Posts Tagged ‘Hollywood’

Chungmuro/Film News
The Host stars join Bong Joon-ho’s international sci-fi thriller
by | March 19, 2012 | 25 Comments
A-list director Bong Joon-ho (Mother) is bringing back a couple of stars from one of his biggest hits, The Host, for his newest project, Snow Piercer, which sounds like quite the large-scale sci-fi/thriller/action venture. In it, Go Ah-sung (God of Study) and Song Kang-ho team up to play a father-daughter duo, as they did six... More »


Chungmuro/Film News
Colin Firth signs on to Park Chan-wook film
by | March 14, 2011 | 62 Comments
Park Chan-wook’s big Hollywood debut project Stoker has got some hefty A-list stars attached, the latest being Academy Award winner Colin Firth, who plays a vampire. From Darcy, to king, to the bloodthirsty undead? Interesting choice… Firth joins Nicole Kidman and fast-rising star Mia Wasikowska (The Kids Are All Right), as the uncle who suddenly... More »


Chungmuro/Film News
Hollywood to remake Hello Ghost
by | February 28, 2011 | 41 Comments
Looks like Hello Ghost is on a roll. The dark comedy starring Cha Tae-hyun as a suicidal man who gets saddled with a couple of invasive ghosts was a huge box office success in Korea, selling over 3 million tickets in two months. And after being exported stateside, it’s already been snatched up for a... More »


Chungmuro/Film News
Park Chan-wook’s Hollywood debut
by | November 20, 2010 | 52 Comments
Master of the psychologically disturbed dark thriller, director Park Chan-wook (Old Boy, Thirst) is poised to direct his first film in Hollywood, starring…Jodie Foster? I’m trying to wrap my head around Park Chan-wook directing Jodie Foster…hm…does anyone else think that if they remake Old Boy, they should make HER the star? And have him direct?... More »


Chungmuro/Film News
Old Boy Hollywood remake gains traction
by | November 13, 2010 | 79 Comments
There have been talks of a Hollywood remake of Park Chan-wook‘s hallmark revenge thriller Old Boy for some time now, but the project was stuck in legal battles over the rights to the original story, from the Japanese manga of the same name. But with that dispute finally settled (to the tune of how many... More »


Chungmuro/Film News
From I Saw the Devil to Hollywood
by | November 7, 2010 | 20 Comments
Dark thriller I Saw the Devil was one of the past summer’s hit films, and one of five Korean films to screen at the latest Toronto Film Festival. Coincidentally enough, all three of its major players are now looking at Hollywood prospects simultaneously, though not with each other. (Those three are actors Lee Byung-heon and... More »


Celebrity News
Han Chae-young signs with Hollywood agency CAA
by | August 11, 2010 | 18 Comments
Han Chae-young has signed with Creative Artists Agency, or CAA, one of the Big 3 agencies in Hollywood, marking her intent to expand her career to the U.S. market. This comes not long after taking official steps in the Chinese market as well, where she enjoys residual popularity for dramas like Delightful Girl Chun-hyang and... More »


Chungmuro/Film News
Han Ye-seul a possibility for Twilight sequel?
by | December 7, 2009 | 72 Comments
It is being reported (strategically leaked?) that Han Ye-seul, who is currently acting in the new SBS melodrama series Will It Snow For Christmas?, recently took a secret meeting with Mark Morgan, CEO of Imprint Entertainment, the production company behind Twilight and New Moon. Naturally, this has given rise to speculation that Han Ye-seul’s Hollywood... More »


Chungmuro/Film News
Phone bought for Hollywood remake
by | December 3, 2009 | 30 Comments
Ha Ji-won‘s 2002 horror film Phone [폰] will be getting a remake to be produced by U.S. company Imprint Entertainment in conjunction with Korea’s MiroVision. The news was announced in a December 3 press conference attended by reps from each company, as well as Ahn Byung-ki, the director of the original film. Imprint Entertainment produced... More »


Celebrity News
Hollywood dreams for Jung Ryeo-won
by | October 1, 2009 | 23 Comments
Add Jung Ryeo-won (Ja Myung Go) to the growing ranks of Hallyu stars aiming to make the leap to Hollywood. Jung visited the U.S. last month for a meeting at the request of a film studio representative. Although she had received some calls of interest last year, this was her first step in actively pursuing... More »