CHA Seung-won Vehicle CHEER UP, MR. LEE Wraps Filming

Family comedy Cheer Up, Mr. Lee (working title), the follow-up project of LUCK-KEY (2016)’s director LEE Gae-byok, featuring CHA Seung-won and PARK Hae-joon in the lead roles, completed three months of shooting on September 22. Not to be confused with the 2013...

PARK Hae-joon Joins CHA Seung-won for CHEER UP MYSTERY

Following their scene-stealing roles together in the current box office smash Believer, rising star PARK Hae-joon and veteran actor CHA Seung-won will pair up once again in Cheer Up Mystery (translated title), the third work of LUCK-KEY (2016) director LEE Gae...

Well Go to Release BELIEVER Stateside on June 8

LEE Hae-young’s fourth film Believer, the explosive remake of Johnny TO’s noir action Drug War, has booked itself a North American theatrical release through local distributor Well Go USA. The film will open in limited Stateside theaters on June 8. The Handmai...

LEE Hae-young’s DOKJEON Wraps with CHO Jin-woong and RYU Jun-yeol

Director LEE Hae-young’s upcoming Dokjeon (Korean title), a remake of Johnny TO’s Drug War, completed around five months of filming on November 16th. The crime thriller stars CHO Jin-woong, RYU Jun-yeol and the late KIM Joo-hyuk in his final performance. Dokje...

Director LEE Hae-young Readies for DRUG WAR

The Silenced (2015) director LEE Hae-young will be back on set at the beginning of July as he kicks off production of his fourth feature Drug War, a Korean remake of Johnny To’s 2013 HK-China co-production. Joining the director on set are CHO Jin-woong, CHA Se...

LEE Sung-min and SHIN Ha-kyun Blow into WIND WIND WIND

Following his youth comedy hit Twenty (2015), director LEE Byoung-heon is returning with Wind Wind Wind (translated title). Joining him for his latest project will be stars LEE Sung-min and SHIN Ha-kyun. Filming is expected to begin on March 13th for the film,...

LEE Yo-won Joins Family Drama THE YOUNGEST

JUNG Man-sik, E Som Round Out Family Picture Actress LEE Yo-won has signed on to play the lead role in the new family drama The Youngest. The film, which marks the debut of director MA Dae-yun, will also feature JUNG Man-sik, E Som and child star JUNG Joon-wo...

MAN ON HIGH HEELS Walks Away with Grand Prize in Beaune

Two Awards for Transgender Cop Film in French Thriller Film Fest For its 8th edition, the Beaune International Thriller Film Festival gave both its Grand Prize and Critics’ Award to JANG Jin’s transgender cop thriller Man on High Heels. Though the film drew j...

CHA Seung-won Period Film Begins Production

KANG Woo-suk’s Embarks on 20th Film with GOSANJA Period film Gosanja: The Great Map of the East Land (literal title) began production on August 17th with star CHA Seung-won in the lead and veteran director KANG Woo-suk at the helm. Based on PARK Bum-shin’s 2...

Korean Film Festival DC Lines Up 11 Films

Kicks off on Korea Day with THE SATELLITE GIRL AND MILK COW Kicking off on the 3rd in honor of Korea Day at the Freer and Sackler Galleries of the Smithsonian’s Museums of Asian Art in Washington, DC, the Korean Film Festival DC, curated by To Vick, will roll...