BONG Joon-ho to Produce American SEA FOG

Director BONG Joon-ho is gearing up to produce an American version of Haemoo, the 2014 sea-bound thriller he produced and co-wrote with director SHIM Sung-bo. Titled Sea Fog, the film will be helmed by Calibre director Matt PALMER with production company Parti...

Lee Isaac CHUNG’s MINARI with Steven YEUN Wows in Sundance Debut

One of the most talked-about films to premiere at the Sundance Film Festival this year has been Minari, the latest film by Korean-American director Lee Isaac CHUNG. The film, which has drawn universal acclaim in Park City, is executive produced by Hollywood ac...

57 Nations to Take a Look at THE WITNESS

Korean thriller The Witness, one of the top-performing titles of the summer, has also become a top global seller for sales agent Contents Panda. The outfit announced that the film has been picked up for distribution in 57 territories. The first international s...

KIM Jee-woon’s Sci-fi Action INRANG Starts Shooting in August

Following-up his hit The Age of Shadows from last year, KIM Jee-woon will be back in the director’s chair in August for his ninth film, currently titled Inrang. The sci-fi action title is a live action adaption of OSHII Mamoru’s anime Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade...

KANG Ha-neul, GIM Mu-yeol Finish NIGHT OF MEMORIES

Night of Memories (working title), a new mystery-thriller featuring young actors KANG Ha-neul and GIM Mu-yeol, completed its three-month shoot on June 8th. The film is the latest project from director ZHANG Hang-jun and will be distributed locally by Megabox I...

ORDINARY PERSON Invited to New York, Moscow and Fukuoka

The SON Hyun-ju-led thriller ORDINARY PERSON has received a raft of festival invitations which will see it travel the globe over three continents in the next few months. Coming up in its festival itinerary will be stops at the New York Asian Film Festival, the...

Warner Bros. and KIM Jee-woon Team Up Once More on JIN-ROH Remake

Director KIM Jee-woon is gearing up for his next project which will be a Korean adaptation of the Japanese animation Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade (1999). GANG Dong-won is in talks to headline the project which will be financed and distributed by Warner Bros., whi...

Netflix Takes Enters into LUCID DREAM

2nd Korean Acquisition for Online Streaming Giant Current sci-fi thriller Lucid Dream has become only the second Korean film to enter into a distribution contract with online streaming giant Netflix. The film, which debuted in Korean theaters on February 23rd,...

Goyang Aqua Studio Has the Highest Profit since Its Opening

Goyang Aqua Studio recorded the highest earnings since its opening, with USD 237,000 as of November, 2016. It has worked with 14 projects this year, including The Legend of the Blue Sea, a TV series starring Gianna JUN and LEE Min-ho, and written by My Love fr...

Brace of Awards for Korean Filmmakers in Moscow

Prizes for WORST WOMAN and MRS.B. A NORTH KOREAN WOMAN Two Korean filmmakers walked away with awards from the recent Moscow International Film Festival, which ran from June 23rd to 30th. Director KIM Jong-kwan received the FIPRESCI Prize for his indie drama W...