PARK Chan-wook’s DECISION TO LEAVE Begins Shoot This Month

TANG Wei and PARK Hae-il Headline Latest from Korean Maestro Following his recent John LE CARRE adaptation The Little Drummer Girl for the BBC, master Korean filmmaker PARK Chan-wook is about to return to set for a new Korean project. Decision to Leave, which...

CJ Group’s Miky LEE Appointed Vice Chair of Academy Museum

Executive Behind Oscar Winner PARASITE Joins AMPAS Venture Miky LEE (aka LEE Mie-kyung), the vice chairwoman of the CJ Group conglomerate which includes the Parasite (2019) studio CJ ENM, has been appointed as vice chair of the Academy Museum of Motion Pictur...

PARASITE Leads Asian Film Awards with 10 Nominations

The Asian Film Awards are returning for their 14th edition this year, which will take place for the first time in Busan, South Korea, after the previous 13 editions took place in either Hong Kong or Macao. Leading the nominations scorecard is BONG Joon-ho’s gl...

MEMORIES OF MURDER to Make Long-Awaited North American Bow in October

Following in the wake of the massive global success of PARASITE (2019), winner of the fourth Academy Award, including Best Picture, and the Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival, director BONG Joon-ho’s 2003 classic Memories of Murder is gearing up for releas...

GONG Yoo, BAE Doo-na and LEE Joon Dive into THE SEA OF SILENCE

GONG Yoo, BAE Doo-na and LEE Joon have all signed on to star in The Sea of Silence, a new sci-fi horror thriller series for global VOD service Netflix. The series will be produced by superstar JUNG Woo-sung and helmed by CHOI Hang-yong who is expanding the mat...

BONG Joon-ho to Produce American SEA FOG

Director BONG Joon-ho is gearing up to produce an American version of Haemoo, the 2014 sea-bound thriller he produced and co-wrote with director SHIM Sung-bo. Titled Sea Fog, the film will be helmed by Calibre director Matt PALMER with production company Parti...

Special Issue of Variety Featuring Information on Location Shooting in Korea

On September 9, US-based popular culture magazine Variety is dedicating a special issue, named “Location Update: The Big Restart,” to international location shooting. Variety worked in collaboration with the Association of Film Commissioners International to p...

SONG Kang-ho Trains for Sports Drama ONE WIN

PARASITE (2019) star SONG Kang-ho is quickly filling up his schedule. Though currently in production on the disaster film Emergency Declaration (translated title), the actor has confirmed that he will appear in the sports drama One Win (translated title) from ...

GULL Flies Off to Compete at San Sebastián International Film Festival

Jeonju Grand Prize Winner Invited to New Directors Competition Following its Grand Prize win at the Jeonju International Film Festival earlier this year, KIM Mi-jo’s Gull has secured its International premiere. The debut indie film has been selected to take pa...

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...