Archive for the ‘Chungmuro/Film News’ Category
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49th Baeksang Arts Awards
The Baeksang Arts Awards really snuck up on me this year. This awards ceremony is the lone wolf being held in the springtime rather than toward the end of the year (as is the case with the broadcaster events and film awards like the Grand Bells and Blue Dragons), and is also unusual in that... More »
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Ryu Seung-ryong headlines Point Blank remake
Hot-streak star (and just plain hot man) Ryu Seung-ryong has lined up his next project — he’ll be headlining a remake of the French film Point Blank (À bout portant), helmed by the director of Phungsan Dog, Jung Jae-hong. It’s a twisty action thriller about a criminal who goes up against a network of dirty... More »
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First stills from Night Before the Wedding
Now this is a fun way to find out who gets paired up in the romantic comedy Night Before the Wedding, since the large cast is loaded with possibilities. The first few stills released from the movie’s shoots are wedding photos for the couples-to-be (well, staged photos in wedding attire before the big event to... More »
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Lee Hong-ki and Baek Jin-hee in Warm Goodbye
Here’s a look at the new feel-good comedy starring Lee Hong-ki (You’re Beautiful) in his feature film debut. The movie is called Warm Goodbye, and stars Hong-ki as a troublemaker idol who gets sent to do community service at a hospice center to repair his public image, very much against his will. It’s not a... More »
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Jung Jae-young, Han Ji-min in opposites-attract romantic comedy
Newly announced romantic comedy Plan Man sounds pretty awkward as a movie title, but it does offer an amusingly literal conflict when the hero — an uptight, planning-obsessed germophobe — gets his world shaken up by (who else?) a heroine who lives her life planlessly. Aw, the ol’ opposites-attract number, always good for a rom-com... More »
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Song Sae-byuk and Kang Ye-won headline rom-com
Ooh, there’s a new project on the way from the director of Shut Up: Flower Boy Band. Sadly it’s not another drama about angsty teen rockers. Boo. Hiss. *puts on whinypants* Whyyyyy not? This time he’ll be tackling a romantic comedy film called My 7th Man, and Song Sae-byuk (Dangerous Meeting) and Kang Ye-won (Fortunetellers)... More »
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Park Bo-young up for image change in new film
I wouldn’t have pegged these two to co-star in the same project, but Park Bo-young (Werewolf Boy) and idol-actress Gu Hara (City Hunter) are both up for a new movie, roughly translated Hot Blooded Youth. The latest reports state that both stars have agreed to take the film and are in negotiations, so it sounds... More »
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Jang Dong-gun returns to the big screen with Ajusshi director
Jang Dong-gun (A Gentleman’s Dignity) is headed back to the big screen this year, in the much-awaited new project from director Lee Jung-bum of Won Bin’s Ajusshi, aka The Man From Nowhere. He’s pretty much the leading man’s new holy grail as far as directors go, since he’s guaranteed to make you look like a... More »
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Hyun Bin chooses army comeback project
At long last, we have a confirmation for Hyun Bin’s first post-army project. He’ll be taking on his first sageuk, a film called The King’s Wrath. He plays the titular king — Jeong-jo, 22nd king of Joseon and one of dramaland’s favorite figures (Yi San, Sungkyunkwan Scandal, Painter of the Wind, Warrior Baek Dong-soo and... More »
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Teaser and stills for Scary Story 2
Here’s a peek at the summer horror flick Scary Story 2, or what I like to call Shut Up And Kick the Flower Boy Next Door at Christmas. It’s a six-way dramaland reunionpalooza for White Christmas boys Sung Joon and Lee Soo-hyuk, Flower Boy Next Door’s adorable webtoon artist/editor couple Go Kyung-pyo and Kim Seul-gi,... More »
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