Apple TV+ Korea to Launch Nov 4 with Kim Jeewoon’s Series DR. BRAIN

Apple to Compete with Local Streamers, Netflix and Disney+Apple TV+ is set to become the latest streamer to enter the busy Korean streaming market as it will launch in the country on November 4. In addition to pre-existing Apple TV+ originals, the platform wil...

LEE Min-ho Cast in Apple+ PACHINKO Adaptation

Korean superstar LEE Min-ho has been cast in the upcoming big-budget series Pachinko for global streaming service Apple+. The adaptation of the best-selling novel of the same name by Min Jin LEE is a multi-lingual project that will span eight episodes. Also ca...

Director YOO Ha Has a New Project in the PIPELINE

A Dirty Carnival (2006) director YOO Ha is back in the director’s chair for the upcoming crime film Pipeline (literal title), which began filming in late July and will mark his eighth feature-length film. The project will feature young stars such as SEO In-guk...

LEE Min-ho’s Yet to Be Released MYSTERIOUS FIGHTER PROJECT A Greenlit for Sequel

LEE Min-ho’s action comedy Mysterious Fighter Project A (2018) hasn’t even hit theaters yet but it has already been given the go ahead for a sequel. The SWEN group, a multinational entertainment company that handles media distribution, production, financing an...

Goyang Aqua Studio Has the Highest Profit since Its Opening

Goyang Aqua Studio recorded the highest earnings since its opening, with USD 237,000 as of November, 2016. It has worked with 14 projects this year, including The Legend of the Blue Sea, a TV series starring Gianna JUN and LEE Min-ho, and written by My Love fr...

LEE Min-ho’s BOUNTY HUNTERS Targets China Box Office

$17 Million Opening Weekend for Action-Comedy Bounty Hunters, a new Chinese film featuring Korean superstar LEE Min-ho in the lead role, made waves during its debut at the Middle Kingdom box office in early July. Opening on July 1st, the film grossed USD 17.3...

ASSASSINATION Tops Blue Dragon Awards

Best Director for VETERAN’s RYOO Seung-wan The Blue Dragon Film Awards held their 36th edition on Thursday evening, handing out their Grand Prize to CHOI Dong-hoon’s Colonial Era action film Assassination while Lee Joon-ik’s Joseon Era drama The Throne came a...

Stockholm IFF Takes 5 from Korea

Eclectic Korean Fare on Show in Sweden The Stockholm International Film Festival will host five films from Korea when its 26th edition takes place from November 11th to the 22nd. Four feature titles from the Far East filmmaking powerhouse will be found in the...

Korean Quintet among Early Sitges Announcements

THE ROYAL TAILOR to Close New Visions Section The Sitges International Fantastic Film Festival of Catalonia has unveiled part of its lineup for next month’s 48th edition, and among the announcements were five Korean films hailing from the country’s commercial...

GANGNAM BLUES to Release in Japan

>Well-attended Previews in Yokohama Raise Expectations Director YOO Ha's noir Gangnam Blues is set for an October release in Japan. Gangnam Blues hit screens in Korea on January 21st, and has managed 2.19 million admissions since then. Though the scor...