Korea Taps THE MAN STANDING NEXT as Official Academy Award Submission

WOO Min-ho’s political drama The Man Standing Next has been selected by the Korean Film Council as the country’s official entry to the Best International Film category of next year’s 93rd Academy Awards, which will take place in April. LEE Byung-hun leads the ...

KWAK Do-won, JOO Won and YU Jae-myeong Dress Up for FIREMAN

Veteran filmmaker KWAK Kyung-taek, known for Friend (2001), one of the original Korean blockbusters, is deep in preparations for his 15th film, titled Fireman (translated title). KWAK has assembled a top-drawer cast, which will be headlined by KWAK Do-won, JOO...

JUNG Woo-sung and KWAK Do-won to Brave STEEL RAIN 2

Stars JUNG Woo-sung and KWAK Do-won are considering reuniting with director YANG Woo-suk on a sequel to their North Korea-themed espionage action-drama hit Steel Rain (2017). According to JUNG’s agency Artist Company, the star is positively considering the cas...

KIM Sung-soo Plans Two-Part Period Crime Saga

Following his 2016 crime thriller Asura : The City of Madness, director KIM Sung-soo is reportedly preparing for his next project, which will be a two-part action drama entitled Real Man (translated title) set during the so-called ‘Age of Wild Men’ in the midd...

LEE Byung-hun, LEE Sung-min and KWAK Do-won Enter 1970s Political Thriller

The director and star of Inside Men (2015) are teaming up again for a new political thriller. Chiefs of Namsan (translated title), based on the 1992 book of the same name, will star LEE Byung-hun alongside LEE Sung-min and KWAK Do-won, with WOO Min-ho handling...

Far East Film Festival Selects 15 Films from Korea

The 20th Far East Film Festival in Udine (FEFF) has selected 15 films from South Korea, including this year’s opening film Steel Rain. The North Korea-themed action-drama’s director YANG Woo-suk and stars JUNG Woo-sung and KWAK Do-won will travel to Italy, alo...

KWAK Do-won Is Confirmed for Philippines-set Action Film PACKAGE

Actor KWAK Do-won has created his own management company. The actor left C-JeS Entertainment, an agency he has been with for the past 4 years, and after spending some time doing research, ended up founding one-man agency, Oreum Entertainment. KWAK has already ...

PSYCHOKINESIS Leads NEW Triple Sale to Netflix

Through their international sales arm Contents Panda, Korean studio Next Entertainment World (NEW) has sealed a new deal with global online content provider Netflix that will see its next three major titles made available on the streaming platform in 2018. The...

KIM Hwan-hee and Pop Star SUHO Set to Star in Adaptation of Popular Webtoon

Indie Director LEE Kyung-sub to Helm FEMALE MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENT A Suho of Kpop group EXO will star alongside young actress KIM Hwan-hee of The Wailing in the upcoming webtoon adaptation Female Middle School Student A (translated title). The original webtoon ...

JUNG Woo-sung and KWAK Do-won Wrap STEEL RAIN

Korean investor and distributor NEW (Next Entertainment World) reported that their incoming North Korea-themed action-thriller Steel Rain completed four months of shooting on June 8th. Director YANG Woo-suk’s follow-up to his smash hit political drama The Atto...