Korean Hit MIRACLE IN CELL NO. 7 Set or Spanish Remake

Contents Panda Partner with Production Company Rock and RuzMiracle in Cell No. 7 (2013)Miracle in Cell No. 7, the family comedy smash that welcomed close to 13 million viewers to theaters in 2013, is set to be remade in Spain. The project is the result of a de...

BURNING Star JUN Jong-seo Signs with UTA

Rising Korean Star Eyes More Hollywood RolesJUN Jong-seo, the breakout star of LEE Chang-dong’s Burning (2018), has signed with Hollywood agency UTA (United Talent Agency). The young actress, who also goes by Rachel JUN, has already shot one American film and ...

CALL Books Netflix Release on November 27

The upcoming thriller CALL with PARK Shin-hye and JUN Jong-seo has become the latest mainstream Korean film to abandon a planned theatrical release in favor of a global streaming launch on Netflix. The streamer will debut the film online in its 190 markets on ...

JUN Jong-seo and SON Suk-ku Hold Hands for WOO-RI, JA-YOUNG

Rising stars JUN Jong-seo and SON Suk-ku will be teaming up for the romantic comedy Woo-ri, Ja-young (working title), which will mark the commercial filmmaking debut of acclaimed indie filmmaker JEONG Ga-young. Ja-young (JUN Jong-seo) is a 29-year-old woman wh...

KO Asung, E Som and PARK Hye-su Sign up for SAMJIN GROUP’S ENGLISH TOEIC CLASS

Korean actresses KO Asung, E Som and PARK Hye-su have signed up to appear in Samjin Group’s English TOEIC Class (translated title). The film will be the latest from director LEE Jong-pil. The narrative concerns employees who take over their company’s English c...

CHUN Woo-hee and LEE Hye-young Get a Grip on ANCHOR

CHUN Woo-hee and LEE Hye-young will join forces for the upcoming psychological thriller Anchor (translated title). The film will mark the commercial debut of director JUNG Ji-yeon and will be produced by About Film, the production company behind Extreme Job, w...

YOO Ah-in and PARK Shin-hye Sign on to #ALONE

YOO Ah-in and PARK Shin-hye are set to appear on screen together for the first time in the upcoming infection thriller #Alone(working title). The film, which focuses on a city that descends into chaos during the sudden spread of an unidentified virus, will mar...

JUNG Ji-woo Court Thriller SILENCE with CHOI Min-shik Wraps in Bangkok

JUNG Ji-woo’s new thriller Silence, which stars CHOI Min-shik in the lead role, completed four months of production in Bangkok, Thailand, which included 61 shooting days, on February 7th. Silence is a remake of the Chinese film Silent Witness (2013) and co-sta...

CJ Entertainment Reports Busy American Film Market

Top Korean distributor and sales outfit CJ Entertainment reported a slew of sales during the recent American Film Market, which was held in Santa Monica, California in early November. Among the popular titles on their sales slate were recent thriller Asura : T...

CHOI Min-shik Signs on for SILENT WITNESS

The Korean remake of the 2013 Chinese court thriller Silent Witness went into development in spring of 2015 and now the project is finally nearing production. Acting heavyweight CHOI Min-shik has been cast in the lead along with popular actress PARK Shin-hye a...