THE MERCILESS Leads Nominations for 38th Blue Dragon Film Awards

BYUN Sung-hyun’s crime thriller The Merciless, which was screened in the midnight lineup of this year’s Cannes Film Festival, is leading the nominations for the upcoming 38th Blue Dragon Film Awards with nods in nine categories. Close behind with eight nominat...

Fantastic Fest Adds THE MERCILESS and VIP

The 13th edition of Fantastic Fest in Austin, TX, the leading genre film event in the United States, will welcome two new Korean thrillers when it opens its doors on September 21st. Both BYUN Sung-hun’s The Merciless and PARK Hoon-jong’s V.I.P. will screen at ...

THE WORLD OF US Opens 8th Korean Film Festival in Australia

The Korean Film Festival in Australia returns later this month bigger than ever before. The 8th edition of KOFFIA is set to screen 36 films across 8 cities as the festival moves around Australia, beginning in Sydney on August 17th and winding up in Darwin and ...

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...

SINGLE RIDER with LEE Byung-hun and KONG Hyo-jin Books February Release

Following their smash hit The Age of Shadows, from director KIM Jee-woon, Warner Brothers is gearing up for the release of their second Korean production Single Rider. Featuring LEE Byung-hun and KONG Hyo-jin, the thriller is the debut of director LEE Joo-youn...

Warner Bros. Expands Korean Production Slate

A SINGLE RIDER to Follow KIM Jee-woon’s THE AGE OF SHADOWS With the release of their first local Korean production, KIM Jee-woon’s The Age of Shadows, imminent, US studio Warner Bros. has announced plans to ramp up the scale of their Korean production slate i...

LEE Byung-hun and KONG Hyo-jin Begin SINGLE RIDER Shoot in Australia

Wonder Girls’ AN So-hui Joins Cast of Mystery-Thriller AN So-hui has joined superstars LEE Byung-hun and KONG Hyo-jin in Single Rider (working title), the second Korean production for Hollywood major Warner Bros. The film, which marks the directing debut of L...