A TAXI DRIVER Gases Up at European Korean Film Fests

JANG Hun’s smash hit A Taxi Driver has received five invitations from Korean film events in Europe taking place over the next few months. Director JANG will personally attend both the 6th Korean Filmfestival in Frankfurt and the 12th Korean Film Festival in Pa...

SON Ye-jin and SO Ji-sub Come Together for Melodrama BE WITH YOU

Stars SON Ye-jin and SO Ji-sub will team up for the first time in the upcoming melodrama Be With You (working title). Based on the Japanese novel Now, I Am Coming to See You by writer ICHIKAWA Takuji, the project will mark the feature directing debut of LEE Ja...

A TAXI DRIVER Rolls Up to International Markets

High summer release A Taxi Driver is scheduled to open in several English-speaking territories next month as well as across Asia in September, shortly after its domestic release. The film is a tale of the Gwangju Democracy Movement of 1980 from director JANG H...

Fantasia Hails A TAXI DRIVER for Closing Slot

Gwangju Uprising drama A Taxi Driver, featuring SONG Kang-ho and Thomas Kretschmann, has been selected as the closing film of this year’s Fantasia International Film Festival. Directed by JANG Hun, the work will join Cannes midnighter The Villainess, which was...

THE BATTLESHIP ISLAND to Debut in the United States On August 4th

RYOO Seung-wan’s slave labor war film, The Battleship Island will debut in the United States on August 4th after its domestic release on July 26th. After the film’s American premiere, it will be released in Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Malaysia, ...

THE BATTLESHIP ISLAND Plots Escape to 113 Countries

CJ Entertainment’s flagship summer title The Battleship Island has sold to 113 countries ahead of its domestic release next month. The WWII action drama is RYOO Seung-wan’s follow-up to his hit 2015 thriller Veteran. The title lured many buyers for CJ Entertai...

JANG Hun to Follow A TAXI DRIVER with DELIBERATION

Although director JANG Hun is currently busy gearing up for the release of his summer drama A Taxi Driver he has already set his next project, which will be an adaptation of the stage play Deliberation by LEE Yoon-taek. Deliberation, which was also adapted int...

Showbox Drives A TAXI DRIVER into Cannes Market

Following their election drama The Mayor with CHOI Min-shik, released at the end of last month, Korean investor and distributor Showbox is gearing up for another major political drama with A Taxi Driver, as well as horror film Gonjiam: Haunted Asylum and the s...

United Pictures Boards ROMANS 8:37

During this year’s Hong Kong International Film and TV Market, Korean distributor United Pictures announced that they have picked up Romans 8:37 (working title), the new title from indie filmmaker SHIN Yeon-shick. The film concerns a church minister who become...

UHM Tae-woong Returns in KIM Ki-duk Produced FORK LANE

Actor UHM Tae-woong recently began shooting the indie film Fork Lane, the new production from KIM Ki-duk’s production house, a KIM KI-DUK film. Directing the project is LEE Ju-hyoung, whose debut, the 2013 North Korean spy drama Red Family, was also produced b...