Lee Sugyeong Joins Wavve Original Film DEAD MAN

Crime Mystery Also Stars Cho Jinwoong, Kim HeeaeRising star Lee Sugyeong has joined the main cast of the upcoming wavve original film Dead Man (literal title). She joins a line-up that already includes Cho Jinwoong and Kim Heeae. Production kicked off earlier ...

JOSEE and VOICE OF SILENCE to Compete at Fribourg International Film Festival

Midnight Screenings for THE ODD FAMILY and NIGHT OF THE UNDEAD in SwitzerlandKorean cinema returns to the Fribourg International Film Festival (FIFF), which will stage its 35th edition this summer from July 16 to 25. A total of five Korean features have been i...

KIM Yun-seok to Play Admiral YI Sun-shin in KIM Han-min’s NORYANG

Director KIM Han-min has rounded up a formidable cast for Noryang (Korean title), the final entry in his trilogy on the legendary Korean admiral YI Sun-shin, which started with Roaring Currents (2014), the most successful Korean film of all time. KIM Yun-seok ...

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...

Netflix Teams up with LEE Jae-kyoo for Zombie Series ALL OF US ARE DEAD

Netflix is continuing to attract major film talent in Korea after announcing a new high-profile show in the works, the upcoming zombie series All of Us Are Dead. LEE Jae-kyoo, the director of The Fatal Encounter (2014) and Intimate Strangers (2018) will take t...

HA Jung-woo Ventures into Horror with THE CLOSET

Though he is still tearing up the box office charts with the smash hit disaster action spectacle Ashfall, Korean superstar HA Jung-woo will be back on screens next month in The Closet, his first ever horror film. HA co-stars with KIM Nam-gil in the picture, wh...

Fantasia to Welcome 24 Films from Korea

The Fantasia International Film Festival has now revealed its full program, which will include 24 films from Korea, among them 15 features and nine shorts. The 2019 edition of the festival will open Thursday, July 11 and run until Thursday, August 1. Beyond th...

BAE Sung-woo and JUNG Ga-ram Perform INVESTIGATION TRIP

Popular character actor BAE Sung-woo and rising star JUNG Ga-ram are back on set for the upcoming film Investigation Trip (translated title), which commenced shooting on June 9. The feature debut of writer-director PARK Cheol-hwan is the latest project from di...

9 Korean Films on Deck for New York Asian Film Festival

The 18th New York Asian Film Festival (NYAFF), which will run from June 28 to July 14 this summer, recently unveiled its lineup, which bears the tagline “Still Too Young to Die”. This year’s program will include nine titles from Korea, including a pair set to ...

M-Line Reports International Sales for THE ODD FAMILY and FENGSHUI

Towards the beginning of this year’s European Film Market (EFM), taking place alongside the Berlin International Film Festival, Korean sales boutique M-Line Distribution reported several sales to international territories for new films in its lineup, including...