Posts Tagged ‘Hollywood’
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Daniel Henney’s Three Rivers role due to Samsoon
We kdrama fans know that it was 2005′s mega-hit drama My Name Is Kim Samsoon (aka My Lovely Samsoon) that catapulted American model-actor Daniel Henney to stardom in Korea, but it’s also apparently the reason for his U.S. television debut four years later. Henney has landed a leading role playing “David Lee,” a Korean-American doctor,... More »
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Hollywood remaking another Park Chan-wook film
With Hollywood remakes planned for Park Chan-wook‘s Cannes prizewinner Oldboy (2003) and the follow-up film Sympathy for Lady Vengeance (2005), I suppose it should be no surprise that the precursor to those two, Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance, is also getting the remake treatment. Film producer Lorenzo di Bonaventura came to Seoul to promote the release... More »
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Ninja Assassin director plays homage to B-list ninja movies
Via Wired, here’s a short clip of Ninja Assassin director James McTeigue talking about the old movies that inspired his take on Ninja Assassin. No mention of star ninja Rain, but it does sort of confirm that the over-the-top, vaguely cheesy vibe of the preview video was an intentional style choice: RELATED POSTS Ninja Assassin... More »
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Ninja Assassin poster and trailer
It’s been a while since we’ve had info on Ninja Assassin, and now we get a look at the newly released teaser poster (above) and trailer video (below). This is the second promo poster; the first is below the cut, although you’ve probably already seen it floating around. I don’t think the artwork looks like... More »
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Kwon Sang-woo looking to make Hollywood debut in Green Hornet
WHAT????? OMGOMG. Hallyu heartthrob Kwon Sang-woo is looking to make his Hollywood film debut… in a Michel Gondry film??? I’m trying not to get too excited about this because they’re still negotiating… but this is Really Big Stuff. I don’t mean that it’s big that Kwon Sang-woo is trying to make his Hollywood debut, like... More »
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Lee Byung-heon stills from GI Joe
I still think the GI Joe movie looks spectacularly cheesy, but you can’t deny that Lee Byung-heon is A Movie Star. Lee shows off his ripped (in more ways than one) body as the character Storm Shadow in this new still; the rest of the shots, alas, feature him fully clothed. Interest is gaining momentum... More »
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CBS Sundays featuring Daniel Henney
Get ready to set your Tivos! Daniel Henney‘s U.S. medical television series, Three Rivers, has been assigned a timeslot for CBS’s fall lineup: Sundays at 9pm. I just hope it doesn’t suck! FYI, Three Rivers airs against NBC’s Sunday Night Football, ABC’s Desperate Housewives, and Fox’s Family Guy and American Dad. Via Variety RELATED POSTS... More »
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Daniel Henney’s U.S. drama picked up for fall
Get ready to see Daniel Henney on U.S. television — his pilot, CBS drama series Three Rivers, has been given the green light for the fall season. (The network will make the official announcement on Wednesday, but the news has already been leaked and the show has been given the go-ahead to begin staffing writers.)... More »
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Jeon Ji-hyun criticized for “Hollywood debut” exaggerations
Jeon Ji-hyun‘s Hollywood debut has been buzzed about for practically two years, and although previews have finally come out for Blood: The Last Vampire, there has still been no official U.S. release announced (July has been mentioned as a tentative possibility). It seems that Korean fans and netizens are growing weary of the hype without... More »
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Daniel Henney lands CBS pilot
Daniel Henney, coming off his action movie X-Men Origins: Wolverine, has a new project lined up, and it’s for a U.S. drama pilot. He’s been cast in Three Rivers, a drama in development at CBS. Three Rivers stars Julia Ormond and takes a look at organ transplants from three perspectives: doctors, donors, recipients. Ormond plays... More »
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