MONSTRUM Gobbles Up Audience Award in Sitges

Korea’s first ever period creature feature Monstrum has picked up the Audience Award from the Panorama Fantàstic section of this year’s 51st Sitges International Fantastic Film Festival of Catalonia. Also on the prize winners list was KIM Sang-joon’s The Wheel...

Finecut to Launch Sales on MONSTRUM at EFM

Finecut will launch sales on the period creature feature Monstrum (translated title) at the European Film Market (EFM) during the Berlin International Film Festival later this month. The big-budget title is the third work of Countdown (2011) director HEO Jong-...

HWANG Jung-min Joins 100 Million Viewer Club

Top star HWANG Jung-min has become the second leading man (and third actor overall) to enter the 100 million viewer club with the release of his latest box office titan The Battleship Island. Continuously active on the silver screen since the late 1990s when h...

KIM Myung-min and PARK Hee-Soon Wrap Period Monster Film MULGOE

The upcoming period thriller Mulgoe (a Korean title which can be translated as Water Monster) has wrapped filming after three months of production. The picture stars KIM Myung-min, PARK Hee-soon, LEE Gyoung-young, CHOI Woo-shik, PARK Sung-woong, KIM In-kwon an...

IM Chang-jung and JUNG Ryeo-won Wrap Production on GATE

Actors IM Chang-jung and JUNG Ryeo-won have completed production on their upcoming project Gate after three months of filming. The film is the first to reference the recent political scandal that led to the impeachment of President PARK Geun-hye due to her rel...

JUNG Woo-sung and KWAK Do-won Wrap STEEL RAIN

Korean investor and distributor NEW (Next Entertainment World) reported that their incoming North Korea-themed action-thriller Steel Rain completed four months of shooting on June 8th. Director YANG Woo-suk’s follow-up to his smash hit political drama The Atto...

ALONG WITH THE GODS Filming Ends, Release Pushed to December

Two-Part Fantasy Epic Assembles Enormous Cast Lotte Entertainment’s two-part fantasy epic Along with the Gods brought its simultaneous production to an end after a marathon 10 month filming schedule, which included 175 shooting days, on March 22nd. Despite an ...

IM Chang-jung and JUNG Ryeo-won Mine Recently Presidential Scandal in GATE

IM Chang-jung and JUNG Ryeo-won appear to set to headline Gate, a new project that centers around the recent political scandal involving former President PARK Geun-hye and her confidante CHOI Soon-sil. Also to feature in the film by director SHIN Dong-yeob is ...

Girl’s Day’s Hyeri to Debut in Period Feature MONSTER

K-pop star Hyeri from the band Girl’s Day is set to make her big screen debut in the Joseon Era period thriller Monster (working title), from director HEO Jong-ho. Joining her on screen will be veteran actor KIM Myung-min, new TV star KIM Min-suk and character...

Showbox Strikes More Deals for THE PRISON

Showbox announced more sales for its crime drama The Prison during the Hong Kong Filmart this month. The NA Hyun-directed film, which opens in Korea on March 23rd, found buyers in Asia, Africa and Europe. Klockworx snatched up the film for Japan, Swift Product...