“Korea Is the Perfect Market!” Paramount+, the Hollywood Major Studio, Chose Korea as the First Partner in Asia

Hollywood's major studio Paramount has chosen Korea as its first partner to advance to Asia. On June 16, Paramount+ held a ‘Media Day’ to introduce ‘Paramount+ Brand Hall,’ launched in partnership with TVING, a Korean OTT platform.Many people attended the ...

Lee Joonik’s YONDER to Become 1st Paramount+ Korean Drama

Yonder, the debut drama series of celebrated Korean filmmaker Lee Joonik, is set to become the first Korean series to air on the new Paramount+ streaming service. The show is part of a slate of six international scripted originals that will launch on the servi...

Yoo Haejin Joins JK Films’ DOG DAYS

Actor Joins Youn Yuhjung and Kim Yunjin in Heartwarming DramaActor Yoo Haejin appears set to join the cast for the upcoming drama Dog Days (literal title). The actor is reviewing the script and is said to be positively considering his offer to appear in the pr...

OK! MADAM and ME AND ME to Bookend 15th Paris Korean Film Festival

FFCP to Host Special Screenings of THE CLOSET and FORBIDDEN DREAMThe Paris Korean Film Festival (FFCP) is set to return for its 15th edition from June 23 to July 4. Opening this year’s festivities will be Lee Cheolha’s OK! MADAM (2020), the sky-high action-com...

CHOI Min-shik and RYU Jun-yeol Sign Up for THE OWL

CHOI Min-shik and RYU Jun-yeol are set to join forces in the upcoming period drama The Owl (translated title). It is the second collaboration between the actors, following JUNG Ji-woo’s Heart Blackened in 2017.The film will take place during the Joseon Era and...

Black Comedy SSEOL with KIM Kang-hyun, KANG Chan-hee & JUNG Jin-young Starts Filming

Upcoming black comedy Sseol (working title), featuring a cast consisting of KIM Kang-hyun,KANG Chan-hee, KIM So-ra, JO Jae-yun, JUNG Jin-young and JANG Kwang, went into production in November. The film is being directed by HWANG Seung-jae. Sseol will describe ...

ME AND ME Picks Up 2 Prizes at Fantasia Film Festival

Me and Me, the well-received directing debut of veteran actor JUNG Jin-young, has picked up a pair of prizes at the recent 24th edition of the Fantasia International Film Festival, the Montreal-based festival which this year took place online. The mystery-dram...

5 Korean Films Announced in Fantasia’s 2nd Wave

The Fantasia International Film Festival will be returning for its 24th edition on August 20, but this year’s event will be an unusual one as it will take place exclusively online, owing to continued global concerns over the spread of the 2019-nCoV virus. The ...

LEE Joon-ik Wraps 2nd B&W Period Feature JA-SAN-EO-BO

Ja-san-eo-bo (Korean title), the latest film by prolific hitmaker LEE Joon-ik, has wrapped production. Featuring SUL Kyung-gu and BYUN Yo-han, the film follows Dongju: The Portrait of a Poet (2016) as Director LEE’s second black and white film. SUL plays real-...

M-Line Scores FENGSHUI and SUNSET IN MY HOMETOWN Deals

Korean international sales agent M-Line Distribution has announced several deals for its current titles Feng Shui and Sunset in My Hometown. The company also added a slew of new Busan International Film Festival screened titles to its lineup. From Perfect Game...