Scripted Series THE CURSED Gets Movie Spinoff

According to distributor CJ Entertainment, The Cursed: Repeat (translated title), a movie spinoff of the YEON Sang-ho-scripted tvN series The Cursed, has wrapped production after three months of filming. Principal photography began on September 9 and was compl...

PENINSULA Sets August 7 Launch in North America

YEON Sang-ho’s Train to Busan (2016) sequel Peninsula has just opened in several Asian markets and is now set to invade North America, where local distributor Well Go USA has announced that it will be released on August 7. Part of this year’s Cannes selection,...

PENINSULA Set to Launch in 185 Countries

Peninsula, the highly anticipated sequel to YEON Sang-ho’s global phenomenon TRAIN TO BUSAN (2016), is poised to be another breakthrough success after foreign sale agent Contents Panda announced that the film has been presold to 185 countries across the globe....

LEE Joon-ik Wraps 2nd B&W Period Feature JA-SAN-EO-BO

Ja-san-eo-bo (Korean title), the latest film by prolific hitmaker LEE Joon-ik, has wrapped production. Featuring SUL Kyung-gu and BYUN Yo-han, the film follows Dongju: The Portrait of a Poet (2016) as Director LEE’s second black and white film. SUL plays real-...

YEON Sang-ho to Make Debut as TV Writer

TRAIN TO BUSAN (2016) director YEON Sang-ho is gearing up for a new challenge as a TV writer as reports suggest he will pen the script for the upcoming series Method (translated title) for cable network tvN. Hope (2013) star UHM Ji-won is considering an offer ...

M-Line Adds ZOMBIE ON SALE and FENG SHUI to Cannes Slate

Sales Agent Scores Multiple Deals for Youth Drama LITTLE FOREST Going into this year’s Marché du Film at the Cannes Film Festival, M-Line Distribution announced a slew of sales for their youth drama Little Forest from director YIM Soon-rye (Forever the Moment,...

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...

Korean Film Festival in Cambodia Shines a Light on LEE Joon-ik

Hitmaker Retrospective at 9th Edition For its 9th edition, which took place over November 27th to 29th last year, the Korean Film Festival in Cambodia staged a special retrospective featuring five works from acclaimed filmmaker LEE Joon-ik. Taking place at th...

PRINCESS DEOKHYE Adds JUNG Jin-young, LA Mi-ran

HUR Jin-ho Drama Completes Casting, Goes Before Cameras This Month Announced earlier this year, HUR Jin-ho’s colonial era drama Princess Deokhye has added JUNG Jin-young, LA Mi-ran and KIM So-hyun to its cast. They join already announced cast members SON Ye-j...

Korean Film Festival in Philippines Launches 2015 Edition

Discussion 7 Films to Screen in 4 Cities The Korean Cultural Center in the Philippines (KCC) and the Embassy of the Republic of Korea kicked off the 2015 edition of the Korean Film Festival in Davao at the SM Lanang Premiere on September 17th until the 21st a...