Director Kim Hanmin’s HANSAN: RISING DRAGON, Pre-sold to 99 Countries around the World

The film, HANSAN: RISING DRAGON, was pre-sold to 99 countries, including North America and France, along with major Asian countries such as Japan, China, Taiwan, Singapore, and Vietnam. It is encouraging that the historical drama genre films about Korea's ...

5 Korean Films Announced in Fantasia’s 2nd Wave

The Fantasia International Film Festival will be returning for its 24th edition on August 20, but this year’s event will be an unusual one as it will take place exclusively online, owing to continued global concerns over the spread of the 2019-nCoV virus. The ...

PARK Hae-il to Play Admiral Yi Sun-sin in HANSAN

Roaring Currents (2014) director KIM Han-min is returning to the legendary historical figure Admiral LEE Sun-shin for his next film, the period naval epic Hansan: Rise of the Dragon (translated title). PARK Hae-il will play the Admiral in the film, while BYUN ...

Spackman Entertainment Acquires SIMPLEX

The Spackman Entertainment Group, a specialist in Korean film development and financing which is listed in the Singaporean stock exchange, has acquired the Korean production company Simplex Films. Spackman purchased Simplex, the company behind the upcoming per...

A TAXI DRIVER Drives Off with Audience and Jury Prizes in Florence

The 16th edition of the Florence Korean Film Fest bestowed both its top audience award and jury prize to last year’s smash hit political drama A Taxi Driver. Taking the runner-up and third place audience prizes were the investigative thriller Ordinary Person a...

CHO Jin-woong and SON Hyun-ju Suit Up for THE CLOWNS

Joseon Era Film Began Production March 31 CHO Jin-woong and SON Hyun-ju are teaming up once more on the period film The Clowns (working title), which began filming on March 31. Also featuring PARK Hee-soon, GO Chang-seok, KIM Seul-ki, YOON Park and KIM Min-suk...

CHOI Gwi-hwa Joins Latest Period Film from Director of THE GRAND HEIST

Rising star CHOI Gwi-hwa has joined the period drama Jo-seon-gong-gal-pe (Korean title). Stars SON Hyun-ju and CHI Jin-woong have already signed on to appear in the latest work from director KIM Joo-ho, which takes place in the Joseon Dynasty and focuses on a ...

Joel David Moore Tagged for US Version of HIDE AND SEEK

HUH Jung’s hit 2013 mystery-thriller Hide and Seek will be remade in the United States with filmmaker Joel David Moore stepping up to direct the project. Though the original was released by Next Entertainment World, fellow Korean studio CJ Entertainment has op...

THE MIMIC Sneaks into 122 Markets for Contents Panda

Mystery-horror The Mimic, director HUH Jung’s follow-up to his 2013 Hide and Seek, has been presold to 122 countries ahead of its domestic launch next month. Contents Panda, the global distribution arm of Next Entertainment World, secured sales for the film ac...

SON Hyun-ju Crowned Best Actor at Moscow Film Festival

Recent Korean investigative drama ORDINARY PERSON has returned home triumphant from the 39th Moscow International Film Festival where it picked up the NETPAC Award for Best Asian Feature, as well as the Best Actor award for its star SON Hyun-ju. A veteran char...