- Korean Film News
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- MOON Jung-hee Joins THE GAME
- MOON Jung-hee has been offered a role alongside LEE Byung-hun and YOO Ah-in in the upcoming drama The Game (translated title). According to news reports, she is positively considering taking on the part in what is quickly shaping up to be one of the most anticipated major films on the horizon. The f...
- by Pierce Conran / Nov 11, 2020
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- HAN Jae-rim’s EMERGENCY DECLARATION Completes Production
- Emergency Declaration, the star-studded aviation disaster drama from HAN Jae-rim, completed production on October 24. Already a highly anticipated project owing to its star-studded cast, which includes SONG Kang-ho (PARASITE, 2019), LEE Byung-hun (Inside Men, 2015) and JEON Do-yeon (Secret Sunshine,...
- by Pierce Conran / Nov 10, 2020
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- HA Jung-woo Ventures into Horror with THE CLOSET
- Though he is still tearing up the box office charts with the smash hit disaster action spectacle Ashfall, Korean superstar HA Jung-woo will be back on screens next month in The Closet, his first ever horror film. HA co-stars with KIM Nam-gil in the picture, which marks the directorial debut of KIM K...
- by Pierce Conran / Jan 13, 2020
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- KIM Sung-kyun Suits Up for JOSEON FIREFIGHTER
- Character actor KIM Sung-kyun has confirmed his appearance in the upcoming period comedy-drama Joseon Firefighter (translated title). Star KIM Nam-gil is also reported to be considering an offer to appear in the latest film from director MOON Hyun-sung, known for As One (2012) and The King’s Case No...
- by Pierce Conran / Nov 28, 2019
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- Finecut Launches Sales for THE BATTLE OF JANGSARI in Cannes
- Korean sales boutique Finecut recently picked up the international sales rights of the upcoming Korean War drama The Battle of Jangsari. Featuring K-pop star Min-ho (ILLANG : THE WOLF BRIGADE, 2018) and Hollywood actress Megan FOX, and co-directed by KWAK Kyung-taek and KIM Tae-hun, the title launch...
- by Pierce Conran / May 24, 2019
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- Busan Film Festival Announces New Deputy Director KIM Bok-geun
- The Busan International Film Festival has appointed KIM Bok-geun as the deputy director of the festival, a role that had remained vacant since the sudden passing of former Deputy Director KIM Ji-seok in May 2017. Meanwhile, former Korean cinema programmer NAM Dong-cheol has stepped up to take on the...
- by Pierce Conran / Jan 14, 2019
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- Megan FOX Arrives in Korea for Role in Korean War Epic
- Hollywood star Megan FOX arrived in Korea on January 6 for her part in the Korean War film Jangsari 9.15 (Korean title), in which she plays real-life Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Marguerite HIGGINS. It is her fourth trip to the country. Jangsari 9.15 is being co-directed by veteran filmmaker KW...
- by Pierce Conran / Jan 10, 2019
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- MONSTRUM Gobbles Up Audience Award in Sitges
- Korea’s first ever period creature feature Monstrum has picked up the Audience Award from the Panorama Fantàstic section of this year’s 51st Sitges International Fantastic Film Festival of Catalonia. Also on the prize winners list was KIM Sang-joon’s The Wheel Turns, which earned the Best Short Film...
- by Pierce Conran / Oct 22, 2018
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- 23rd Edition of Busan International Film Festival Opens with Renewed Optimism
- Despite warnings of typhoon afoot, the red carpet was rolled out and crowds came out in force for the opening ceremony of this year’s 23rd Busan International Film Festival (BIFF) on the evening of Thursday, October 4. Stars KIM Nam-gil (Pandora, 2015) and HAN Ji-min (The Age of Shadows, 2016) hoste...
- by Pierce Conran / Oct 10, 2018
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- M-Line Adds ZOMBIE ON SALE and FENG SHUI to Cannes Slate
- Sales Agent Scores Multiple Deals for Youth Drama LITTLE FOREST Going into this year’s Marché du Film at the Cannes Film Festival, M-Line Distribution announced a slew of sales for their youth drama Little Forest from director YIM Soon-rye (Forever the Moment, 2008). The outfit also added several ne...
- by Pierce Conran / May 25, 2018