RYU Seung-ryong and YUM Jung-ah Join LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL

Extreme Job star RYU Seung-ryong and YUM Jung-ah, hot off the sensational hit TV show Sky Castle, are set to join forces as an on-screen couple for Default (2018) director CHOI Kook-hee on the upcoming musical drama Life Is Beautiful (working title). The film ...

Florence Korean Film Fest to Stage HA Jung-woo Retrospective and Masterclass

The 16th Florence Korean Film Fest will open its doors on March 22 and screen 25 features and several shorts until it concludes on March 30. This year’s edition will also include a retrospective on films featuring popular star HA Jung-woo. HWANG Dong-hyuk will...

PERFECT STRANGERS Remake Begins Production

The Korean remake of the Italian comedy Perfect Strangers, featuring YOO Hae-jin, CHO Jin-woong and YUM Jung-ah, kicked off production on December 27th. From The Fatal Encounter (2014) director LEE Jae-kyoo, the film will be distributed by Lotte Entertainment,...

KIM Yun-seok Eyes Directing Debut with Stage Adaptation

Top actor KIM Yun-seok is set to make the transition to the director’s chair with the upcoming project Miseongnyeon (Korean title). KIM will both direct and star in the project, while actress YUM Jung-ah is in negotiations to appear alongside him. One of the m...

Joel David Moore Tagged for US Version of HIDE AND SEEK

HUH Jung’s hit 2013 mystery-thriller Hide and Seek will be remade in the United States with filmmaker Joel David Moore stepping up to direct the project. Though the original was released by Next Entertainment World, fellow Korean studio CJ Entertainment has op...

RYU Jun-yeol Joins KONG Hyo-jin in BBAENGBAN

Following his female-led gangster saga Coin Locker Girl (2015), director HAN Jun-hee is putting the final touches on the cast of his next project, the cop thriller Bbaengban (Korean title). Joining the previously announced KONG Hyo-jin in the lead is rising su...

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...

VANISHING TIME: A BOY WHO RETURNED Wins Audience Award at the Festival du Film Coréen à Paris

The 12th Festival du Film Coréen à Paris (FFCP) came to a close with a screening of director HUH Jung’s horror film, The Mimic. “We had 14,000 festival attendees this year, which is the most we’ve had so far.” a festival executive reported. In addition, it was...

I CAN SPEAK a Success at Paris Korean Film Festival

Comfort-woman drama I Can Speak was a major success at the 12th Paris Korean Film Festival which took place from October 24th to 31st. “I Can Speak smashed the Korean box office by surpassing 3 million moviegoers and was also popular at the Paris Korean Film F...

PARK Sung-woong and JIN Young Switch for THE MAN INSIDE ME

PARK Sung-woong and JIN Young will swap roles in next year’s body swap comedy The Man Inside Me. From director KANG Hyo-jin, the film also features LA Mi-ran and LEE So-min in her film debut. In a plot reminiscent of last year’s smash hit Luck-Key, a teenage b...