The U.S. Academy Museum of Motion Pictures, Holding a Special Exhibition for Korean Horrors and Thrillers

The U.S. Academy Museum of Motion Pictures will hold a special exhibition, 'Monstrous: The Dark Side of New Korean Cinema,’ from October 1 to 29, showcasing 8 Korean horrors and thrillers released in the 2000s. Starting with Director Park Chanwook’s Oldboy...

GONJIAM: Haunted Asylum Scares Up Hollywood Remake

Korea’s found footage horror hit GONJIAM: Haunted Asylum (2018) is set to get the US remake treatment. The Los Angeles-based group Black Box Management is developing the update, which will be the first project to stem from a recently forged partnership with th...

Korean Remake of PROJECT GUTENBERG in the Works

The Chinese crime action drama Project Gutenberg is set to receive a Korean remake. As reported by Screen Daily during this year’s Hong Kong International Film & TV Market (FILMART), which takes place alongside the Hong Kong International Film Festival, Ko...

Excellence in Action Cinema Award for JUNG Byung-gil in New York

Director JUNG Byung-gil will be traveling to New York this week to collect the Daniel E. Craft Award for Excellence in Action Cinema for his latest work The Villainess, which serves as the closing film of this year’s 16th edition of the New York Asian Film Fes...

GANG Dong-won Receives the Star Asia Award at NYAFF

Actor GANG Dong-won will receive the Star Asia Award at the 16th edition of New York Asian Film Festival (NYAFF). “GANG Dong-won’s charisma and emotional investment in his performances gives his films a unique edge.” The festival said on its homepage as they c...

M-Line Showcases Diverse Slate in Berlin

M-Line Distribution is having a busy European Film Market, with several reported sales for its titles coming out of Berlin. Director E.oni’s kidnap thriller MISSING, starring KONG Hyo-jin (Crush And Blush, 2008) and UHM JI-won (The Silenced, 2015), was snatche...

HONG Sang-soo’s Latest to Compete in San Sebastian

YOURSELF AND YOURS Vies for Golden Shell in Spain HONG Sang-soo has been particularly busy lately, with three films currently in post-production. Yourself and Yours, the first of those and his 18th overall, has been invited to screen at the San Sebastian Inte...

INSANE Sales for M-Line in Cannes

Distributor Picks Up A SPECIAL LADY At the beginning of this year’s Cannes Film Market, Korean distributor M-Line Distribution revealed international sales for its current mystery thriller INSANE. Directed by LEE Cheol-ha (Love Me Not, 2006) and featuring KAN...

Colonial Era Thriller THE TOOTH AND THE NAIL Wraps

Film Stars KO Soo and KIM Joo-hyuk Following a four-month shoot, production wrapped earlier this month on incoming period thriller The Tooth and the Nail. Directed by JUNG Sik, the Japanese Colonial Era mystery film stars KO Soo, KIM Joo-hyuk and PARK Sung-wo...

KIM Joo-hyuk and KO Soo’s THE TOOTH AND THE NAIL Began Shooting

Based on Bill S. Ballinger’s Novel of Same Title KIM Joo-hyuk and KO Soo will be in the same film for the first time, in a thriller The Tooth and the Nail (working title). KIM Joo-hyuk and KO Soo are both recruited in The Tooth and the Nail, a thriller that ...