distributor Showbox has scored several deals for its new action-drama Hit-and-Run Squad. From Coin Locker Girl (2014) director HAN Jun-hee, the film features KONG Hyo-jin, RYU Jun-yeol and JO Jung-...

MONEY to Cash In in March

Money, a new financial thriller from first-time director PARK Nu-ri which stars RYU Jun-yeol and YOO Ji-tae, has secured a March release date in Korea. Hot on the heels of the vehicular action-thriller Hit-and-Run Squad, which is currently in theaters for the ...

LEE Jun-ho and JEONG So-min Team Up for GIBANG BACHELOR

K-pop star LEE Jun-ho, of the popular boyband 2PM, is starring alongside JEONG So-min in the upcoming period comedy drama Gibang Bachelor (working title). The project is the latest from director NAM Dae-joong, who previously helmed the youth comedy-drama THE L...