BORN TO BE BLUE and Remastered DIE BAD to Bookend Jeonju Film Festival

JIFF Presents Program for 17th Edition The 17th edition of the Jeonju International Film Festival will open with Robert Burdreau’s Chet Baker biopic Born to Be Blue with Ethan Hawke on April 28th. A digitally remastered version of RYOO Seung-wan’s debut film ...

China to Get New Version of THE BEAUTY INSIDE

On the heels of its recent box office run in Korea, high concept melodrama The Beauty Inside is gearing up from a Chinese-language remake. The film, which will see BAIK once again take on directing duties, will be one of the first projects from the new outfit ...

KANG Full’s Web Cartoon THE WITCH to Get Screen Adaptations in Korea and China

The First Project That Is Simultaneously Adapted in Two Countries Korean web cartoonist KANG Full’s The Witch will get film adaptations in Korea and China. Directed by KIM Dae-woo, whose previous titles include period dramas such as the Vietnam-set Obsessed,...

Buyers OBSESSED with Finecut’s Cannes Lineup

Korean sales outfit Finecut Inc. is having a busy Cannes Film Market after reporting a slew of sales on its diverse lineup. Current domestic chart-topped Obsessed, the KIM Dae-woo erotic drama that eclipsed both Godzilla and Transcendence’s debuts over the wee...

KIM Dae-woo Prep Story of Forbidden Love during Vietnam War

SONG Seung-heon and JO Yeo-jeong to Star in the Film KIM Dae-woo, the director of Forbidden Quest (2006) and The Servant (2010), will return to the screen with the melodrama Human Addiction (literal translation). Human Addiction will be funded and distribute...

Cinemart selects JANG Cheol-soo’s Service for People

The Rotterdam film festival’s co-production market CineMart has selected Korean director JANG Cheol-soo’s project <Service for People(인민을 위해 복무하라)> for its upcoming 29th edition. CineMart ultimately chose a total of 36 projects from 465 entries. The fin...