CHOI Min-shik Takes a Bet on CASINO Series for THE OUTLAWS Director

Veteran star CHOI Min-shik is mulling a return to the small screen. His agency C-JeS Entertainment confirmed that he is positively considering an offer to star in the series Casino, from THE OUTLAWS (2017) director KANG Yun-sung. If he accepts the role, it wou...

BONG Joon-ho and SONG Kang-ho Receive Orders of Cultural Merit from Government

BONG Joon-ho and SONG Kang-ho, the director and star combo of critical hit Parasite, have received Orders of Cultural Merit from the Korean government. The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism awarded the Eungwan Order of Cultural Merit to BONG, which is th...

IDOL, HAN Suk-kyu and SUL Kyung-gu Awarded at Fantasia

LEE Su-jin’s sophomore film Idol picked up the Cheval Noir Award for Best Film at the recently concluded 23rd edition of the Fantasia International Film Festival in Montreal. The film’s stars HAN Suk-kyu and SUL Kyung-gu also shared the Cheval Noir Award for B...

SONG Kang-ho to Receive Excellence Award in Locarno

SONG Kang-ho is set to be honored at this year’s 72nd Locarno International Film Festival, where he will become the first person from Asia to receive the festival’s Excellence Award. Currently on screens in BONG Joon-ho’s PARASITE, which walked away from the C...

IM Si-wan and BAE Sung-woo Join HA Jung-woo in BOSTON 1947

During a recent fan meeting, superstar HA Jung-woo revealed who would be joining him in the upcoming period sports drama Boston 1947. Young star IM Si-wan and character actor BAE Sung-woo appear set to star alongside HA in the KANG Je-kyu-directed marathon dra...

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 eigh...

LIM Won-hee, KIM Won-hae and YOON Je-moon Join ASTRONOMY

LIM Won-hee, KIM Won-hae and YOON Je-moon have been added to the cast of Astronomy. The Joseon Era costume drama is the latest work from melodrama hitmaker HUR Jin-ho. The actors will join previously set leads CHOI Min-sik and HAN Suk-kyu in the film that will...

HA Jung-woo Considers a Trip to BOSTON 1947

Busy actor HA Jung-woo has reportedly received an offer to topline another major upcoming project. As reported by his management agency Artist Company, the star is considering the lead role in the period sports drama Boston 1947, from tentpole helmer KANG Je-g...

HAN Suk-kyu and CHOI Min-shik Fated to Reunite for ASTRONOMY

Actors HAN Suk-kyu and CHOI Min-shik will work together for the third time on the upcoming period drama Astronomy (translated title). It will be their first joint project in 20 years, following 1999’s Swiri, the original Korean blockbuster. Furthermore, the fi...

IDOL Begins Filming with HAN Suk-kyu, SUL Kyung-gu and CHUN Woo-hee

LEE Su-jin’s long-awaited Han Gong-ju (2014) follow-up Idol kicked off filming on October 24th. The crime thriller is a star-studded affair featuring SUL Kyung-gu, HAN Suk-kyu and CHUN Woo-hee, who rose to stardom following LEE’s debut. HAN plays a politician ...