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- Yu Jaemyeong Joins Lee Sunkyun and Jo Jungsuk in LAND OF HAPPINESS
- MASQUERADE Director Returns with New Military-Themed Mystery(From the left) Yu Jaemyeong, Lee Sunkyun, Jo JungsukChoo Changmin’s new film Land of Happiness (translated title) is beginning to shape up as Yu Jaemyeong has become the latest name to join a cast that also includes actors Lee Sunkyun and ...
- by Pierce Conran / Aug 02, 2021
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- JEON Yeo-been Joins Netflix Original Series GLITCH
- After My Death (2018) actress JEON Yeo-been is teaming up with Very Ordinary Couple (2013) director ROH Deok on the upcoming Glitch, a new mystery, comedy and thriller original series from Netflix. The show is being written by GIN Han-sai, who wrote the Netflix show Extracurricular.JEON will play Ho...
- by Pierce Conran / Mar 17, 2021
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- EXIT Presented White Mulberry Award from Udine
- LEE Sang-geun’s hit disaster action-comedy EXIT (2019) received the White Mulberry Award from this year’s Far East Film Festival in Udine. This year’s FEFF took place exclusively online, owing to the spread of the Covid-19 disease. The festival opened late last month with the big-budget disaster dra...
- by Pierce Conran / Jul 16, 2020
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- 56th Baeksang Arts Awards to Take Place without Audience on June 5
- Following a delay owing to the current pandemic, the 56th edition of the Baeksang Arts Awards are now scheduled to take place on June 5 in the KINTEX center in Ilsan to the West of Seoul, thought they will take place without a live audience. The nominees for Best Film this year are BONG Joon-ho’s Pa...
- by Pierce Conran / May 22, 2020
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- SON Ho-jun and LEE Kyu-hyung take a Ride in STELLAR
- Actors SON Ho-jun and LEE Kyu-hyung will appear in the new fantasy comedy-drama Stellar (literal title). The project will be helmed by My Annoying Brother (2016) director KWON Soo-kyung. SON Ho-jun will appear as Yeong-bae, a top rental car dealer who inherits a car named ‘Stellar’ from this father,...
- by Pierce Conran / Sep 24, 2019
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- CHA Seung-won, KIM Sung-kyun and LEE Kwang-soo Fall into SINKHOLE
- The Tower (2012) director KIM Ji-hoon is returning to the disaster genre for his next project Sinkhole (working title). CHA Seung-won, KIM Sung-kyun and LEE Kwang-soo will star in the action-comedy tentpole. The story concerns a man who finally buys a home after saving up for 11 years, only for it t...
- by Pierce Conran / Aug 23, 2019
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- Showbox Revs Up Sales for HIT-AND-RUN SQUAD
- According to international trade magazine Screen Daily, Korean distributor Showbox has scored several deals for its new action-drama Hit-and-Run Squad. From Coin Locker Girl (2014) director HAN Jun-hee, the film features KONG Hyo-jin, RYU Jun-yeol and JO Jung-suk. Among the international distributor...
- by Pierce Conran / Feb 14, 2019
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- JO Jung-suk and Yoon-a Look for an EXIT
- While the busy high summer season is on the verge on winding down for 2018, one of next year’s summer season contenders has begun production. Debut film of director LEE Sang-geun, the action disaster Exit (working title), starring JO Jung-suk and Kpop superstar Yoon-a, kicked off filming on August 4...
- by Pierce Conran / Aug 22, 2018
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- THE DRUG KING with SONG Kang-ho Eyes Winter Bow
- Originally expected to bow in local theaters in early August, Showbox’s period crime drama The Drug King, from Inside Men (2015) director WOO Min-ho and featuring A Taxi Driver (2017) star SONG Kang-ho, has had its release date delayed to the winter period. Currently, in post-production, the film fe...
- by Pierce Conran / Jun 12, 2018
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- JO Jung-suk and Yoon-a Cast for New Action Disaster Movie EXIT
- JO Jung-suk and Yoon-a will star in a disaster-action movie. “Genius chameleon actor JO Jung-suk and Yoon-a, rising actresses of Confidential Assignment (2017), are cast for EXIT (working title)”, announced the production company Filmmaker R & K and the distributor CJ Entertainment. The disaster...
- by SONG Soon-jin / May 21, 2018