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 las...

RYOO Seung-wan Plots ESCAPE with KIM Yun-seok, ZO In-sung

Action maestro RYOO Seung-wan is preparing to get back in the director’s chair with Escape (working title), a new action-drama that could see him work for the first time with actors KIM Yun-seok and ZO In-sung, who are considering offers to star in the film. C...

HWANG Jung-min Mulling Return as HOSTAGE

Korean star HWANG Jung-min is reportedly considering the project Hostage (translated title), a remake of the Chinese hit Saving Mr. Wu, as his return to the silver screen. The box office magnet was recently on screens in the acclaimed Cannes-screened drama The...

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 di...

PARK Bo-young and KIM Young-kwang Commit to YOUR WEDDING

PARK Bo-young and KIM Young-kwang are set to co-star in the upcoming romantic drama Your Wedding (translated title). In the film’s plot, Soo-jeong (KIM) receives a wedding invitation from his first love Seung-hee (PARK). The film chronicles the 10-year relatio...

LEE Jung-jae Sniffs Out Fake Religions in SABAHA

Top star LEE Jung-jae is taking on the lead role in Sabaha (Korean title), director JANG Jae-hyun’s follow-up to his smash hit exorcism debut The Priests. From production company Filmmaker R & K, the project is scheduled to begin production in November. JA...

RYOO Seung-wan Working on THE BERLIN FILE 2 Script

On the eve of the debut of his latest film The Battleship Island, one of the year’s biggest Korean releases, RYOO Seung-wan is said to be working on a sequel for his 2013 North Korea-themed spy thriller The Berlin File. Though no start date has been fixed, he ...

BATTLESHIP ISLAND Ends 6-Month Shoot

After a six-month shoot, RYOO Seung-wan’s Battleship Island, one of next year’s most anticipated films, wrapped production on December 20th on the Chuncheon set in Gangwon-do Province. The film stars HWANG Jung-min, SO Ji-sub, SONG Joong-ki, LEE Jung-hyun and ...

Filming for BATTLESHIP ISLAND Kicks Off Next Month in Chuncheon

RYOO Seung-wan’s Latest to Use 6,600㎡ Set RYOO Seung-wan’s next project, the World War II escape drama Battleship Island, is gearing up for filming, which will begin next month in the city of Chuncheon in Gangwon-do Province. It’ll be all hands on deck as sta...

LEE Jung-hyun Boards BATTLESHIP ISLAND

RYOO Seung-wan’s Latest Starts Shooting in June Following her awards success in the hit indie Alice In Earnestland, LEE Jung-hyun has boarded Battleship Island. Director RYOO Seung-wan’s latest is coming together as the actress joins the already announced sta...