Suzy sees striking similarity between herself, Netflix series DOONA! character

Lee Doo-na, the protagonist of the Netflix series Doona!, longs for an ordinary life, like stopping by a convenience store for a pack of cigarettes without having to cover up with a face mask or a baseball cap.Singer-actress Suzy, who plays the titular charact...

Kim Seonho to Make Big Screen Debut in SAD TROPICS

Director Park Hoonjung Returns with Boxing-Themed FilmSmall screen star Kim Seonho may make his big-screen debut in the upcoming film, Sad Tropics (translated title). According to his agency, Kim is positively reviewing an offer to appear as an aspiring boxer ...

KIM Jong-kwan’s Commercial Debut JOSEE Scores Global Sales

Josée, a romantic drama starring NAM Joo-hyuk and HAN Ji-min and the highly anticipated commercial film debut of arthouse director KIM Jong-kwan, has scored several international sales and will screen across Asia this month. A remake of the Japanese drama Jose...

Fantasy SF WONDERLAND in Talks for Partial Netflix Launch

Following the recent rumors that the SF blockbuster Space Sweepers has been in talks for a Netflix launch, news sites light up again when reports surfaced that Wonderland (literal title) another big-budget Korean sci-fi, was also mulling a move to the global s...

JUNG Yu-mi May Join TANG Wei, CHOI Woo-shik, PARK Bo-gum and BAE Suzy in WONDERLAND

An all-star cast is gathering for the sci-fi melodrama Wonderland (literal title), the long-awaited return of Late Autumn (2011) director KIM Tae-yong. JUNG Yu-mi is reportedly in talk to join a cast that already includes Chinese superstar TANG Wei, CHOI Woo-s...

LEE Byung-hun and HA Jung-woo Wrap MOUNT BAEKDU

Superstars LEE Byung-hun and HA Jung-woo wrapped production on the star-studded action drama Mount Baekdu (translated title) on July 21 after five months of filming. The project, which co-stars Don LEE (aka MA Dong-seok), JEON Hye-jin and BAE Suzy, among other...

Myung Films Reminisces about 20 Years' Glory

Retrospective Invites Key Korean Film Figures Established by husband and wife partners Jamie SHIM and LEE Eun twenty years ago, production house Myung Films has represented the Korean cinema by discovering and producing key directors and their features. In ce...

Korean Period and War Films Wrap Shoots

THE HYMN and WESTERN FRONT to Be Released Later in 2015 Two of the year’s biggest incoming films wrapped their shoots in early January. Period drama The Hymn, with RYOO Seung-ryong and BAE Suzy, ended its production on the 2nd while Korean war film Western Fro...

RYU Seung-ryong and Suzy star in DORIHWAGA

RYU Seung-ryong (Miracle in Cell No. 7, 2012 and The Target, 2014) and Suzy (Architecture 101, 2012) are teaming up as a teacher and a student in upcoming Dorihwaga. Dorihwaga is a period film based on the real life story of SHIN Jae-hyo, a pansori master and ...

2nd Korean Film Festival in Trinidad & Tobago

4 Korean Films Screen in Caribbean Isles A quartet of recent Korean films is set to screen in the Caribbean as the 2nd edition of a Korean film festival in Trinidad & Tobago revs up. The event will be held over four days in Port of Spain on the Trinidad I...