THE DIVINE MOVE 2: THE WRATHFUL Angles for November Release

The Divine Move 2: The Wrathful, a prequel to the JUNG Woo-sung hit The Divine Move (2014), is scheduled to open in early November. KWON Sang-woo takes the lead in the prequel, while KIM Hee-won, KIM Sung-kyun and HEO Sung-tae round out the rest of the main ca...

Family Comedy CHEER UP MR. LEE Enters Production with CHA Seung-won and More

Upcoming comedy Cheer Up, Mr. Lee (working title) kicked off production on June 23. Featuring CHA Seung-won in the lead, the film is the latest from LUCK-KEY (2016) director LEE Gae-byok. CHA features as Chul-soo, a man who has it all but seems to be missing s...

Actor LEE Beom-su to Produce UHM BOK-DONG

Actor LEE Beom-su (Opteration Chromite, 2016; The Divine Move, 2014) will produce a movie, UHM Bok-dong (W/T), about a cyclist during the Japanese Occupation. UHM Bok-dong brought comfort to people’s painful lives in Korea under the Japanese colonization along...

LEE Jong-hyeuk Joins LEE Beom-su IN THE LINE OF FIRE

Popular actor LEE Jong-hyeuk has signed on to star alongside LEE Beom-su in the forthcoming period thriller In the Line of Fire. The film will mark the directorial debut of NOH Kyu-yeob, formerly an assistant director on 2008’s Portrait of a Beauty. LEE Jong-...

OPERATION CHROMITE Screens at Global US Army Bases

Summer Korean War hit Operation Chromite was screened at several US military bases around the world on September 16th. The film was already a hit in Korea, where it topped 7 million admissions (USD 48.94 million) after its release on July 27th. The film has al...

CJ Generates Buzz with THE HANDMAIDEN at EFM

New Titles Romcom LIKE FOR LIKES and Vietnamese Thriller TRACER Among the most eagerly anticipated Korean films this year is PARK Chan-wook’s upcoming erotic thriller The Handmaiden. Starring HA Jung-woo (Assassination, 2015) and KIM Min-hee (Right Now, Wrong...

LEE Jung-jae Confirmed Alongside Liam Neeson in OPERATION CHROMITE

LEE Jung-jae Confirmed Alongside Liam Neeson in OPERATION CHROMITELEE Beom-su also Joins Korean War Film Cast Following the announcement that global star Liam Neeson would be appearing as General Douglas MacArthur in the Korean War film Operation Chromite, loc...

JUNG Woo-sung and HWANG Jung-min Team Up for New Thriller

Veteran KIM Sung-soo at the Helm As if he wasn’t busy enough already, redhot star HWANG Jung-min has signed on to another project, this time alongside fellow superstar JUNG Woo-sung. At the helm of Asura will be KIM Sung-soo, who previously directed JUNG in B...

Korean Film Festival in Australia Loads 6th Edition

20-Strong Lineup to Suit All Tastes The popular Korean Film Festival in Australia (KOFFIA) is returning for its 6th edition later this month, as it will present an impressive roster of 20 Korean films spanning commercial and indie fare, genre, animation and d...

New Film from EUNGYO Director JUNG Ji-woo

What It Means to Be in 4th Place Director JUNG Ji-woo of Engyo (2011) is in post-production for his newest feature, Fourth Place (translated title). Fourth Place features child star YOO Jae-sang (The Divine Move) and Hwayi: A Monster Boy and TV series Misaeng’...