SPACE SWEEPERS Confirms Netflix Launch

Following rumors that surfaced in October, Netflix has confirmed that it will launch SPACE SWEEPERS globally on its streaming service. From director JO Sung-hee, the film has drawn attention for being Korea’s first ever space-set blockbuster. It stars SONG Joo...

18th Florence Korea Film Fest to Spotlight CHO Jin-woong

After being delayed from its usual March slot by this year’s COVID-19 pandemic, the Florence Korea Film Fest is set to return for its 18th edition between September 23 and 30. The festival will open with BLACK MONEY (2019) and will feature a special focus on t...

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....

Cannes Taps PENINSULA and HEAVEN: TO THE LAND OF HAPPINESS for Official Lineup

Though the festival will not take place this year owing to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, the Cannes Film Festival announced its 73rd official selection on the evening of June 3rd. Among the 56 titles for this unusual 2020 edition, which features no sections, ...

KIM Hye-jun Joins SONG Joong-ki and JIN Seon-kyu in THE SEASON OF YOU AND ME

SONG Joon-ki and JIN Seon-kyu have been confirmed for the upcoming 1980s-set The Season of You and Me (translated title), a biopic about popular singers YOO Jae-ha and KIM Hyun-sik. KIM Hye-jun has also joined SONG and JIN in what will be the sophomore work of...

KWAK Do-won, JOO Won and YU Jae-myeong Dress Up for FIREMAN

Veteran filmmaker KWAK Kyung-taek, known for Friend (2001), one of the original Korean blockbusters, is deep in preparations for his 15th film, titled Fireman (translated title). KWAK has assembled a top-drawer cast, which will be headlined by KWAK Do-won, JOO...

LEE Jung-hyun to Push Herself to the LIMIT

LEE Jung-hyun has signed on to appear in the kidnap-themed crime thriller Limit (literal title), the new film from The Spy: Undercover Operation (2013) director LEE Seung-jun. The star will play police officer So-eun who goes undercover to help parents locate ...

SONG Joong-ki Mulling Role in 80s Music Biopic YOUR AND MY SEASON Alongside JIN Seon-kyu

SONG Joong-ki is reportedly considering an offer to star in the 1980s-set music biopic Your and My Season (translated title), in which he would play alongside the already confirmed JIN Seon-kyu. JIN is on board to play singer KIM Hyun-sik while SONG is conside...

LEE Hee-jun and SONG Joong-ki Book Trip to BOGOTA

LEE Hee-jun has been cast alongside SONG Joong-ki in the upcoming project Bogota (literal title), which will be shot on location in Colombia toward the end of the year. Set in 1990s Colombia, the film follows a group of young people who emigrate to Bogota. The...