SQUID GAME 2 to feature actors Yim Si-wan, Kang Ha-neul

Actors Yim Si-wan and Kang Ha-neul will be among the new cast members of Season 2 of the megahit Netflix series "Squid Game," the U.S. streaming service said Sunday.Other new cast members will include actors Park Sung-hoon and Yang Dong-geun, Netflix s...

Youn Yuhjung, Son Yejin and Kang Haneul Offered Roles in A TREE DIES STANDING

Story of North Korean Defector and Her Grandchildren to Air on Global OTT Platform in 20222Youn Yuhjung, who recently became Korea’s first Academy Award-winning performer, has been offered a leading role in the upcoming drama A Tree Dies Standing (translated t...

Stars Align for Ensemble Romcom HAPPY NEW YEAR

LIM Yoon-a, HAN Ji-min, KANG Ha-neul and More Cast in KWAK Jae-yong’s LatestMy Sassy Girl (2001) filmmaker KWAK Jae-yong is returning to the director’s chair for the ensemble romantic comedy Happy New Year (literal title) from CJ Entertainment, which has assem...

THE PIRATES: GOBLIN’S FLAG Wraps Production

The Pirates: Goblin’s Flag (translated title), the sequel to the hit period swashbuckler The Pirates (2014), completed production on January 11. From director KIM Joung-hoon, the film features a new cast, headed by HAN Hyo-joo, KANG Ha-neul, LEE Kwang-soo and ...

KANG Ha-neul and CHUN Woo-hee Wrap STORY OF THE RAIN AND YOU

Stars KANG Ha-neul and CHUN Woo-hee wrapped filming for the upcoming melodrama Story of the Rain and You (translated title) on July 4. Production on the third film from director CHO Jin-mo lasted just over three months, having started on March 23. KANG So-ra a...

KANG Ha-neul, HAN Hyo-joo Board THE PIRATES Sequel

A bevy of Korean stars are ready to set sail on The Pirates: Goblin Flag (translated title), the sequel to the 2014 hit The Pirates. KANG Han-neul, HAN Hyo-joo, LEE Kwang-soo and KWON Sang-woo lead an ensemble in a film with a whole new story and set of charac...

CHOI Woo-shik and GONG Myoung Cuddle Up to PUPPY

Even though his latest film The Divine Fury is still a few weeks away from release, director Jason KIM is wasting no time to get back in the director’s chair as he has assembledPARASITEstar CHOI Woo-shik and GONG Myoung from Extreme Job to star in his fifth fi...

FORGOTTEN and ON YOUR WEDDING DAY to Get Chinese Updates

Korean sales agent M-Line Distribution revealed to Screen Daily that it has sold Chinese remake rights for two of its titles, the mystery-thriller Forgotten (2017) and the romantic drama On Your Wedding Day (2018). Released in late 2017, Forgotten was directed...

THE DIVINE FURY with PARK Seo-jun Presells to 18 Countries

Jason KIM and PARK Seo-jun, the director and star combo behind last year’s smash youth cop hit Midnight Runners, are currently in production on the martial arts supernatural action-thriller The Divine Fury. Though filming is still underway, distributor Lotte E...

LEE Jun-ho to Make Screen Comeback in Period Comedy

LEE Jun-ho, a member of the popular K-pop boyband 2PM, has selected his next film project which will be the period comedy Gibang Bachelor (working title). The project will be helmed by NAM Dae-joong, the director who debuted with the youth comedy The Last Ride...