Korean Studio Presents Explosive Lineup in Cannes Marché
Korea’s
CJ Entertainment returns to the official selection at Cannes for the fourth year on the trot with their upcoming North Korea-themed espionage drama
The Spy Gone North (2017). Meanwhile, the company is also busy on the Marché floor with a heavy lineup of major genre titles due for release in the coming months.
Prior to YOON’s spy drama, which is scheduled for opening later in the summer at home, CJ will be releasing their buddy investigative comedy-thriller sequel
The Accidental Detective 2: In Action in Korea next month. The film reunites
KWON Sang-woo’s amateur sleuth with
SUNG Dong-il’s weathered detective on a new missing person’s case. Stepping into the director’s chair is
E.oni, who last made the women’s kidnap thriller
MISSING (2016).
Upcoming action extravaganza
Take Point will reunite
KIM Byung-woo and
HA Jung-woo, the director and star of the 2013 chamber thriller
The Terror, LIVE. HA stars as an elite mercenary who takes on a covert CIA mission to kidnap a North Korean minister in 2024 on the eve of the presidential election in the United-States. The film co-stars
LEE Sun-kyun (
A Hard Day, 2014) as well as Tony Award-winning actress Jennifer Ehle (
A Quiet Passion) and Hollywood character actor Kevin Durand (
X-Men Origins: Wolverine).
Also in CJ’s Cannes market lineup is the upcoming fantasy drama
The Soul-Mate. From
Enemy at the Dead End (2010) director
JO Won-hee, the film is one of many upcoming star vehicles for
Don LEE (aka
MA Dong-seok), who hit the big time recently with
TRAIN TO BUSAN (2016) and last year’s surprise hit
THE OUTLAWS.
KIM Young-kwang (
Hot Young Bloods, 2014) plays a police officer who’s soul separates from his body following an accident. He wants to get back to his case and his girlfriend but the only person who can see him is none other than his archenemy, played by LEE.