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Yoo Yeon-seok cast as Song Joong-ki’s rival in Wolf Boy

javabeans — Sat, 24 Dec 2011 13:01:07 +0000

Being the lesser-known actor challenging Song Joong-ki as love rival has got to be a daunting task, but Yoo Yeon-seok has been brought in to do just that in Wolf Boy, the upcoming fantasy-melo film starring Song Joong-ki and Park Bo-young as the two main leads.

The movie follows a “lonely wolf boy who’s been abandoned by the world” and a “cold girl who has closed her heart to the world” as they fall in love. Yoo Yeon-seok is the antagonist who likes her and therefore torments wolfie, even though he’s rich and spoiled and has everything else going for him.

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2011 Blue Dragon Film Awards

javabeans — Fri, 25 Nov 2011 21:21:50 +0000

Awards, awards, awards! Friday, November 25, was the night of the 2011 Blue Dragon Film Awards, and — no surprise — the winners list was dominated by one of the biggest films of the year, sageuk-action-thriller Bow: The Ultimate Weapon. The film is a David and Goliath story of one man (Park Hae-il) taking down the enemy with his exceptional prowess with the bow and won awards for most of its leading stars.

A few other films also nabbed multiple awards, with best picture going to the thriller Bad Deal. (which also won for director and screenplay).

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Post tags: awards, Byun Jung-soo, Go Soo, Gong Yoo, Han Chae-young, Jo Sung-ha, Jung Ryeo-won, Kim Haneul, Kim Hye-soo, Kim Soo-hyun, Lee Je-hoon, Lee Jung-jin, Lee Min-ho, Lee Min-jung, Lee Shi-young, Moon Chae-won, Nam Gyuri, Park Bo-young, Park Hae-il, Ryu Hyun-kyung, Ryu Seung-ryong, Su Ae, Yoo Sun, Yoon Kye-sang

Park Bo-young’s Unidentified Video looks at 2012 release

javabeans — Sun, 09 Oct 2011 12:24:01 +0000

Fans waiting to see Park Bo-young (Speedy Scandal) will have to wait just a bit longer, as the release for her upcoming movie Unidentified Video has been pushed back to next year. Unidentified Video, a horror movie with some Ringu similarities, was initially planning for a summer release — since summer is the season for horror — but resources were stretched with distributor Showbox also putting out blockbuster war film The Front Line.

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Park Bo-young to romance wolf boy Song Joong-ki

girlfriday — Sun, 11 Sep 2011 20:06:30 +0000

Yup. You read that right. Song Joong-ki. As a Wolf Boy. Well that’s the title of the movie, and it’s not a figurative one, so it looks like he’ll be wolfing out for his next role, baby face be damned. And Park Bo-young has been cast as the girl who falls in love with Teen Wolf. I don’t know what to do first — squeal about the casting, or scratch my head at the idea that someone thought Song Joong-ki looked wolfish. I mean, does he even grow facial hair?

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Park Bo-young turns horror queen

javabeans — Fri, 11 Feb 2011 23:38:37 +0000

Park Bo-young is back with a new movie — finally! I know it was announced last year that her next project would be She’s Looking At Me [그녀가 날봐요], and it appears that movie is still on, but this one will be filming right away.

The project is a horror movie called Unidentified Video, which is the actual title, not a placeholder description. In it, two sisters who encounter a strange video are drawn into a series of mysterious events. (...)
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2010 Blue Dragon Film Awards

javabeans — Sat, 27 Nov 2010 04:09:40 +0000

More awards!

The Blue Dragon Film Awards took place on November 26, and the many of the same films that have been winning lately were rewarded once again: Some of the big winners were for films such as crime drama Moss, dark thriller I Saw the Devil, romantic comedy Cyrano Dating Agency, stark action movie Ajusshi, and the much-lauded Poetry.

Kang Dong-won and Song Kang-ho’s Secret Reunion prevailed to win best picture over nominees Ajusshi, The Housemaid, Moss, and Jeon Woo Chi.

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Post tags: awards, Choi Kang-hee, Daniel Choi, Han Hye-jin, Jin Gu, Jo Yeo-jung, Jo Yoon-hee, Jung Jae-young, Jung Soo-young, Kim Hye-soo, Kim Sae-ron, Kim Sung-soo, Lee Beom-soo, Lee Min-jung, Nam Gyuri, Park Bo-young, Park Hee-soon, Park Jin-hee, Park Min-young, Sohn Ye-jin, Song Joong-ki, Won Bin, Yoo Joon-sang, Yoo Sun, Yoon Shi-yoon

Park Bo-young picks her next project

javabeans — Thu, 30 Sep 2010 17:14:32 +0000

Finally! And yay!

Park Bo-young is ending an involuntary two-year hiatus with a new movie. Already a top-flight actress at the age of 20, she has fielded numerous offers from films and dramas and has settled on She’s Looking At Me [그녀가 날봐요], a “human melodrama” (which basically means a drama with a lighter touch and a focus on relationships).

She reportedly decided to take the role without hesitation after falling in love with the screenplay, which she read in one go. Her role is described as an extremely charming character who has a personality disorder that renders her unable to express her feelings. She meets a timid guy named Ji-ho, and thus begins their love connection.

Park’s last project, 2008′s hit comedy Speed Scandal, shot her to superstardom and currently stands in the top ten list of Korea’s box office runs of all time, with more than 8.5 million admissions. Due to a series of legal battles involving her management company and another film production house, Park has been unable to act in the intervening time, and her comeback has been highly anticipated for some time.

She’s Looking At Me is still casting, and will begin shooting at the end of October.

Via Chosun

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Special re-edit of Park Bo-young and Kim Soo-hyun’s Jungle Fish

javabeans — Tue, 21 Sep 2010 04:43:18 +0000

More than two years after it was first aired, KBS’s award-winning youth drama Jungle Fish is getting a re-edit into a movie version, and will get a special theatrical release.

This comes in conjunction with the opening of the second season, which kicks off this week and features some current rising stars, including T-ara’s Jiyeon, Ghost‘s (and Oh My Lady’s) Hong Jong-hyun, and MBLAQ’s Lee Joon. Jungle Fish 2 will air 8 episodes, the first premiering on September 25.

The original Jungle Fish was praised for tackling a serious issue in a fresh way, bringing together the topics of school cheating, competitive academic standards, and interactive blogging. Plus, three of its stars have gone on to greater success since starring in it: Park Bo-young, Kim Soo-hyun, and 2PM’s Chansung.

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Park Bo-young settles contract dispute with management

javabeans — Sat, 18 Sep 2010 13:20:45 +0000

Park Bo-young has finally settled the legal battle with her management company, Humane Entertainment, which hopefully means that we’ll be able to see her back onscreen soon. (Finally!)

Back in April, Park had filed a complaint against her management company alleging forgery of documents and requesting the termination of her contract. However, in June the company was acquitted and she faced the possibility of being countersued for defamation and libel. She faced an additional lawsuit, explained here, in which she and her company were accused by a film production company of reneging on a movie role. She was cleared of those allegations.

I love Park Bo-young, who has a wonderful presence and solid acting chops for one of her tender years. She has had a number of memorable roles in dramas and films (King and I, Our High School E.T., Secret Campus), but it was really the brisk comedy Speed Scandal, where she played a young unwed mother, that solidified her star status. It was a bummer that she would be kept from acting due to legal reasons, so I hope we see her back in action right away.

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Why are there so many false casting rumors?

javabeans — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 15:56:11 +0000

Park Bo-young, Park Shin-hye, and Sulli were all rumored for Playful Kiss

If you’ve been following Korean dramas for a while, you probably have noticed a tendency for productions to make casting announcements before things are entirely finalized. Sometimes those initial reports will go on to be confirmed, and sometimes the reports will be followed by a mad flurry of denials, retractions, and internet drama.

Case in point: Playful Kiss, the manga adaptation in the works for this fall. I don’t know what it is about this particular drama that has spurred such madness — maybe it’s a sign of anticipation, or because it is such a potential idol-magnet and we’ve got a number of idols champing at the bit to make their crossovers. Whatever the rationale, the drama has been a breeding ground for false or exaggerated casting news.

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