JOO Won to Headline JUNG Byung-gil’s CARTER for Netflix

Following the Cannes-invited action film The Villainess (2017), JUNG Byung-gil is returning with the action-thriller Carter and joining him in the title role will be actor JOO Won. The film will be one of the first two Netflix Original Films made for Korea, th...

JUNG Byung-gil Signs with Hollywood agent

JUNG Byung-gil, director of the action noir The Villainess (2017), has signed with Hollywood agency CAA (Creative Artists Agency). CAA is one of the three main agencies in America, along with WME and UTA and has represented several Korean luminaries in the pas...

HWANG Jung-min and LEE Jung-jae to DELIVER US FROM EVIL

Stars HWANG Jung-min, LEE Jung-jae, PARK Jung-min and CHOI Hee-seo have lined up to appear in the upcoming action-drama Deliver Us from Evil (translated title). The film is the latest from Office (2015) director HONG Won-chan and kicked off production on Septe...

THE VILLAINESS Headed for the Small Screen

JUNG Byung-gil’s Cannes-invited action-thriller The Villainess (2017) will be adapted for the small screen in the United States. The film’s distributor Contents Panda revealed that they have signed a deal with Skybound Entertainment to produce a series based o...

JUNG Byung-gil to Direct Gerald Butler in Hollywood Debut

THE VILLAINESS Filmmaker Signs on for Comic Adaption AFTERBURN Action filmmaker JUNG Byung-gil is set to embark on his Hollywood debut after signing on to di-rect the action film Afterburn. Featuring Scottish star Gerald Butler, the project was unveiled at the...

THE OUTLAWS’ JANG Won-seok Wins Producers Guild of Korea Prize

The Producers Guild of Korea (PGK) has awarded its Producer of the Year Award to JANG Won-seokof BA Entertainment, the man behind this year’s runway Chuseok hit THE OUTLAWS. The same award went to Train to Busan’s LEE Dong-ha in 2016. The PGK held its 10th ann...

Excellence in Action Cinema Award for JUNG Byung-gil in New York

Director JUNG Byung-gil will be traveling to New York this week to collect the Daniel E. Craft Award for Excellence in Action Cinema for his latest work The Villainess, which serves as the closing film of this year’s 16th edition of the New York Asian Film Fes...

CONFESSION OF MURDER Remake a Hit in Japan

Confession of Murder, the Japanese update of the 2012 Korean thriller of the same name, unseated Beauty and the Beast’s seven-week reign at the box office in Japan and held on to the top spot for three weeks, accumulating USD 12.8 million as of last weekend. T...

THE VILLAINESS to Kick Off Fantasia Film Festival

The 21st edition of the Fantasia International Film Festival, one of the largest genre film celebrations in North America, will kick off on July 13th with JUNG Byung-gil’s stylish action-thriller The Villainess, which recently impressed audiences at the Cannes...

THE VILLAINESS Singled Out for Terrific Action at Cannes

One of two Korean films playing in the Midnight Screenings of this year’s Cannes Film Festival, The Villainess had its world premiere on May 21st and despite its 12:30am start and 130 minutes running time, its intense action, which has been roundly praised by ...