JOHN WICK Team Takes a Shot at THE MAN FROM NOWHERE Remake

Chad STAHELSKI and Derek KOLSTAD, the director and writer duo behind the hit John Wick action franchise, are reportedly teaming up again for New Line Cinema to develop an American version of the modern Korean action classic The Man from Nowhere (2010). STAHELS...

JOHN WICK Creator to Adapt THE MAN FROM NOWHERE

Modern action classic The Man from Nowhere (2010) looks like it may join the ranks of Old Boy (2003), My Sassy Girl (2001), Il Mare (2000) and other major Korean works that have been remade in America. The WON Bin vehicle is getting an update from New Line Cin...

Bollywood Adaptation of ODE TO MY FATHER Started Shooting in July

The Bollywood adaptation of JK YOUN’s nostalgic drama Ode to My Father (2014) has started shooting in July. The title of this Indian version, Bharat, is a Hindi word that means ‘India.’ Ode to My Father is the third most-watched Korean film in Korea, having at...

LEE Sun-kyun Joins Warner Bros.' BAD POLICE

New Thriller from THE MAN FROM NOWHERE Director Shortly after completing production on their third picture, the North Korea-themed thriller V.I.P. by PARK Hoon-jung, Warner Bros. is embarking on their next project, which will be the thriller Bad Police (transl...

Warner Bros. Expands Korean Production Slate

A SINGLE RIDER to Follow KIM Jee-woon’s THE AGE OF SHADOWS With the release of their first local Korean production, KIM Jee-woon’s The Age of Shadows, imminent, US studio Warner Bros. has announced plans to ramp up the scale of their Korean production slate i...

Korean Action Fare on Show at New York’s Museum of the Moving Image

Five Local Titles over Three Days in the Big Apple Tomorrow (April 3rd), the Museum of the Moving Image in New York will stage ‘Action Korea’, a showcase of action cinema from Korea. Five titles will screen until April 5th in the event which is co-presented w...

Sitges Invites Big Korean Lineup

16 Films at Europe’s Top Genre Film Festival The Sitges International Fantastic Film Festival of Catalonia is no stranger to Korean film and their upcoming 47th edition proves no exception as Europe toil destination for genre cinema has invited a 16-strong de...

Bright Future of Northeast Asian Films

What is the future of Korean cinema? It is not easy to answer this question. But since cinema is an international language, it would be absurd to try and find the future of Korea in just Korea alone.

LEE Jeong-beom's THE MAN FROM NOWHERE Follow-up Confirmed Cast

JANG Dong-gun and KIM Min-hee Team Up for New Thriller JANG Dong-gun and KIM Min-hee will star in a new film by LEE Jeong-beom who directed The Man form Nowhere, which attracted over six million viewers in 2010. On August 28th, Dice Film announced that the mo...

MIRACLE IN CELL NO. 7 Is 5th Most Popular Korean Film

THE BERLIN FILE, the best selling Korean action film ever LEE Hwan-kyung’s Miracle in Cell No. 7, the first Korean human comedy film that attracted over 10 million viewers, became the 5th biggest hit of all time in the Korean box office by drawing 11.75 mil...