Netflix to Make English Language Version of TIME TO HUNT

Yoon Sunghyun’s Dystopian Heist Thriller to Be Updated by Adam RandallYoon Sunghyun’s Time to Hunt (2020) has been optioned for English-language by its global distributor, streaming giant Netflix.Directing the remake will be Adam Randall, the British filmmaker...

Lee Jehoon, Park Jungmin, Choi Heeseo, and Son Seok-koo are Challenging Original Contents with Korean OTT

Watcha, an online streaming service in Korea, starts producing original series with actors, including Lee Jehoon , Park Jungmin, Son Seok-koo, and Choi Heeseo.On April 20th, Watcha announced that it will co-produce the ‘Unframed’ project with Hardcut, a produc...

56th Baeksang Arts Awards to Take Place without Audience on June 5

Following a delay owing to the current pandemic, the 56th edition of the Baeksang Arts Awards are now scheduled to take place on June 5 in the KINTEX center in Ilsan to the West of Seoul, thought they will take place without a live audience. The nominees for B...

TIME TO HUNT Netflix Launch Back on Track as Parties Resolve Legal Dispute

The release plan for the Korean youth sci-fi thriller Time to Hunt from distributor Little Big Pictures has taken several twists and turns since it premiered at the Berlin International Film Festival in February, with the last few weeks being particularly turb...

TIME TO HUNT Scraps Theatrical Plans for Netflix Bow, Faces Legal Repercussions

In the midst of a film landscape that is quickly adapting in the face of the Covid-19 pandemic, the Berlinale-premiered sci-fi thriller Time to Hunt has forgone its theatrical plans in favor of a global Netflix launch. Originally scheduled to open theatrically...

Hong Sangsoo and KIM Min-Hee Return to Berlin Competition with THE WOMAN WHO RAN

The 70 Berlin International Film Festival has been steadily revealing its program over the last few weeks and among its many sections will be three Korean projects, including Hong Sangsoo’s new film with KIM Min-hee, The Woman Who Ran, which will feature in th...

LEE Je-hoon Slips into GRAVE ROBBERY

Actor LEE Je-hoon is being eyed for the lead role in the upcoming caper film Grave Robbery (translated title). Reports suggests that the star is currently fine-tuning the details of his appearance in the film, alongside JO Woo-jin, LIM Won-hee and SHIN Hye-sun...

Korean Sci-fi HUNTING TIME Wraps 6-Month Shoot

Featuring actors LEE Je-hoon, CHOI Woo-shik, PARK Jung-min and AHN Jae-hong, the youth sci-fi thriller Hunting Time (working title) wrapped filming in Incheon on July 15th. Production took approximately six months and concluded with a large-scale protest scene...

PARK Hae-soo Studies Up for QUANTUM PHYSICS

Artist agency BH Entertainment has revealed that PARK Hae-soo has been cast in the upcoming film Quantum Physics (working title). The project will mark the second directorial feature of Derailed (2016) helmer LEE Seong-tae. In the project, PARK will take on th...

ANARCHIST FROM COLONY to Open Osaka Asian Film Festival

LEE Joon-ik’s most recent film Anarchist from Colony, a period drama with LEE Je-hoon and CHOI Hee-seo, has been selected as the opening film of this year’s 13th Osaka Asian Film Festival. The film will kick off the festival on March 9th. Set in Tokyo in 1923,...