Director Shin Jungwon Passes Away at Age 47

Night of the Undead (2020)Shin Jungwon, the director known for horror comedies such as To Catch a Virgin Ghost (2004) and last year’s Night of the Undead (2020), has died at the age of 46. He passed away suddenly of acute sepsis related to liver cirrhosis on D...

NIGHT OF THE UNDEAD Scares Up Asian Sales

Night of the Undead, a new sci-fi comedy that was released during the Chuseok holidays in Korea, is also gaining attention overseas after production company The Contents ON revealed that the film’s international sales agent Finecut had sealed distribution deal...

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...

Showbox Sells New Don LEE Vehicle UNSTOPPABLE

Ahead of its domestic bow on November 22, new Don LEE (aka MA Dong-seok) vehicle Unstoppable has secured a number of sales for financier and distributor Showbox, as reported by Screen Daily. The crime-action film, which marks the directing debut of KIM Min-ho,...

UNSTOPPABLE with Don LEE Completes Filming

Unstoppable, a new vehicle for popular star Don LEE (aka MA Dong-seok), completed filming on August 3. The crime-action title marks the debut of director KIM Min-ho. The film focuses on a legendary gangster played by LEE who is trying to go on the straight and...

SONG Ji-hyo Joins Don LEE in UNSTOPPABLE

Actress SONG Ji-hyo will join leading man Don LEE (aka MA Dong-seok) in the upcoming action thriller Unstoppable. From debut director KIM Min-ho, the film focuses on a legendary gangster looking to go clean whose wife is kidnapped by people who don’t realize w...

Showbox Adds UNSTOPPABLE and HIT-AND-RUN SQUAD for Cannes Lineup

Korean film company Showbox has added a pair of new titles to its sales lineup just in time for the Marché du Film taking place during the Cannes Film Festival this year. The pickups include the crime action Hit-and-Run Squad and the action film Unstoppable. F...

KONG Hyo-jin Wraps Up DOOR LOCK

Upcoming Korean thriller Door Lock with KONG Hyo-jin wrapped up three months of production on March 14. Directed by LEE Kwon, the film is now in post-production and preparing for a release in the second half of the year. KONG features in Door Lock as a woman l...

Thrilling New Role for SHIM Eun-kyoung

Waiting 15 Years for Revenge   SHIM Eun-kyoung has started shooting her next film Neol Gi-da-ri-myeo (translation: While I Wait for You), through which she will attempt to change her screen image. She started her film career in horror films such as Hansel...

JOO Won Enthroned as the FASHION KING

The cast has been announced for Fashion King, a new film based on a popular Webtoon with the same title that was read by four million people. The story about high school boy Ki-myung, who has a crush on the prettiest girl in his class and opens his eyes to fas...