EXIT Presented White Mulberry Award from Udine

LEE Sang-geun’s hit disaster action-comedy EXIT (2019) received the White Mulberry Award from this year’s Far East Film Festival in Udine. This year’s FEFF took place exclusively online, owing to the spread of the Covid-19 disease. The festival opened late las...

56th Baeksang Arts Awards to Take Place without Audience on June 5

Following a delay owing to the current pandemic, the 56th edition of the Baeksang Arts Awards are now scheduled to take place on June 5 in the KINTEX center in Ilsan to the West of Seoul, thought they will take place without a live audience. The nominees for B...

SON Ho-jun and LEE Kyu-hyung take a Ride in STELLAR

Actors SON Ho-jun and LEE Kyu-hyung will appear in the new fantasy comedy-drama Stellar (literal title). The project will be helmed by My Annoying Brother (2016) director KWON Soo-kyung. SON Ho-jun will appear as Yeong-bae, a top rental car dealer who inherits...

CHA Seung-won, KIM Sung-kyun and LEE Kwang-soo Fall into SINKHOLE

The Tower (2012) director KIM Ji-hoon is returning to the disaster genre for his next project Sinkhole (working title). CHA Seung-won, KIM Sung-kyun and LEE Kwang-soo will star in the action-comedy tentpole. The story concerns a man who finally buys a home aft...

Showbox Revs Up Sales for HIT-AND-RUN SQUAD

According to international trade magazine Screen Daily, Korean distributor Showbox has scored several deals for its new action-drama Hit-and-Run Squad. From Coin Locker Girl (2014) director HAN Jun-hee, the film features KONG Hyo-jin, RYU Jun-yeol and JO Jung-...

JO Jung-suk and Yoon-a Look for an EXIT

While the busy high summer season is on the verge on winding down for 2018, one of next year’s summer season contenders has begun production. Debut film of director LEE Sang-geun, the action disaster Exit (working title), starring JO Jung-suk and Kpop supersta...

THE DRUG KING with SONG Kang-ho Eyes Winter Bow

Originally expected to bow in local theaters in early August, Showbox’s period crime drama The Drug King, from Inside Men (2015) director WOO Min-ho and featuring A Taxi Driver (2017) star SONG Kang-ho, has had its release date delayed to the winter period. Cu...

JO Jung-suk and Yoon-a Cast for New Action Disaster Movie EXIT

JO Jung-suk and Yoon-a will star in a disaster-action movie. “Genius chameleon actor JO Jung-suk and Yoon-a, rising actresses of Confidential Assignment (2017), are cast for EXIT (working title)”, announced the production company Filmmaker R & K and the di...

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...

WOO Min-ho Set his Sights on SAIGON after THE DRUG KING

Inside Men (2015) director WOO Min-ho is looking into the Vietnam War for his next project, which will be called Saigon (literal title). The busy filmmaker is currently putting the final touch on his upcoming crime drama The Drug King, about to hit Korean scre...