LEE Byung-hun Prepares for THE GAME

LEE Byung-hun is positively considering the leading role in The Game (translated title), the latest film from The Sheriff in Town (2017) director KIM Hyung-ju. Based on a true story, The Game will focus on the rivalry between CHO Hun-hyun and LEE Chang-ho, leg...

LEE Byung-hun, PARK Seo-jun and PARK Bo-young Move into CONCRETE UTOPIA

LEE Byung-hun, PARK Seo-jun and PARK Bo-young will be joining forces for the upcoming disaster thriller Concrete Utopia (working title), as confirmed by Lotte Entertainment. UM Tae-hwa, the director of VANISHING TIME: A BOY WHO RETURNED (2016), will helm the p...

KIM Young-kwang Accepts MISSION POSSIBLE

Young star KIM Young-kwang has landed his next leading role in the spy action film Mission Possible(working title), which will mark the debut of director KIM Hyeong-ju. The actor is on board to play Woo Soo-han, the leader of a special forces team that gets sw...

FORGOTTEN and ON YOUR WEDDING DAY to Get Chinese Updates

Korean sales agent M-Line Distribution revealed to Screen Daily that it has sold Chinese remake rights for two of its titles, the mystery-thriller Forgotten (2017) and the romantic drama On Your Wedding Day (2018). Released in late 2017, Forgotten was directed...

PARK Bo-young and KIM Young-kwang Commit to YOUR WEDDING

PARK Bo-young and KIM Young-kwang are set to co-star in the upcoming romantic drama Your Wedding (translated title). In the film’s plot, Soo-jeong (KIM) receives a wedding invitation from his first love Seung-hee (PARK). The film chronicles the 10-year relatio...

ASSASSINATION Tops Blue Dragon Awards

Best Director for VETERAN’s RYOO Seung-wan The Blue Dragon Film Awards held their 36th edition on Thursday evening, handing out their Grand Prize to CHOI Dong-hoon’s Colonial Era action film Assassination while Lee Joon-ik’s Joseon Era drama The Throne came a...

Golden Horse to Host Korean Triumvirate

HONG Sang-soo, KAFA and COLLECTIVE INVENTION to Screen in Taipei The Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival has set the program for its 52nd edition, which will include a trio of Korean films and kick off this Thursday (November 5th). Spread out among different se...

COLLECTIVE INVENTION Secures Japan Release

High-Concept Drama Invited to Golden Horse Film Festival KWON Oh-kwang’s debut work Collective Invention, which was released just last week in Korea, has secured a theatrical release for neighboring Japan and is set to open there next year. Starring PARK Bo-y...

Toronto Nabs Korean Veterans and Genre Newcomer

HONG Sangsoo, RYOO Seung-wan and KWON Oh-kwang Headed to TIFF A trio of Korean films, representing very different sides of the industry, were announced this week as part of the second wave of the 40th Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF). Screening in...

PARK Bo-young to Play Journalist in New Comedy

Surviving Korea’s Harsh Work Environment Investment and distribution company Next Entertainment World (NEW) announced on January 28th that PARK Bo-young (A Werewolf Boy, 2012) and JUNG Jae-young (Broken, 2013) will be partnering up for a new feature about the...