DREAM with Park Seojun and IU to Complete Production in Europe

Extreme Job (2019)The sports drama Dream (literal title), the latest film from Extreme Job (2019) director Lee Byoungheon, is set to complete production during an overseas shoot that will take place in Europe beginning in March.Starring Park Seojoon and IU (ak...

Cinéfondation Selects K’Arts Short CICADA

Yoon Daewon Film Invited to CannesThe Korean short film Cicada, from student filmmaker Yoon Daewon, has been invited to the Cinéfondation section of this year’s Cannes Film Festival. The short joins two other Korean features already invited to the prestigious ...

PARK Seo-jun Laces Up for Soccer Film DREAM

PARK Seo-jun, star of Midnight Runners (2017) and The Divine Fury, will play the lead in Dream (working title), the latest film from director LEE Byoung-heon, the hitmaker behind this year’s comedy smash Extreme Job. The young star will play YOON Hong-dae, a s...

Bronze Audience Award for EXTREME JOB in Udine

After becoming the second most successful film of all time in the Korean market earlier this year, Extreme Job ushered in more good tidings after picking up an award on the film festival circuit. The hit comedy earned the Bronze Audience Award at the Far East ...

Kevin Hart to Produce, with Eye to Star In, EXTREME JOB Remake

Extreme Job, the surprise hit that became the most successful Korean comedy of all time earlier this year, will be remade in Hollywood by Kevin HART’s production company Hartbeat and Universal Pictures. The deal was struck by the film’s Korean producer and dis...

LEE Jun-ho and JEONG So-min Team Up for GIBANG BACHELOR

K-pop star LEE Jun-ho, of the popular boyband 2PM, is starring alongside JEONG So-min in the upcoming period comedy drama Gibang Bachelor (working title). The project is the latest from director NAM Dae-joong, who previously helmed the youth comedy-drama THE L...

RYU Seung-ryong Kicks Off 2019 with Lunar New Year Comedy and Netflix Original Series

Kicking off the new year in style will be box-office draw RYU Seung-ryong, who is headlining both the Lunar New Year theatrical release Extreme Job and Kingdom, the first Korean Netflix Original series, both of which will premiere in January. A veteran charact...

OH Ha-nee Picks Up Best Actress at FirstGlance Philadelphia

Actress OH Ha-nee has picked up the Best Actress prize at the recent 21st edition of the FirstGlance Film Festival Philadelphia for her role in the short film Eve. The film was nominated in for Best Actress, Best Director, Best Editing, Best Sound Design and B...

LEE Jun-ho to Make Screen Comeback in Period Comedy

LEE Jun-ho, a member of the popular K-pop boyband 2PM, has selected his next film project which will be the period comedy Gibang Bachelor (working title). The project will be helmed by NAM Dae-joong, the director who debuted with the youth comedy The Last Ride...

CONTENTS PANDA Presents THE VANISHED at EFM

Thriller, comedies, horrors and indie dramas make up the sales lineup for CONTENTS PANDA in Berlin this year. Having recently sold its titles The Chase (2017), Steel Rain (2017) and Psychokinesis to Netflix, the busy distributor launched sales on an array of n...