SUL Kyung-gu and DOH Kyung-soo Prepare for Trip to THE MOON

Veteran star SUL Kyung-gu and actor-singer sensation DOH Kyung-soo (aka D.O.) have been offered and are positively considering the leading roles in The Moon (literal title), the upcoming space action-drama from Along with the Gods(2017) director KIM Yong-hwa. ...

CHA Seung-won Period Film Begins Production

KANG Woo-suk’s Embarks on 20th Film with GOSANJA Period film Gosanja: The Great Map of the East Land (literal title) began production on August 17th with star CHA Seung-won in the lead and veteran director KANG Woo-suk at the helm. Based on PARK Bum-shin’s 2...

ASSASSINATION Becomes the 12th Korean Film to Cross 10 Million Viewers

Second Film over the Mark for Director CHOI Dong-hoon After 25 days on release, CHOI Dong-hoon’s period action flick Assassination became the 12th Korean film (16th overall) to cross the 10 million viewer mark at the Korean box office, reaching the mark on th...

CHA Seung-won Boards Period Epic

The Story of Geographer and Cartographer KIM Jeong-ho Actor CHA Seung-won, who has had an explosive growth in popularity due to his appearance in a recent reality TV show, has confirmed that he is signing on for a new period film from director KANG Woo-suk. Ba...

KANG Woo-suk Preps Next Film

Will Adapt Joseon Era Novel THE MAP MAKER   Veteran filmmaker and producer KANG Woo-suk has set his next project, which will be an adaptation of the 2009 novel The Map Maker by PARK Bum-shin. The Daesan Literary Award-winning tome is based on the story of...

THE ATTORNEY Climbs to 8th on All Time Chart

Courtroom Drama Overtakes SILMIDO YANG Woo-suk’s redhot debut The Attorney, featuring a strong turn from Korean star SONG Kang-ho, is still a hot ticket in Korean cinemas, having climbed up another rung on the all time chart over the Lunar New Year Weekend. ...

MISS GRANNY Tops Huge Lunar New Year Weekend

Record Fri-Sun Attendance for Korean Box Office The Lunar New Year holiday is always a busy time at the Korean box office but the festivities in 2014 reached a new benchmark, not just for the holiday but for the calendar as a whole. 4.95 million viewers shuff...

JI Chang-wook Joins SEOL Kyung-gu in DU POJOL

SEOL Kyung-gu and JI Chang-wook are set to star in Du Posol (Two Policemen, working title), the newest film from KANG Woo-suk who previously directed Silmido (2003) and Public Enemy (2002). Director KANG already selected SEOL Kyung-gu, who already starred in K...

THE ATTORNEY Crosses 10 Million Viewers in 33 Days

YANG Woo-suk’s debut film The Attorney has become the ninth Korean film and tenth overall to breach the ten million viewer milestone. The surprise winter hit reached the mark in just 33 days. Per the Korean Film Council’s official statistics, as of the end of ...

SEOL Kyung-gu to Star in TWO POLICEMEN

The great SEOL Kyung-gu of Oasis (2002) and Public Enemy (2002) is set to star in KANG Woo-suk’s 20th film, Two Policemen (literal translation). Cinema Service Co. Ltd., the producer of the project, announced that SEOL was the first to be cast and that the tit...