Barunson and AStory Form Strategic Alliance

Barunson E&A and AStory, two of the top production companies in the Korean market, joined hands to form a strategic alliance, which was announced late last month. The companies will jointly develop IP and deliver projects for the international content ...

LEE Byung-hun, PARK Seo-jun and PARK Bo-young Move into CONCRETE UTOPIA

LEE Byung-hun, PARK Seo-jun and PARK Bo-young will be joining forces for the upcoming disaster thriller Concrete Utopia (working title), as confirmed by Lotte Entertainment. UM Tae-hwa, the director of VANISHING TIME: A BOY WHO RETURNED (2016), will helm the p...

Finecut Gets SHIN Min-a's Mystery-Thriller DIVA

Korean sales boutique Finecut has acquired the international sales rights for the upcoming mystery thriller Diva starring SHIN Min-a and LEE Yoo-young. During this month’s Asian Film Market, held over the course of the Busan International Film Festival, the ou...

SHIN Min-a Set to Return to Theaters with DIVA

SHIN Min-a is getting ready to return to the big screen for the first time since the 2014 romantic comedy My Love, My Bride. From hit screenwriter and first-time filmmaker CHO Seul-ye, Diva went into production this month. The mystery-thriller will follow a pr...

AMERICA TOWN Invited to Sydney

America Town, the 11th film by indie auteur JEON Soo-il, will have its international premiere at the Sydney International Film Festival, which kicks off on June 6 and runs until the 17th. The indie drama is the only Korean film invited to this year’s SIFF. The...

UM Tae-goo Weights in for DEMPSEY ROLL

Hyeri of Girl’s Day and KIM Hee-won Co-Star in Boxing Comedy-Drama Boxing comedy-drama Dempsey Roll (working title) kicked off production on April 25. Debut feature work of director JUNG Hyuk-ki, the project stars UM Tae-goo, KIM Hee-won and Girl’s Day member ...

GANG Dong-won to Star in Hollywood Disaster Movie TSUNAMI LA

Actor GANG Dong-won is heading to Hollywood. On December 18th, GANG Dong-won’s management agency YG Entertainment confirmed the actor would star in Tsunami LA, a Hollywood natural disaster movie that will be directed by Simon West. The film features the most m...

VR Melodrama MEET THE MEMORIES – FIRST LOVE Cranks Up

Production has been completed for the first Korean theatrical VR film: VR melodrama Meet the Memories – First Love. The project is being produced by Barunson E&A, which has put out well known films such KIM Jee-woon’s western action film The Good, The Bad,...

VANISHING TIME: A BOY WHO RETURNED Wins Audience Award at the Festival du Film Coréen à Paris

The 12th Festival du Film Coréen à Paris (FFCP) came to a close with a screening of director HUH Jung’s horror film, The Mimic. “We had 14,000 festival attendees this year, which is the most we’ve had so far.” a festival executive reported. In addition, it was...

A TAXI DRIVER Triumphs at 54th Daejong Film Awards

The 54th Daejong (Grand Bell) Film Awards took place in Seoul on the evening of Wednesday, October 25th and handed their top prize to JANG Hun’s Gwangju drama A Taxi Driver, the year’s biggest box office hit with over 12 million viewers. The film also earned a...