MOON Jung-hee Joins THE GAME

MOON Jung-hee has been offered a role alongside LEE Byung-hun and YOO Ah-in in the upcoming drama The Game (translated title). According to news reports, she is positively considering taking on the part in what is quickly shaping up to be one of the most antic...

DARK FIGURE OF CRIME to Kick Off 2018 Fall Thriller Season in Korea

The fall season in Korea is a prime time for the release of local thrillers and as we approach that time of year in 2018, one of the first confirmed titles has been revealed to be the upcoming serial killer drama Dark Figure ofCrime. Featuring KIM Yun-seok and...

KIM Yun-seok to Helm UNDERAGE

Actor KIM Yun-seok will make his directorial debut with Underage (translated title). The film is a family drama that portrays the experiences of a 17-year-old girl and her friend in the world of abnormal adults. Actress KIM Hye-joon has been cast as the lead a...

THE RETURN Wins Golden Zenith at Montreal World Film Festival

HEO Chul’s The Return won the Golden Zenith Award for Best First Fiction Feature Film at the 41st Montreal World Film Festival (MWFF). Based on a play of the same name, the film tells stories of regular customers who miss their loved ones, set in a bar that go...

Documentary on IM Kwon-taek Seeks Crowdfunding Support

Noted Korean film critic JUNG Sung-il, who debuted as a filmmaker in 2009 with Café Noir, is currently raising funds to complete post-production of his third work, The IM Kwon-taek Project, a documentary on legendary Korean filmmaker IM Kwon-taek which was lar...

Disaster Drama PANDORA Breaks the Highest Crowdfunding Record

Disaster blockbuster Pandora has raised USD 600,000 through crowdfunding for the first time in domestic film history. The film launched its campaign on the biggest crowdfunding platform in Korea, Wadiz on November 3rd, and has raised USD 600,000 in thirteen da...

NIGHT OF 7 YEARS’ Long Shoot Comes to an End

Revenge Thriller Will See Light of Day in 2017 The upcoming thriller Night of 7 Years wrapped its production on May 25th in the town Goyang in the Gyeonggi-do Province, which is adjacent to Seoul. Filming took place over six months on the feature, which stars...

Production Begins on Chinese HIDE AND SEEK Remake

Village Roadshow Adapts Korean Thriller Village Roadshow Pictures Asia, a production arm of the Australian entertainment conglomerate Village Roadshow, has kicked off production on Hide and Seek, a Chinese-language version of the Korean thriller of the same n...

THE SHAMELESS Triumphs at the 24th Buil Film Awards

On the second night of the 20th Busan International Film Festival, stars arrived at the Grand Hotel in Haeundae for the 24th Buil Film Awards. The oldest awards show in Korea, the Buil Film Awards kicked off in 1958 and were discontinued in 1973 before being r...

RYU Seung-ryong and MOON Jeong-hee to Spend NIGHT OF 7 YEARS

CHOO Chang-min Sets MASQUERADE Follow-up Top thesps RYU Seung-ryong and MOON Jeong-hee will play husband and wife in the upcoming thriller Night of 7 Years alongside JANG Dong-gun, the first project from director CHOO Chang-min since he scaled the all time b...