JANG Dong-gun and KIM Ha-neul to Host BIFF Opening Ceremony

The opening ceremony of this year’s 22nd Busan International Film Festival (BIFF) will be hosted by actors JANG Dong-gun and KIM Ha-neul. The ceremony will take place at the Busan Cinema Center on October 12th and will be followed by a presentation of this yea...

LEE Min-ho’s BOUNTY HUNTERS Targets China Box Office

$17 Million Opening Weekend for Action-Comedy Bounty Hunters, a new Chinese film featuring Korean superstar LEE Min-ho in the lead role, made waves during its debut at the Middle Kingdom box office in early July. Opening on July 1st, the film grossed USD 17.3...

MY GIRLFRIEND IS AN AGENT Remake Pushing Ahead

Sajid KHAN at the Helm at Action-Romcom Upate Indian press is reporting that four years after remake rights were initially sold by Korean outfit M-Line Distribution, an Indian version of action-romcom hit My Girlfriend Is an Agent (2009) is finally taking shap...

KANG Ji-hwan to Make Debut in China

Romantic Comedy Heaven’s Price Begins Shooting in Dalian Starring KANG Ji-hwan, a Korean-Chinese co-production Heaven’s Price started shooting recently.According to his management company, KANG’s debut romantic comedy Heaven’s Price began shooting last 11th i...

Chinese Remake BLIND Wraps up Production

The KOFIC-funded Co-production Stars Top Chinese Casts           Following the success of Chinese remakes of Korean films such as A Wedding Invitation and 20 Once Again, film industries in both countries have recently shown interest in...

BOUNTY HUNTERS Preys on LEE Min-ho

SHIN Terra at the Helm of China-HK-Korea Action-Comedy Blockbuster     The gears are winding up once more for another co-production between China and South Korea (as well as Hong Kong), this time with none other than LEE Min-ho, one of the most popul...

FEMALE TEACHER in Session with KIM Ha-neul

Commercial Debut for Director KIM Tae-yong Top star KIM Ha-neul has chosen her next film project, which will be Female Teacher (literal translation), the commercial debut of director KIM Tae-yong (not to be confused with the Late Autumn [2010] filmmaker of ...

KIM Ha-neul to Star in Korea-China Co-production MAKING FAMILY

Shooting Begins This November Korean Actress KIM Ha-neul of My Girlfriend is an Agent (2009) announced on November 6th that she will be the lead actress in upcoming Korea-China co-production Making Family. KIM has been active on both the big and small screen, ...

SEOL Kyung-gu and YEO Jin-gu Team for Korean War Film

WESTERN FRONT 1953 to Start Shooting in September A new Korean War film is in the works with veteran SEOL Kyung-gu and young idol YEO Jin-gu attached to star. Western Front 1953 will mark the directing debut of experienced screenwriter CHEON seong-il. Filming...

KIM Ha-neul Joins JUNG Woo-sung on DON’T FORGET ME

Crowd-funded Indie Feature Adds Big Stars Actress KIM Ha-neul will join the already confirmed JUNG Woo-sung on the upcoming crowd-funded indie feature Don’t Forget Me from first time filmmaker LEE Yoon-jung. JUNG is also serving as a producer on the project.D...