- Korean Film News
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- Korean Remake of PROJECT GUTENBERG in the Works
- The Chinese crime action drama Project Gutenberg is set to receive a Korean remake. As reported by Screen Daily during this year’s Hong Kong International Film & TV Market (FILMART), which takes place alongside the Hong Kong International Film Festival, Korean genre filmmaker KIM Hwi will direct...
- by Pierce Conran / Mar 25, 2019
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- LEE Hae-young’s DOKJEON Wraps with CHO Jin-woong and RYU Jun-yeol
- Director LEE Hae-young’s upcoming Dokjeon (Korean title), a remake of Johnny TO’s Drug War, completed around five months of filming on November 16th. The crime thriller stars CHO Jin-woong, RYU Jun-yeol and the late KIM Joo-hyuk in his final performance. Dokjeon (a contraction of the Korean words fo...
- by Pierce Conran / Dec 01, 2017
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- PARK Ki-yong’s OLD LOVE Goes to Berlin
- PARK Ki-yong’s latest film Old Love has been invited to the 68th Berlin International Film Festival which will be held next February. Old Love will be an official selection in the festival’s Forum section, which introduces independent, experimental and documentary films from around the world. Melodr...
- by Christopher Weatherspoon / Nov 23, 2017
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- KIM Tae-woo Replaces Late KIM Joo-hyuk in CHANG-GWOL
- Upcoming Joseon Era zombie film Chang-gwol (Korean title) has found a replacement for a small role left vacant by the late actor KIM Joo-hyuk, following his untimely passing in a car accident on October 30th. The part will now be taken over by actor KIM Tae-woo. Chang-gwol follows the Crown Prince L...
- by Pierce Conran / Nov 20, 2017
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- KIM Sang-kyung, KIM Gang-woo and KIM Hee-ae Make It Through LOST NIGHT
- Actors KIM Sang-kyung, KIM Gang-woo and KIM Hee-ae wrapped three months of production for the incoming thriller Lost Night (working title) on August 31st. The project marks the feature debut of director LEE Chang-hee. Lost Night concerns a woman’s body that goes missing in the National Institute of ...
- by Pierce Conran / Sep 19, 2017
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- ANSI FORTRESS Begins 5-Month Shoot
- Period blockbuster Ansi Fortress, the first feature film project by Next Entertainment World’s new production arm Studio & NEW, began filming on August 23rd. ZO In-sung stars in the latest from director KIM Kwang-sik and production is expected to carry on for five months. The film chronicles the...
- by Pierce Conran / Sep 01, 2017
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- JUNG Woo and KIM Joo-hyuk Wrap 3 Months of Filming for HEUNG-BU
- After three months of filming, period drama Heung-bu completed production on August 18th. JUNG Woo and KIM Joo-hyuk led the cast, which also includes JUNG Jin-young and CHUN Woo-hee, in the latest film from 26 Years (2012) director CHO Geun-hyun. Based on the classic Joseon Era story ‘Heungbu and No...
- by Pierce Conran / Sep 01, 2017
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- KIM Myung-min and PARK Hee-Soon Wrap Period Monster Film MULGOE
- The upcoming period thriller Mulgoe (a Korean title which can be translated as Water Monster) has wrapped filming after three months of production. The picture stars KIM Myung-min, PARK Hee-soon, LEE Gyoung-young, CHOI Woo-shik, PARK Sung-woong, KIM In-kwon and K-pop star Hyeri of Girl’s Day, in her...
- by Pierce Conran / Aug 07, 2017
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- THE WORLD OF US Opens 8th Korean Film Festival in Australia
- The Korean Film Festival in Australia returns later this month bigger than ever before. The 8th edition of KOFFIA is set to screen 36 films across 8 cities as the festival moves around Australia, beginning in Sydney on August 17th and winding up in Darwin and Hobart (new additions to the festival ci...
- by Pierce Conran / Aug 03, 2017
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- HWANG Jung-min Wraps NK Action-Drama BLACK VENUS
- After kicking off on January 24th, HWANG Jung-min and his co-stars LEE Sung-min, CHO Jin-woong, PARK Sung-woong and JU Ji-hoon wrapped six months of production on July 25th for director YOON Jong-bin’s fifth film Black Venus. A North Korea-themed action-drama set in the 1990s, the project, which wil...
- by Pierce Conran / Aug 03, 2017