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Every story has two sides to it. Injo, the sixteenth King of the Joseon dynasty is generally known to be a weak and indecisive ruler, mostly widely disliked for his surrender of Joseon to the Qing dynasty. His Minister, Choi Myeong-gil is equally regarded as a traitor for spearheading the deal that eventually led to the surrender.

Four years after the vastly popular “Miss Granny”, director Hwang Dong-hyuk attempts to tell the side of Injo and Choi’s story of what truly transpired for the King to take such a step in his latest film “The Fortress”. With its star-studded cast and rich production values, “The Fortress” went on to win Best Film, Best Director, Best Cinematography as well as Best Music at the Korean Critics Choice Awards in 2017.

It’s 1636. The Qing have invaded Joseon, driving King Injo and his ministers into the mountains to the fortified city of Namhansanseong.

‘The Roundup’, which is shooting now, again stars Don Lee (aka Ma Dong-seok).

South Korea’s K-Movie Entertainment has pre-sold The Roundup, a sequel to 2017’s The Outlaws, to a raft of territories led by Japan, where Hian has picked it up.

Starring Don Lee (aka Ma Dong-seok from Train To Busan), The Roundup has also sold to Taiwan (MovieCloud), Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia and Vietnam (Clover Films), Hong Kong (Edko Films), Mongolia (Mongol Films Distribution) and France (Metropolitan Filmexport).

Hian is also producing a Japanese remake of The Outlaws, while an Indian remake starring Salman Khan is set for release...

This is the second Korean movie produced and distributed by Warner Bros after “The Age of Shadows” and it’s mainly filmed in Sydney, Australia.

In “A Single Rider”, Kang Jae-hoon (played by Lee Byung-hun) is a fund broker living in Korea by himself. He sent his wife Soo-jin (Kong Hyo-jin) and son Jin-woo (Yeong Yoo-jin) to live in Sydney, Australia to learn English and prepare for a better future. Due to some bad investment management and stock fraud, his company has gone under, resulting in his clients losing most of their life savings, a series of events that turned him into a disgraced broker.

With his company out of business, he decides to take a trip to Sydney to meet up with his family. This is where the rest of the movie takes place, in sunny, relaxing, green suburbia Sydney. However, after he arrives at the house,...

The film’s star Ma Dong-seok (aka Don Lee) has returned from shooting on Marvel’s The Eternals.

South Korea’s K-Movie Entertainment has announced pre-sales on fantasy action film Spiritwalker and changes to The Outlaws sequel, newly titled The Roundup, with the film’s star Ma Dong-seok (aka Don Lee) returned from shooting on Marvel’s The Eternals.

Previously known as Out Of Body (working title), Spiritwalker sold to Taiwan (Catchplay), Cis and the Baltic States (New Film), Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia and Vietnam (Clover Films Distribution), India, Middle East and Thailand (Paragon Films), the Philippines (Viva Communications) and world...

Jung Ji-woo is known for directing melodramas that are different than your average melodrama. His last two films, however, have been the excellent mystery/courtroom drama “Heart Blackened” and the swimming drama “4th Place”. He returns back to the romance and melodrama this year with his latest “Tune In for Love” (previously called “Yoo-Yeol’s Music Album).

Synopsis

In 1994, on the first day when Singer Yoo-Yeol becomes the DJ for radio program “Music Album,” Mi-soo meets Hyun-woo. Mi-soo works part-time at a bakery store and Hyun-woo happens to enter the store. Mi-soo falls in love with Hyun-woo at first sight and a romantic relationship eventually develops. An unexpected case takes place and the couple breaks up, but their relationship never ends.

For the film, Jung Ji-woo brings his “A Muse” actress Kim Go-eun on-board, along with actor Jung Hae-in, who is riding high after back-to-back success of his K-Dramas “Something in the Rain...

Korean-made financial drama, “Default” remained on top of the South Korean box office for the second consecutive weekend. The Cj Entertainment release earned $4.95 million from 631,200 admissions between Friday and Sunday for a total of $19.9 million after two weekends on release. “Bohemian Rhapsody” also remained in second. The Fox release earned $4.79 million to extend its total $54.5 million from 7.08 million admissions after six weekends.

Opening on Wednesday (Dec. 5), Korean thriller, “Door Lock” debuted in third. The Megabox release earned $6.13 million over five days, including $4.38 million over the weekend. Starring Kong Hyo-jin (“A Single Rider”), the film is the story of a woman who finds signs of a stranger entering her house, where she lives by herself. The top three films accounted for a total of 74% of the total weekend box office.

Disney’s Thursday opener, “The Nutcracker and the Four Realms” debuted in fourth. It earned $1.72 million in four days. “Mortal Engines” and “Running Man,...

Another day, another Korean crime thriller. K-Drama regular Gong Hyo-jin will be next seen in director Lee Kwon’s thriller “Door Lock”. The actress, known fondly by her fans as “Gongvely” (a play on her last name and “lovely”), has been very varied in her choice of films and mostly does films that separate her from her K-Drama roles.

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Not much is known about the plot, but “Door Lock” tells the story of Kyung-Min, who lives lives alone in a studio apartment. One day, she finds evidence that someone broke into her apartment. A murder case takes place at her apartment.

Co-starring Kim Ye-won and Kim Sung-Oh, “Door Lock” is expected to release in South Korea in December, 2018.

Don Lee (aka Ma Dong-seok) who has headlined films such as Train To Busan and The Outlaws, stars in debuting director Kim Min-ho’s Unstoppable.

South Korean distributor Showbox has picked up sales rights to crime actions films Unstoppable and Hit-And-Run Squad.

Don Lee (aka Ma Dong-seok) who has headlined films such as Train To Busan and The Outlaws, stars in debuting director Kim Min-ho’s Unstoppable. He will play a legendary gangster trying to clean up his act to live an ordinary life with his wife Ji-soo, played by Song Ji-hyo (New World), who keeps getting tricked into bad business decisions.

In this edition of Theme Park Bits: The Magic Kingdom’s Tron coaster is now one step closer to becoming a reality. Disneyland’s Space Mountain has been testing out a Single Rider option for its queue. Get a first look at the action-packed Marvel Day at Sea on the Disney Magic Cruise ship. Details about a […]

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The Magnificent Seven star Byung-hun Lee has signed with UTA, The Hollywood Reporter has exclusively learned. He was previously with CAA.

Lee has become Hollywood's go-to Asian actor for its big action movies. In addition to Antoine Fuqua's Western remake in 2016, he also appeared in Terminator Genisys, Red 2 and the G.I. Joe franchise, where he got his stateside break as Storm Shadow.

In his native South Korea, Lee's many starring credits include Single Rider, Master, The Age of Shadows, Inside Men, I Saw the Devil and The Good the Bad and the Weird,...

Warner Bros. is gearing up for the release of their second Korean production Single Rider. Featuring Lee Byung-hun, Kong Hyo-jin and Ahn So-hee, the film marks the directing debut of director Lee Joo-young and will be released domestically in February.

Lee Byung-hun, who is currently on screens in the action-thriller Master, features as a branch manager who visits his family in Australia after losing everything, only to find another shocking truth. Kong Hyo-jin, who recently starred in the thriller Missing, plays Lee’s wife, an ex-violinist who lives in Australia with their son. Ahn So-hee, who appeared in a supporting role in the breakout hit Train to Busan, features as a student who goes to Australia on a working holiday.

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Jae-hoon (played by Lee Byung-hun) is at the brink of losing everything when his company goes bankrupt. Overwhelmed by despair, he takes an impulsive trip to Australia where his...

Byung-hun Lee may not be a household name in America, but that is sure to change. The South Korean actor, model, and singer is a megastar in Asia. He started out on Korean television in the early nineties before making the leap to the big screen. His break out role was Joint Security Area in 2000. It catapulted him to stardom and became the top grossing film in Korean history.

Lee had a string of Asian hits before Hollywood came calling. He starred alongside Josh Hartnett in the 2009 Vietnamese thriller, I Come with the Rain. That role led to his American debut as the ass-kicking ninja, Storm Shadow, in G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra. The overall film didn't remotely meet expectations, but Byung-hun Lee was a standout. He was phenomenal as Storm Shadow. That performance put western audiences on notice that Korea's box office king was crossing over.

Lee reprised...