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- KIM Da-mi Picks Up Rising Star Award at LEAFF
- KIM Da-mi, the breakout star from this year’s mystery-action-drama The Witch: Part 1. The Subversion, has received the Rising Star Award from this year’s recently concluded London East Asian Film Festival (LEAFF). The new star was in London to receive her prize during the festival’s closing ceremony...
- by Pierce Conran / Nov 14, 2018
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- JOHN WICK Creator to Adapt THE MAN FROM NOWHERE
- Modern action classic The Man from Nowhere (2010) looks like it may join the ranks of Old Boy (2003), My Sassy Girl (2001), Il Mare (2000) and other major Korean works that have been remade in America. The WON Bin vehicle is getting an update from New Line Cinema, which will be adapted by Derek KOLS...
- by Pierce Conran / Nov 14, 2018
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- Netflix Orders 2nd Season of KINGDOM
- Kingdom, the highly anticipated Korean period horror-action Netflix Original series, has been given a second season order ahead of its January 25 international debut on the streaming platform. The renewal announcement was made by Netflix CEO Reed HASTINGS on Thursday, November 8 in Singapore. “It is...
- by Pierce Conran / Nov 13, 2018
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- THE LITTLE DRUMMER GIRL Debuts to Enthusiastic Reviews
- PARK Chan-wook’s hotly anticipated TV debut, the mini-series The Little Drummer Girl, premiered to enthusiastic reviews at the BFI London Film Festival, ahead of its launch on the BBC at the end of last month. Adapted from John LE CARRÉ’s classic espionage novel of the same, the series features Flor...
- by Pierce Conran / Nov 09, 2018
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- Legendary Actor SHIN Seong-il Passes Away, Aged 81
- SHIN Seong-il, the towering figure of Korean cinema who appeared in well over 500 films during his 50-year career, passed away on Sunday, November 4 following his battle with lung cancer. The actor was 81 years old and is survived by his wife, fellow actress UM Aeng-ran, as well as his son and two d...
- by Pierce Conran / Nov 09, 2018
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- New Korean Sales Company Picks Up THE OUTLAWS 2 and More
- K-Movie Entertainment, a brand new Korean sales outfit that was established in August and launched at the Asian Film Market in Busan last month, has revealed a trio of major pickups to add to its burgeoning slate. All currently in pre-production, the titles include KANG Yun-sung’s The Outlaws 2, CHA...
- by Pierce Conran / Nov 09, 2018
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- HOTEL BY THE RIVER Scores New Sales for Finecut
- Just as the American Film Market being held Santa Monica, CA got underway, Korean sales boutique Finecut announced a number of deals for films in its current lineup, including Hong Sangsoo’s Hotel By the River, the period creature feature Monstrum and the comedy Too Hot to Die. Hong’s 23rd work, and...
- by Pierce Conran / Nov 09, 2018
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- BONG Joon-ho’s PARASITE Claims Early Sales
- Korean master BONG Joon-ho’s Parasite, his highly anticipated return to the Korean film industry after ten years, recently wrapped production and has already locked several key sales deals. CJ Entertainment, which is financing and distributing BONG’s new film, also acquired the sales rights to The G...
- by Pierce Conran / Nov 09, 2018
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- YOUNG CLIENT Begins Filming with LEE Dong-hwi
- Actor LEE Dong-hwi is back on set in the upcoming human drama Young Client (translated title). From director JANG Kyu-sung and production company East Dream, the film recently began production and is expected to complete filming in December. LEE is playing a law school graduate who pursues only succ...
- by Pierce Conran / Nov 07, 2018
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- LEE Byung-hun, LEE Sung-min and KWAK Do-won Enter 1970s Political Thriller
- The director and star of Inside Men (2015) are teaming up again for a new political thriller. Chiefs of Namsan (translated title), based on the 1992 book of the same name, will star LEE Byung-hun alongside LEE Sung-min and KWAK Do-won, with WOO Min-ho handling the director’s reins. The film kicked o...
- by Pierce Conran / Nov 07, 2018
