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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
Old Boy Hollywood remake gains traction
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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...
Tags: Choi Min-shik, Hollywood, Park Chan-wook
From I Saw the Devil to Hollywood
by javabeans
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,...
Tags: Choi Min-shik, Hollywood, Kim Jee-woon, Lee Byung-heon
Han Chae-young signs with Hollywood agency CAA
by javabeans
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...
Tags: Han Chae-young, Hollywood
Han Ye-seul a possibility for Twilight sequel?
by javabeans
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...
Tags: Han Ye-seul, Hollywood
Phone bought for Hollywood remake
by javabeans
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...
Tags: Hollywood, remakes
Hollywood dreams for Jung Ryeo-won
by javabeans
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...
Tags: Hollywood, Jung Ryeo-won
Daniel Henney’s Three Rivers role due to Samsoon
by javabeans
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...
Tags: Daniel Henney, Hollywood, My Name Is Kim Sam-soon
Hollywood remaking another Park Chan-wook film
by javabeans
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...
Tags: Hollywood, Park Chan-wook, remakes, Song Kang-ho
Ninja Assassin director plays homage to B-list ninja movies
by javabeans
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,...
Tags: Hollywood, Rain
Ninja Assassin poster and trailer
by javabeans
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...
Tags: Hollywood, Rain