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- Project Wolf Hunting, Pre-sold to 41 Countries Globally
- Project Wolf Hunting has been pre-sold to 41 countries around the world, including Spain, Taiwan, Thailand, Russia, India, the United States, and Japan. It is also attracting attention from Germany, France, Brazil, Argentina, and the United Kingdom. Especially overseas sales of Project Wolf Hunting ...
- by Park Hyejin / Sep 07, 2022
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- SEOBOK Books July Release in Japan
- Star-Driven Korean Sci-fi Seeks Global AudienceSEOBOK, the new action-drama starring GONG Yoo and PARK Bo-bum, is set to bow in Japan, where it will open theatrically on this summer on July 16.The third feature film from director LEE Yong-ju, who previously made the horror film Possessed (2009) and ...
- by KIM Bo-ra / May 10, 2021
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- KWAK Do-won, JOO Won and YU Jae-myeong Dress Up for FIREMAN
- Veteran filmmaker KWAK Kyung-taek, known for Friend (2001), one of the original Korean blockbusters, is deep in preparations for his 15th film, titled Fireman (translated title). KWAK has assembled a top-drawer cast, which will be headlined by KWAK Do-won, JOO Won and YU Jae-myeong and also feature ...
- by Pierce Conran / May 19, 2020
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- Kakao M Enters the Korean Entertainment Market
- Plans to Enter Global Content Market by Securing Korean Wave Stars A subsidiary of KakaoTalk (www.kakaocorp.com), company that evolved from being an instant messenger application to a complete IT firm, Kakao M (www.kakao-m.com) has seen its influence grow by creating partnerships with major manageme...
- by SONG Soon-jin / Jul 12, 2018
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- CONTENTS PANDA Presents THE VANISHED at EFM
- Thriller, comedies, horrors and indie dramas make up the sales lineup for CONTENTS PANDA in Berlin this year. Having recently sold its titles The Chase (2017), Steel Rain (2017) and Psychokinesis to Netflix, the busy distributor launched sales on an array of new titles during the European Film Marke...
- by Pierce Conran / Feb 26, 2018
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- LOVE, LIES Seals Asian Sales Trio at FilMart
- HAN Hyo-joo Period Drama Set for Japan, Taiwan, Philippines Period drama LOVE, LIES, starring HAN Hyo-joo, has secured distribution to Japan, Taiwan and the Philippines ahead of its April 13th theatrical bow in Korea. Lotte Entertainment launched sales for the film during the Hong Kong Internationa...
- by Pierce Conran / Mar 29, 2016
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- Hyun-bin Kicks Off COOPERATION Shoot
- JK Film Aiming Once More for Box Office Gold Superstar Hyun-bin’s new film Cooperation (translated title) kicked off production on March 10th. Directed by KIM Sung-hoon, the action-thriller is the new title from blockbuster production company JK Film, following their string of recent hits that incl...
- by Pierce Conran / Mar 14, 2016
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- KWAK Kyung-taek’s Thriller RESURRECTION Has Begun Production
- A Vengeful Story Featuring KIM Rae-won, KIM Hae-sook and SUNG Dong-il KWAK Kyung-taek of Friend (2001) and The Classified File (2015) has begun production of a new film. Resurrection (working title), a mystery thriller where CHOI Myung-sook, a woman who died 7 years ago, comes to life again, has com...
- by SONG Soon-jin / Nov 20, 2015
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- HAN Hyo-joo, YOO Yeon-seok and CHUN Woo-hee Wrap Period Music Drama
- PARK Heung-sik’s LOVE, LIES Eyes 2016 Release PARK Heung-sik’s new colonial era picture LOVE, LIES (transliterated title), with HAN Hyo-joo, YOO Yeon-seok and CHUN Woo-hee, all of whom appeared in this year’s high concept melodrama The Beauty Inside, wrapped its four-month shoot on October 17th. Th...
- by Pierce Conran / Nov 04, 2015
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- MA Dong-seok to Star in KIM Ki-duk’s Latest
- ONE ON ONE Will Be Submitted to CannesMaverick auteur KIM Ki-duk is prepping his 20th film and joining him for his latest project is actor MA Dong-seok. MA will feature as a strong man filled with rage in One on One (literal translation). Little is known about the film’s plot at the moment but like...
- by Pierce Conran / Feb 27, 2014