The 27th BIFF Confirmed the Jury Members for New Currents & Kim Jiseok Award

The 27th Busan International Film Festival (BIFF), which will be held for 10 days from October 5 (Wed), has announced this year’s jury members for the New Currents, the Asian Film Competition section, as well as the Kim Jiseok Award.The New Currents Awards is ...

Yoo Haejin Joins JK Films’ DOG DAYS

Actor Joins Youn Yuhjung and Kim Yunjin in Heartwarming DramaActor Yoo Haejin appears set to join the cast for the upcoming drama Dog Days (literal title). The actor is reviewing the script and is said to be positively considering his offer to appear in the pr...

Kakao Acquires Top Production Company ZIP CINEMA

Company Behind THE PRIESTS Sold to Korean Internet GiantTop Korean production company ZIP CINEMA has been bought by Kakao Entertainment, a subsidiary of the local internet giant Kakao. Spackman Entertainment, the Singapore-based previous owner, sold the compan...

KIM Woo-bin, RYU Jun-yeol and KIM Tae-ri Wrap 2-Part ALIEN

Latest CHOI Dong-hoon Blockbuster Completes 13-Month ShootDirector CHOI Dong-hoon has been busy at work on his latest project, the two-part sci-fi-action film Alien (translated title), and after kicking off filming in March last year, the simultaneously shot f...

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...

LEE Jung-jae and KIM Woo-bin Listen to CHOI Dong-hoon’s WIRETAP

CHOI Dong-hoon’s new project is starting to come together, with actors such as LEE Jung-jae, KIM Woo-bin, KIM Eui-sung and YUM Jung-ah now confirmed to lead the cast. Wiretap (translated title) is a remake of the 2009 thriller Overheard from HK directors Felix...

Time Travel Drama WILL YOU BE THERE? Cranks In

French Book Adaptation Stars KIM Yun-seok and BYUN Yo-han Will You Be There?, a Korean adaptation of the book by French author Guillaume Musso, began production on March 22nd. Veteran star KIM Yun-Seok, last seen in hit exorcism thriller The Priests (2015), l...

THE PRIESTS Books Stateside Release

JANG Jae-hyun’s smash hit debut The Priests has confirmed a nine-theater release in the United States, courtesy of CJ Entertainment America. The film will open in Los Angeles and Dallas this Thursday (November 26th) before expanding to Atlanta, Chicago, Fuller...

THE PRIESTS Wraps Up in Paju

KIM Yun-seok-GANG Dong-won Collaboration Will be Released Later This Year           According to production house ZIP Cinema, The Priests wrapped production in Paju on 4 June, after three months' filming since early March.   Devel...

YUM Jung-ah Looks to a New Horror

HIDE AND SEEK Director Returns   YUM Jung-ah of Woochi (2009) and Cart is considering taking on her first horror role in twelve years. After starring in director KIM Jee-woon’s signature 2003 film A Tale of Two Sisters, this would be her second horror fil...