Chae Kyoungsun Triumphs at 26th Art Directors Guild Awards

Production designer Chae Kyoungsun triumphed in the One-Hour Contemporary Single-Camera Series category at this year’s 26th Art Directors Guild Awards for her work on the global smash Squid Game.Chae beat out nominees for major American series such as Successi...

Megabox Scores Sales for THE POINT MEN

The Point Men, an upcoming hostage action-drama from director YIM Soon-rye featuring stars HWANG Jung-min and HYUN Bin, has been sold to 14 territories by Megabox Plus M.The film is based on a real event in Afghanistan that took place in 2007, when 23 South Ko...

HYUN Bin and YOO Hae-jin Considering Another CONFIDENTIAL ASSIGNMENT

Stars HYUN Bin and YOO Hae-jin are considering teaming up again for a sequel to their 2017 hit Confidential Assignment. Should the pair sign on, they will work this time with The Pirates (2014) director LEE Seok-hoon, taking over the director’s chair from KIM ...

AMPAS Invites 19 New Korean Members

Last week, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), which stages the Academy Awards annually, revealed a list of 819 new film professionals from 68 countries invited to join its ranks this year. Among the new Academy members, should they accept...

Following COVID Delay, BARGAINING Starts Location Shooting in Jordan

The upcoming Korean thriller Bargaining (translated title) from director YIM Soon-rye, featuring top stars HWANG Jung-min and HYUN Bin, is set to start production in Jordan this month. Production was originally scheduled to kick off in the Middle East earlier ...

Netflix Teams up with LEE Jae-kyoo for Zombie Series ALL OF US ARE DEAD

Netflix is continuing to attract major film talent in Korea after announcing a new high-profile show in the works, the upcoming zombie series All of Us Are Dead. LEE Jae-kyoo, the director of The Fatal Encounter (2014) and Intimate Strangers (2018) will take t...

BONG Joon-ho Wins Best Director at Chunsa Film Art Awards

BONG Joon-ho’s latest film PARASITE, fresh from its Palme d’Or win at the Cannes Film Festival, was the top prize-winner at this year’s 24th Chunsa Film Art Awards, which took place in Seoul on July 18. The film, which crossed the ten million viewers threshold...

CHO Dal-hwan Toasts LIKE THE FIRST GLASS

Character actor CHO Dal-hwan took on the lead role in the indie drama Like the First Glass (translated title), the debut feature film of producer and short film director PAEK Seung-hwan. The film, which co-stars veteran actor SHIN Gu and new actress WOO Hye-ri...

Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival Invites 10 from Korea

The Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival (BIFFF), which kicked off on April 9 and is scheduled to run until the 21, is screening 10 Korean films during this year’s edition. In addition to an array of current thriller, horror and genre films, BIFFF is...

THE ODD FAMILY: ZOMBIE ON SALE Books Valentine’s Day Release

Korean horror-comedy The Odd Family: Zombie On Sale will hit screens on February 14. Fromnew director LEE Min-jae, the film stars KIM Nam-gil (The Shameless, 2015), UHM Ji-won (MISSING, 2016), JUNG Jae-young (Right Now, Wrong Then, 2015), LEE Su-gyeong (Heart ...