Director Shin Jungwon Passes Away at Age 47

Night of the Undead (2020)Shin Jungwon, the director known for horror comedies such as To Catch a Virgin Ghost (2004) and last year’s Night of the Undead (2020), has died at the age of 46. He passed away suddenly of acute sepsis related to liver cirrhosis on D...

LEE Chung-ah and HONG Jong-hyun Wrap Timeloop Drama SPRING, AGAIN

The time-loop drama Spring, Again (translated title) completed production on July 11. Featuring LEE Chung-ah and HONG Jong-hyun, this webtoon adaptation from director JUNG Yong-juis currently in post-production and aiming for a theatrical release later this ye...

Black Nights Takes 6 from Korea

LEE Ju-hyoung’s EXCAVATOR Competes in Tallinn The Tallinn Black Nights International Film Festival (PÖFF) will screen six works from Korea this year, including LEE Ju-hyoung’s Excavator, which will have its international premiere in the festival’s competition ...

UHM Tae-woong Returns in KIM Ki-duk Produced FORK LANE

Actor UHM Tae-woong recently began shooting the indie film Fork Lane, the new production from KIM Ki-duk’s production house, a KIM KI-DUK film. Directing the project is LEE Ju-hyoung, whose debut, the 2013 North Korean spy drama Red Family, was also produced b...

Chinese TOP STAR Remake Set

PARK Joong-hoon’s Directorial Debut Gets Redo Top Star, the directorial debut of veteran Korean star PARK Joong-hoon, has set a deal for a Chinese remake. The Beijing outfit Aim Media sealed the deal with Lotte Entertainment, the Korean studio which produced ...

TOP STAR Gets Japan Distributor

PARK Joong-hoon's Directorial Debut Looks to Asian Markets Japan will get a chance to meet Top Star, the directorial debut film of actor PARK Joong-hoon. On October 24th, Lotte Entertainment announced that Twin, a Korean film distributor in Japan, finaliz...

2nd Korean Film Festival in Trinidad & Tobago

4 Korean Films Screen in Caribbean Isles A quartet of recent Korean films is set to screen in the Caribbean as the 2nd edition of a Korean film festival in Trinidad & Tobago revs up. The event will be held over four days in Port of Spain on the Trinidad I...

TOP STAR Directed by PARK Joong-hoon Begins Shoot

Korean Film Industry Big Names Give Support Actor PARK Joong-hoon, who has the reputation of being Korea's national actor, has begun shooting the first film directed by himself, Top Star on March 24th. The first shoot took place at a bar in Seoul and it sh...

Casting for Director PARK Joong-hoon's TOP STAR Complete

UHM Tae-woong, KIM Min-jun and SO E-hyun are in the line-up Top Star, the first film directed by PARK Joong-hoon, one of representative actors of Korea, has unveiled its cast. UHM Tae-woong, KIM Min-jun and SO E-hyun have confirmed to be in the film. PARK Joo...

UHM Tae-woong May Make a Comeback in PARK Joong-hoon’s Directorial Debut

Shooting to start in Feb 2013 Possibility has been raised of UHM Tae-woong of Architecture 101 making a comeback in actor PARK Joong-hoon’s directorial debut, Top Star. Insiders have said that UHM is currently examining the possibility of starring in the fil...