SUL Kyung-gu and PARK Hae-soo Team Up for DEMON

Veteran star SUL Kyung-gu and new kid on the block PARK Hae-soo are teaming up for the upcoming film Demon (translated title). The spy action film will be the sophomore work of The Prison (2017) director NA Hyun and will be distributed by Showbox. Kang-in (SUL...

THE JURORS Is in Session with MOON So-ri and PARK Hyung-sik

Trial drama The Jurors (translated title), with MOON So-ri and PARK Hyung-sik, kicked off production on July 7. The film is the first feature for director HONG Seung-wan. The Jurors will focus on the true story of the first jury trial in Korea, which took plac...

MOSS, INSIDE MEN Writer Pens ILLANG: PREQUEL Webtoon

Popular webtoon writer YOON Tae-ho has penned a prequel to KIM Jee-woon’s upcoming sci-fi action-drama ILLANG : THE WOLF BRIGADE. Jointly developed by Kakao Pages and Daum Webtoon, ‘Inrang: Prequel’ will take place five years before the events of the upcoming ...

1st London East Asian Film Festival Opens with THE AGE OF SHADOWS

Following its soft launch last year with a weekend-long 0th edition, the London East Asian Film Festival held its first official edition this year, which ran from October 20th to 30th. Korean films made up a majority of the program, with some of the highlights...

MAN ON HIGH HEELS Walks Away with Grand Prize in Beaune

Two Awards for Transgender Cop Film in French Thriller Film Fest For its 8th edition, the Beaune International Thriller Film Festival gave both its Grand Prize and Critics’ Award to JANG Jin’s transgender cop thriller Man on High Heels. Though the film drew j...

CHA Seung-won Period Film Begins Production

KANG Woo-suk’s Embarks on 20th Film with GOSANJA Period film Gosanja: The Great Map of the East Land (literal title) began production on August 17th with star CHA Seung-won in the lead and veteran director KANG Woo-suk at the helm. Based on PARK Bum-shin’s 2...

Korean SILENT WITNESS Remake Sets Court Date

JUNG Ji-woo to Helm Chinese Thriller Update The hit Chinese court thriller Silent Witness is set to be remade in Korea by production house Yong Film with Eungyo (2012) filmmaker JUNG Ji-woo at the helm. Starring Hong Kong’s Aaron KWOK and China’s CHEN Sichen...

CHA Seung-won Boards Period Epic

The Story of Geographer and Cartographer KIM Jeong-ho Actor CHA Seung-won, who has had an explosive growth in popularity due to his appearance in a recent reality TV show, has confirmed that he is signing on for a new period film from director KANG Woo-suk. Ba...

KANG Woo-suk Preps Next Film

Will Adapt Joseon Era Novel THE MAP MAKER   Veteran filmmaker and producer KANG Woo-suk has set his next project, which will be an adaptation of the 2009 novel The Map Maker by PARK Bum-shin. The Daesan Literary Award-winning tome is based on the story of...

SEOL Kyung-gu Becomes Professor

Will Lecture at Hanyang University for 1 Year Actor SEOL Kyung-gu is preparing for a special new role as it has been announced that he will teach for one year at Hanyang University,his alma mater. SEOL was an acting student at Hanyang University in the mid-1...