‘Oldboy’ English-Language TV Series in the Works From Park Chan-wook, Lionsgate

Lionsgate Television is teaming with Park Chan-wook to develop an English-language TV adaptation of Park’s iconic film “Oldboy.”

The 18th Jecheon International Music & Film Festival Opens K-Movie Original Film Concert

The 18th Jecheon International Music & Film Festival will hold a film concert with a large orchestra. The film concert is an event you listen to the soundtracks through orchestra live performance while watching the movies. At the Jecheon International Musi...

Sewing Sisters, the Grand Prize Winner of the 9th Wild Flower Film Awards Documentary

Wild Flower Film Awards, the representative award ceremony of the Korean independent film industry, was held on May 27 (Fri) at Namsan Literature House in Seoul. Marking its 9th anniversary this year, Wild Flower Film Awards is designed to re-examine and promo...

RYU Seung-ryong and YUM Jung-ah Join LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL

Extreme Job star RYU Seung-ryong and YUM Jung-ah, hot off the sensational hit TV show Sky Castle, are set to join forces as an on-screen couple for Default (2018) director CHOI Kook-hee on the upcoming musical drama Life Is Beautiful (working title). The film ...

SUB-ZERO WIND Competes for Vesoul’s Cyclo d’Or

The Vesoul International Film Festival of Asian Cinemas kicked off its 25th edition on February 5 and is featuring four films from Korea this year. KIM Yuri’s debut work Sub-Zero Wind (2017) is screening in competition while three classics spanning from the 19...

MONEY to Cash In in March

Money, a new financial thriller from first-time director PARK Nu-ri which stars RYU Jun-yeol and YOO Ji-tae, has secured a March release date in Korea. Hot on the heels of the vehicular action-thriller Hit-and-Run Squad, which is currently in theaters for the ...

Showbox Adds UNSTOPPABLE and HIT-AND-RUN SQUAD for Cannes Lineup

Korean film company Showbox has added a pair of new titles to its sales lineup just in time for the Marché du Film taking place during the Cannes Film Festival this year. The pickups include the crime action Hit-and-Run Squad and the action film Unstoppable. F...

Showbox Animates Sales for DETECTIVE K: SECRET OF THE LIVING DEAD

Showbox, one of Korea’s main film investors and distributors, had a fruitful few days at the Hong Kong International Film and TV Market(Filmart), which took place from March 19-22 on HK Island, running alongside the Hong Kong International Film Festival(HKIFF)...

LEE Jung-hyun Makes a SECRET AGREEMENT

LEE Jung-hyun has found her follow-up project to last year’s World War II action drama The Battleship Island, after signing on to play the leading role in the forthcoming thriller Secret Agreement (translated title). The star will take on the role of Seo Joo-h...

Showbox Shops Five Genre Titles at EFM

Korean distributor Showbox, which scored one of its biggest ever hits last summer with the release of the political drama A Taxi Driver, is shopping five titles at this year’s European Film Market, ranging from their current Lunar New Year hit Detective K: Sec...