LEE Jung-hyun to Push Herself to the LIMIT

LEE Jung-hyun has signed on to appear in the kidnap-themed crime thriller Limit (literal title), the new film from The Spy: Undercover Operation (2013) director LEE Seung-jun. The star will play police officer So-eun who goes undercover to help parents locate ...

Hitmaker JK YOUN Returns with HERO

Hitmaker JK YOUN is back on set with his latest film Hero (translated title), a musical which began production on September 10. Based on the hit stage musical of the same name, the film will star CHUNG Sung-hwa, KIM Go-eun and NA Moon-hee. The musical will fol...

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 ...

TRAIN TO BUSAN Sequel Goes into Production

Peninsula (translated title), the hotly anticipated follow-up to the global horror-thriller hit TRAIN TO BUSAN (2016), entered production on June 24. YEON Sang-ho is once again in the director’s chair while the brand-new cast features GANG Dong-won, LEE Jung-h...

Beijing Film Festival Welcomes 5 from Korea

Five Korean films have been invited to screen at the 9th edition of the Beijing International Film Festival, which kicked off on April 13 with the opening film The Composer by Xirzat YAHUP, a co-production between China and Kazakhstan. This year’s Korean selec...

LEE Jung-hyun Makes a SECRET AGREEMENT

LEE Jung-hyun has found her follow-up project to last year’s World War II action drama The Battleship Island, after signing on to play the leading role in the forthcoming thriller Secret Agreement (translated title). The star will take on the role of Seo Joo-h...

YOO Ah-in and Vincent Cassel Join SOVEREIGN DEFAULT

Upcoming IMF drama Sovereign Default has added Korean star YOO Ah-in and French actor Vincent Cassel to its cast, which already features KIM Hye-soo in the lead. The second film of Split director CHOI Kook-hee will kick off filming this month. Taking place dur...

SONG Kang-ho Picks Up Cheval Noir Best Actor Award

It was another big year for Korean films at the Fantasia International Film Festival, with no less than five awards spread among the 14 Korean features and shorts invited to the Montreal-based fest. Top among them was A Taxi Driver, which earned the Cheval Noi...

KIM Hye-soo Suits Up for NATIONAL BANKRUPTCY DAY

Korean star KIM Hye-soo has signed up to be the lead actress in the IMF crisis drama National Bankruptcy Day (translated title). The film is the sophomore directorial outing for SPLIT (2016) director CHOI Kook-hee. Though plot details are scarce, the film will...

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...