Lee Joonik’s YONDER to Become 1st Paramount+ Korean Drama

Yonder, the debut drama series of celebrated Korean filmmaker Lee Joonik, is set to become the first Korean series to air on the new Paramount+ streaming service. The show is part of a slate of six international scripted originals that will launch on the servi...

Celebrated Cinematographer Hong Kyoungpyo Joins Lee Sangil’s THE WANDERING MOON

PARASITE Director of Photography Filming Japanese ProjectAcclaimed cinematographer Hong Kyoungpyo has signed on to shoot the upcoming Japanese film The Wandering Moon for director Lee Sangil, his first full international project.This marks Hong’s second collab...

KIM Yun-seok to Play Admiral YI Sun-shin in KIM Han-min’s NORYANG

Director KIM Han-min has rounded up a formidable cast for Noryang (Korean title), the final entry in his trilogy on the legendary Korean admiral YI Sun-shin, which started with Roaring Currents (2014), the most successful Korean film of all time. KIM Yun-seok ...

JANG Joon-hwan Teams Up with Ari ASTER for US SAVE THE GREEN PLANET Remake

Director JANG Joon-hwan is set to revisit his debut film, the cult classic Save the Green Planet (2003), after signing on to direct an English-language adaptation of the film. The film will be produced by Square Peg, the company founded by the rising star dire...

Lincoln Center and Subway Cinema to Present Korean Film Retrospective in New York

‘Relentless Invention: New Korean Cinema, 1996–2003’, a new program being jointly staged by Film at Lincoln Center and Subway Cinema, in association with the Korean Cultural Center New York, will present a broad array of Korean classics to viewers in New York ...

SHIN Ha-kyun, SUHO and KIM Seul-ki Accept HUR Jin-ho’s PRESENT

While post-production is ongoing for his upcoming period drama Forbidden Dream, director HUR Jin-ho shot a new short film at the end of last month. Starring SHIN Ha-kyun, EXO member, SUHO and KIM Seul-ki, Present (translated title) is a VR project commissioned...

YIM Soon-rye and HONG Kyeong-pyo Join Academy of Motion Pictures, Arts and Sciences

The Academy of Motion Pictures, Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) has swelled its ranks by adding 842 new members this year. Among the new roster of film industry professionals, who are now eligible to vote in the Academy Awards, are nine people from the Korean film i...

JANG Joon-hwan to Preside over 17th Mise-en-scène Short Film Festival Jury

The jury for this year’s 17th Mise-en-scène Short Film Festival has been set with 1987: When the Day Comes (2017) director JANG Joon-hwan selected as the jury president while many other top Korean film directors have also been invited to take part. In total, t...

SHIN Ha-kyun and LEE Kwang-soo Buddy Up for MY EXCEPTIONAL BROTHER

SHIN Ha-kyun will team up with LEE Kwang-soo in the upcoming human comedy My Exceptional Brother (translated title). From director YOOK Sang-hyo, the film is expected to go into production in late May. In the film, SHIN will play a man with a weak body and a b...

1987, BATTLESHIP and LAST CHILD Earn Prizes in Udine

The jam-packed 20th edition of the Far East Film Festival in Udine (FEFF) wound to a close on April 28 as it handed out its awards for the year, which skewed heavily towards Korean films. The big winner of the fest was JANG Joon-hwan’s political drama 1987: Wh...