Scripted Series THE CURSED Gets Movie Spinoff

According to distributor CJ Entertainment, The Cursed: Repeat (translated title), a movie spinoff of the YEON Sang-ho-scripted tvN series The Cursed, has wrapped production after three months of filming. Principal photography began on September 9 and was compl...

YEON Sang-ho to Make Debut as TV Writer

TRAIN TO BUSAN (2016) director YEON Sang-ho is gearing up for a new challenge as a TV writer as reports suggest he will pen the script for the upcoming series Method (translated title) for cable network tvN. Hope (2013) star UHM Ji-won is considering an offer ...

9 Korean Films on Deck for New York Asian Film Festival

The 18th New York Asian Film Festival (NYAFF), which will run from June 28 to July 14 this summer, recently unveiled its lineup, which bears the tagline “Still Too Young to Die”. This year’s program will include nine titles from Korea, including a pair set to ...

M-Line Reports International Sales for THE ODD FAMILY and FENGSHUI

Towards the beginning of this year’s European Film Market (EFM), taking place alongside the Berlin International Film Festival, Korean sales boutique M-Line Distribution reported several sales to international territories for new films in its lineup, including...

THE ODD FAMILY: ZOMBIE ON SALE Books Valentine’s Day Release

Korean horror-comedy The Odd Family: Zombie On Sale will hit screens on February 14. Fromnew director LEE Min-jae, the film stars KIM Nam-gil (The Shameless, 2015), UHM Ji-won (MISSING, 2016), JUNG Jae-young (Right Now, Wrong Then, 2015), LEE Su-gyeong (Heart ...

M-Line Adds ZOMBIE ON SALE and FENG SHUI to Cannes Slate

Sales Agent Scores Multiple Deals for Youth Drama LITTLE FOREST Going into this year’s Marché du Film at the Cannes Film Festival, M-Line Distribution announced a slew of sales for their youth drama Little Forest from director YIM Soon-rye (Forever the Moment,...

Top Prize at Women in Film Korea Goes to NA Moon-hee

Adding to her growing collection of trophies this awards season, actress NA Moon-hee has earned the top prize from this year’s Women in Film Korea Awards for her part in the drama I Can Speak. The event, which was hosted by Our Love Story star LEE Sang-hee (as...

JUNG Jae-young, UHM Ji-won and KIM Nam-gil become a STRANGE FAMILY

‘Fantastic Comedy’ Set to Feature a Cast of Colorful Characters JUNG Jae-young of Right Now, Wrong Then (2015), UHM Ji-won of MISSING (2016) and KIM Nam-gil of MEMOIR OF A MURDERER are on board for the upcoming comedy Strange Family (translated title). Strange...

Production Ends on THE ACCIDENTAL DETECTIVE 2

Production on the upcoming detective comedy sequel The Accidental Detective 2 (working title) ended on September 11th following three months of filming. Original stars KWON Sang-woo and SUNG Dong-il return while TV star LEE Kwang-soo joins the cast and E.oni s...

KWON Sang-woo and SUNG Dong-il Return for ACCIDENTAL DETECTIVE

THE ACCIDENTAL DETECTIVE, the investigate comedy that was hit during the Chuseok holidays in 2015 promised viewers a sequel and the project seems to be gearing up for production. Stars KWON Sang-woo and SUNG Dong-il will reprise their roles while MISSING direc...