All articles by Jean Noh – Page 32
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NewsWarner Bros ramps up Korean production
The studio is plotting to release two to four films next year, with Joo-young Lee’s A Single Rider set to be the first.
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NewsAdmissions for Korean films up 8.4% in H1 2016
The Korean Film Council (KOFIC) announced that admissions for local films went up 8.4% to 43.8 million in the first half of 2016 compared to the same period last year.
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NewsNetflix seeking global audience for Korean originals
Netflix is aiming to find an international audience for its Korean-language productions, as well as Bong Joon Ho’s multilingual Okja, according to David Lee, Netflix vice president, international originals.
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NewsKim Dong-ho issues apology and promise for Busan future
Busan International Film Festival (BIFF) chairman Kim Dong-ho has made a public apology and vowed to have BIFF’s articles of association changed by the end of July so that local filmmakers can call off their boycott.
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NewsBIFAN genre fest appoints chair, reveals line-up
Captain Fantastic to open festival in South Korea.
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FeaturesBIFAN makes a splash
Celebrating its 20th anniversary, Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival (July 21-31) has a new festival director and an expanded industry event. Jean Noh reports.
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NewsMichael Uslan partners with Korea's Signal
KOSDAQ-listed Signal Entertainment Group is partnering with Batman franchise executive producer Michael Uslan to produce global content, including Asia-themed superhero and animation films.
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NewsFinecut inks key deals on Cannes horror-thriller 'The Wailing'
Na Hong Jin’s horror-thriller has sold to a host of territories including Japan, Italy and Spain.
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NewsBIFAN reveals Malaysia spotlight, attendees
The genre event will host a five-strong line-up of Malaysian projects; Ivanhoe, Huayi, Blumhouse, CJ among BIFAN attendees.
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NewsWanda, Dexter to co-produce 'Kung Fu Robot'
South Korea’s Dexter Studios and Wanda Pictures, the film production division of China’s Wanda Group, are set to co-produce big-budget sci-fi film Kung Fu Robot.
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News'Operation Chromite' secures raft of pre-sales
South Korean sales agent Finecut has announced a raft of pre-sales on Korean War action film Operation Chromite, starring Lee Jung-jae, Lee Bum-soo, Jin Se-yun and Liam Neeson.
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NewsBusan festival head confident of avoiding boycott
Chairman nominee Kim Dong-ho has told Screen he believes the festival will avoid the boycott.
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FeaturesCannes Q&A: Na Hong Jin, 'The Wailing'
Director Na Hong Jin talks to Screen about his Out of Competition Cannes 2016 title.
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NewsSoutheast Asia directors line up art-inspired omnibus
The five award-winning directors will each make a short film inspired by a piece of art from their region.
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NewsMirovision reveals Lee Jung-seob biopic
The Whistleblower director Yim Soon-rye will helm the forthcoming film about the celebrated painter.
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FeaturesCannes: Park Chan-wook talks 'The Handmaiden'
The new film from Cannes favourite Park Chan-wook is an adaptation of Sarah Waters’ Victorian era-set lesbian crime novel Fingersmith, transplanted to 1930s Japan.
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NewsS Korea's Showbox hails 'Taxi Driver'
EXCLUSIVE: Song Kang-ho to star in story of a Korean taxi driver who accompanies a German journalist reporting on the 1980 Gwangju Massacre.
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NewsMirovision picks up 'Era' fantasy animation trilogy
EXCLUSIVE: Sales company picks up films from Korean animation studio Meditation With A Pencil.
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NewsMirovision closes 'My New Sassy Girl' deals
EXCLUSIVE: Romantic comedy is a sequel to 2001’s My Sassy Girl.