LIM Won-hee, KIM Won-hae and YOON Je-moon Join ASTRONOMY

LIM Won-hee, KIM Won-hae and YOON Je-moon have been added to the cast of Astronomy. The Joseon Era costume drama is the latest work from melodrama hitmaker HUR Jin-ho. The actors will join previously set leads CHOI Min-sik and HAN Suk-kyu in the film that will...

OKJA Received Glowing Cannes Reviews Despite Netflix Controversy

BONG Joon-ho’s Latest Debuts on the Croisette Rolling in a wave of controversy as one of the first Netflix films to screen at the Cannes Film Festival, along with Noah Baumbach’s The Meyerowitz Stories, BONG Joon-ho’s Okja had a rocky start on the Croisette wh...

BONG Joon-ho’s OKJA to Close Sydney Film Fest

BONG Joon-ho’s new film Okja has been selected as the closing film of this year’s 64th Sydney International Film Festival. The big-budget adventure film, which was entirely backed by online streaming service Netflix, has its world premiere this week in competi...

BAE Doo-na Partners with DRUG KING SONG Kang-ho

Global star BAE Doo-na has joined the crime drama Drug King as the female lead opposite previously cast male star SONG Kang-ho. JO Jung-suk has also joined the cast of director WOO Min-ho’s follow up to his smash hit political corruption thriller Inside Men (2...

CJ Unveils Broad Array of New Titles in Hong Kong

Korean major CJ Entertainment launched a slew of new titles at this month’s Hong Kong International Film and TV Market. The distributor added family dramedy Daddy You, Daughter Me, period mystery comedy The King’s Case Note and prison-set crime film The Mercil...

JO Jung-suk, YOON Je-moon and LEE Sung-min Surround DRUG KING

WOO Min-ho’s Inside Men (2015) follow-up, the period set gangster thriller Drug King, is beginning to take shape around previously announced lead SONG Kang-ho. Joining the cast are JO Jong-suk, YOON Je-moon and LEE Sung-min. SONG plays a drug smuggler in 1970s...

Netflix Plans Theatrical Bows for BONG Joon-ho’s OKJA

BONG Joon-ho’s Snowpiercer (2013) follow-up, the high-concept sci-fi Okja, will be getting a theatrical release, as confirmed by its investor Netlfix, thus ending months of speculation as to whether or not the online giant would release the title exclusively o...

BONG Joon-ho Receives Chevalier des Arts et Lettres Medal

Acclaimed film director BONG Joon-ho will be the second Korean citizen to have the honor of receiving the prestigious Chevalier des Arts et Lettres medal, a top artistic accolade in France. BONG accepted the award at the opening ceremony of the French Cinema T...

GANG Hye-jung and PARK Shin-yang Partner for MY WIFE

Kidnap Thriller from SONG Hae-sung Set in SE Asia Earlier this month, actors GANG Hye-jung and PARK Shin-yang confirmed that they would appear in My Wife, the new film from veteran director SONG Hae-sung. YOON Je-moon (Fists of Legend, 2013) and SONG Seung-he...

Production Begins on BONG Joon-ho/Netflix Film OKJA

Jake Gyllenhaal, Tilda Swinton and Paul Dano to Star Following months of speculation surrounding the casting and details of BONG Joon-ho’s latest film, Netflix officially announced last month that production has begun on Okja in Korea and that Tilda Swinton, ...