Kwon Sangwoo and Moon Chaewon Join WE GROW UP

HITMAN: AGENT JUN Director Returns with Romantic ComedyKwon Sangwoo and Moon Chaewon are teaming up for the upcoming romantic comedy We Grow Up. The film, which is scheduled to go into production in July, will reteam Kwon with Director Choi Wonsub, the pair ha...

Yoon-a, PARK Jung-min and LEE Sung-min Confirmed for MIRACLE

Miracle (translated title), a new 1980s-set drama featuring top stars Yoon-a, PARK Jung-min and LEE Sung-min, began principal photography on August 2. The film is the latest from Be With You (2018) director LEE Jang-hoon, and joining the three stars who were a...

Hollywood Project Woos SON Ye-jin and LEE Sun-kyun

SON Ye-jin and LEE Sun-kyun have received offers to star alongside Avatar star Sam WORTHINGTON in the upcoming film Cross from Hollywood director Andrew NICCOL. Cross will take place in the future in a multiracial country which is divided by a border that sepa...

Yoon-a, PARK Jung-min and LEE Sung-min Consider MIRACLE

Stars Yoon-a, PARK Jung-min and LEE Sung-min are positively considering offers to appear in Miracle (translated title), the sophomore feature outing for Be With You (2018) director LEE Jang-hoon. Based on a true story and set in the 1980s, Miracle will follow ...

ALIEN with KIM Tae-ri, RYU Jun-yeol and KIM Woo-bin Begins Production Following Slight Covid-19 Delay

CHOI Dong-hoon’s upcoming two-part blockbuster Alien (translated title) kicked off shooting on March 28. Production had originally been scheduled for earlier in the month but was delayed due to mounting safety concerns surrounding the Covid-19 public health cr...

WHISPERING CORRIDORS Series Reboot Begins Filming

Whispering Corridors Reboot:Alma Mater (translated title), the sixth film in the long-running Korean horror franchiser Whispering Corridors, which is being dubbed a reboot, kicked off filming on July 9. As previously reported, KIM Seo-hyung is leading the cast...

Lotte Conquers Vietnamese Box Office with HAI PHUONG

Lotte Cultureworks (formerly Lotte Entertainment) has achieved a key breakthrough in the Vietnamese market with the successful release of their latest local Vietnamese production Hai Phuong, which has become the most successful R-rated film ever in the Southea...

Lotte Cultureworks Tops Korean Distributors in 2018

Culminating a stellar turnaround over the past two years, Lotte Cultureworks (previously known as Lotte Entertainment) took the top rank on the Korean distributor chart for 2018, a spot usually occupied by rival CJ Entertainment, after a stellar year on the ch...

THE SPY GONE NORTH Tops Seoul Awards

The Seoul Awards, honoring achievement on both the big and small screens in Korea, held their 2nd edition on October 27. Taking the Grand Prize in the film section was YOON Jong-bin’s espionage drama The Spy Gone North. Premiering in the midnight lineup of the...

THE NEGOTIATION Leads to 22 International Sales

Hostage thriller THE NEGOTIATION, a star-driven Chuseok holiday release featuring SON Ye-jin and HYUN Bin, has booked itself theatrical releases in 22 countries. From debuting director LEE Jong-seok, the film kicked off his global rollout in Korea on September...