HYUN Bin, YOO Hae-jin and IM Yoon-a Return for CONFIDENTIAL ASSIGNMENT 2

HYUN Bin, YOO Hae-jin and IM Yoon-a have all signed on to reunite in Confidential Assignment 2: International (translated title), the sequel to the hit 2017 action-comedy. Joining them in the franchise will be Daniel HENNEY and JIN Seon-kyu. Assuming the direc...

LEE Jung-hyun to Push Herself to the LIMIT

LEE Jung-hyun has signed on to appear in the kidnap-themed crime thriller Limit (literal title), the new film from The Spy: Undercover Operation (2013) director LEE Seung-jun. The star will play police officer So-eun who goes undercover to help parents locate ...

CJ E&M Winds Up 25-Strong Turkish Production Slate

Korea’s top film purveyor CJ E&M is stepping up its production, pipeline in Turkey, after revealing that it is set to finance and distribute 25 titles. They will embark on the projects with the local production companies BKM and TAFF, which count six of la...

CJ Entertainment Turkey Captures 31% of Domestic Winter Sales

CJ E&M’s Turkish venture, CJ Entertainment Turkey, has quickly risen to become a key player in the Turkish film industry. Established in May of last year, CJ Entertainment Turkey has grown quickly and accounted for nearly a third of theater ticket sales in...

CJ E&M Launches Turkish Production Unit

CJ E&M Corp. is planning aggressive inroads into the Turkish film industry. The company announced on May 30th it would establish a Turkish unit, a first time among Korean content companies, and unveiled three Korean-Turkish co-produced films. CJ E&M Co...

CJ E&M Acquires Majority Stake in JK Film

Korea’s top entertainment company CJ E&M has expanded the focus of its film activities after acquiring a majority share in hit film production company JK Film. After purchasing an additional 36% of the company’s stock in a deal worth KRW 15 billion (USD 12...

JK YOUN Signs on to Korea-China Co-Production

Dexter, Wanda Join Forces for KUNG FU ROBOT Blockbuster filmmaker JK YOUN is set to follow his hit period drama Ode to My Father (2014), the second highest grossing Korean film of all time, with Kung Fu Robot, a new joint venture between South Korea and China...

Hyun-bin Sets COOPERATION as Next Project

New Action Blockbuster from Producer JK YOUN Superstar Hyun-bin has selected the North Korea-themed blockbuster Cooperation (literal title) as his next project. With sophomore director KIM Sung-hoon at the helm and hit filmmaker JK YOUN assuming producing dut...

Singapore and Indonesia Indulge in Korean Film

Korean Film Festivals Kick Off in October The 6th Korea-Indonesia Film Festival and the 8th Korean Film Festival Singapore are set to kick off later this month. The Indonesian event, which starts on October 23rd, will feature 11 Korean films, while the Singap...

SEOL Kyung-gu Becomes Professor

Will Lecture at Hanyang University for 1 Year Actor SEOL Kyung-gu is preparing for a special new role as it has been announced that he will teach for one year at Hanyang University,his alma mater. SEOL was an acting student at Hanyang University in the mid-1...