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- Lee Sugyeong Joins Wavve Original Film DEAD MAN
- Crime Mystery Also Stars Cho Jinwoong, Kim HeeaeRising star Lee Sugyeong has joined the main cast of the upcoming wavve original film Dead Man (literal title). She joins a line-up that already includes Cho Jinwoong and Kim Heeae. Production kicked off earlier this month.Dead Man follows the story of...
- by Pierce Conran / Nov 12, 2021
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- CHOI Min-shik and RYU Jun-yeol Sign Up for THE OWL
- CHOI Min-shik and RYU Jun-yeol are set to join forces in the upcoming period drama The Owl (translated title). It is the second collaboration between the actors, following JUNG Ji-woo’s Heart Blackened in 2017.The film will take place during the Joseon Era and concerns the death of Crown Prince Sohy...
- by Pierce Conran / Mar 19, 2021
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- LEE Ha-nee and GONG Myoung Considering Reunion for KILLER ROMANCE
- According to their agency Saram Entertainment, actors LEE Ha-nee and GONG Myoung are reportedly eyeing leading roles in the comedy Killer Romance (translated title), the new film from How to Use Guys with Secret Tips (2013) director LEE Won-suk. If they sign on, the film would reunite them after the...
- by Pierce Conran / Apr 21, 2020
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- CHOI Min-shik and PARK Hae-il Travel TO THE LAND OF HAPPINESS
- Director IM Sang-soo’s latest film To the Land of Happiness (working title) wrapped production on October 19. The thriller features CHOI Min-shik and PARK Hae-il, marking the first on-screen pairing for the two stars. CHOI and PARK play two men who meet by chance and decide to go on a trip, in searc...
- by Pierce Conran / Nov 04, 2019
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- KIM Jee-woon to Return with French-Korean Co-Produced Series
- Following last year’s Japanese sci-fi action noir anime adaptation Illang: The Wolf Brigade, Director KIM Jee-woon is gearing up for his next project, which will be a co-produced French and Korean series called Klaus 47. Extreme Job star LEE Ha-nee is currently considering an offer for a leading rol...
- by Pierce Conran / Aug 23, 2019
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- YOO Ah-in and PARK Shin-hye Sign on to #ALONE
- YOO Ah-in and PARK Shin-hye are set to appear on screen together for the first time in the upcoming infection thriller #Alone(working title). The film, which focuses on a city that descends into chaos during the sudden spread of an unidentified virus, will mark the directing debut of CHO Il-hyeong. ...
- by Pierce Conran / Jul 18, 2019
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- RYU Jun-yeol to Receive Rising Star Asia Award at NYAFF
- Korean actor RYU Jun-yeol (Believer, 2018) will receive the Screen International Rising Star Asia Award at this year’s 18th edition of the New York Asian Film Festival (NYAFF), which is scheduled to run from June 28 to July 14. RYU’s first big break came in 2015, when he appeared in the Korean Acade...
- by Pierce Conran / May 24, 2019
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- Kevin Hart to Produce, with Eye to Star In, EXTREME JOB Remake
- Extreme Job, the surprise hit that became the most successful Korean comedy of all time earlier this year, will be remade in Hollywood by Kevin HART’s production company Hartbeat and Universal Pictures. The deal was struck by the film’s Korean producer and distributor CJ Entertainment, which is also...
- by Pierce Conran / May 03, 2019
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- Production Wraps on HUR Jin-ho’s FORBIDDEN DREAM
- The upcoming period drama Forbidden Dream (working title) completed four months of production on January 23, after filming in various locations all around the country. The film reunites actors CHOI Min-shik and HAN Suk-kyu for the third time and marks the eighth feature-length directorial outing for...
- by Pierce Conran / Feb 21, 2019
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- THE ODD FAMILY: ZOMBIE ON SALE Books Valentine’s Day Release
- Korean horror-comedy The Odd Family: Zombie On Sale will hit screens on February 14. Fromnew director LEE Min-jae, the film stars KIM Nam-gil (The Shameless, 2015), UHM Ji-won (MISSING, 2016), JUNG Jae-young (Right Now, Wrong Then, 2015), LEE Su-gyeong (Heart Blackened, 2017), JUNG Ga-ram (The Poet ...
- by Pierce Conran / Jan 21, 2019