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Fri, December 9, 2022 | 04:00

[INTERVIEW] GOT7's Jinyoung on playing twins in 'Christmas Carol'

INTERVIEWGOT7's Jinyoung on playing twins in 'Christmas Carol'

Singer and actor Park Jin-young has had a busy year of music, TV and film in 2022. Beyond filming “Christmas Carol,” he has been booked with a multitude of projects, including making new music with his band, GOT7, and starring in the second season of Tving's “Yumi's Cells.”

Kwak Yeon-soo | 2022-12-04 16:57

Filming of sequel to 'Veteran' starts

Filming of sequel to 'Veteran' starts

Filming for the sequel of 2015 megahit film “Veteran” will start this month, with several major cast members of the original film returning, according to the distributor, CJ ENM, Friday. Under the helm of director Ryoo Seung-wan, who also led the original film, actors Hwang Jung-min, Jang Yoon-ju, Oh Dae-hwan, Kim Si-hoo and Oh Dal-soo will come back for the cop action flick.

Kim Rahn | 2022-12-02 13:04

Netflix to make documentary film about young Bong Joon-ho

Netflix to make documentary film about young Bong Joon-ho

Netflix said Friday it will make a documentary film focusing on "Parasite" director Bong Joon-ho in his 20s.

2022-12-02 11:55

'Men of Plastic' director's reunion with Ma Dong-seok leads to good-natured comedy

'Men of Plastic' director's reunion with Ma Dong-seok leads to good-natured comedy

The new Ma Dong-seok (aka Don Lee)-Jung Kyung-ho buddy film, “Men of Plastic,” is director Lim Jin-sun's first return to the comedy genre in a decade since “Super Star” (2012). The director revealed that worked on the plastic surgery-themed comedy drama for nearly eight years with Ma, who serves as the executive producer on the film.

Kwak Yeon-soo | 2022-12-01 15:09

Pixar's Korean American director says 'Elemental' based on personal experience

Pixar's Korean American director says 'Elemental' based on personal experience

Peter Sohn, a director at Pixar Animation Studios, said Wednesday the upcoming film "Elemental" is inspired by his own childhood in New York with parents who had emigrated from Korea and made sacrifices for their family.

2022-11-30 17:56

Korean actor Park Seo-joon to star in 'The Marvels'

Korean actor Park Seo-joon to star in 'The Marvels'

Korean actor Park Seo-joon will star in the upcoming American superhero film "The Marvels" to be released in July 2023, Marvel Studios said Tuesday.

2022-11-30 14:23

Jo Woo-jin teams up with Jung Kyung-ho in action comedy film 'Boss'

Jo Woo-jin teams up with Jung Kyung-ho in action comedy film 'Boss'

Actors Jo Woo-jin, Jung Kyung-ho and Park Ji-hwan are set to star in “Boss” (working title), an action comedy film directed by Ra Hee-chan, known for his previous works, “Going by the Book” (2007) and “Mr. Idol” (2011).

Kwak Yeon-soo | 2022-11-25 16:07

Auteur Park Chan-wook, late actress Kang Soo-youn win 2nd-highest order of cultural merit

Auteur Park Chan-wook, late actress Kang Soo-youn win 2nd-highest order of cultural merit

Cannes-winning filmmaker Park Chan-wook and late actress Kang Soo-youn won the Eungwan Order of Cultural Merit - the second-highest national order of cultural merit - at the 2022 Korea Popular Culture and Arts Awards, Thursday. Nobody received the highest order of cultural merit this year.

Dong Sun-hwa | 2022-11-25 14:02

'A Birth' retells of life of Korea's first priest

'A Birth' retells of life of Korea's first priest

Actor Yoon Si-yoon, who portrays Korea's first priest, St. Andrew Kim Dae-geon, in “A Birth,” said he focused on depicting Kim as a young adventurer rather than a religious figure in the upcoming biographical film. “I thought it would be impossible to sympathize with Catholic priest Kim Dae-geon. I asked myself, 'How dare I say that I understand him?' So I tried to approach h...

Kwak Yeon-soo | 2022-11-24 17:15

Park Chan-wook, late actress Kang Soo-youn to receive cultural merit

Park Chan-wook, late actress Kang Soo-youn to receive cultural merit

Cannes-winning director Park Chan-wook and late iconic movie star Kang Soo-youn will be awarded the second-highest national cultural merit for their contributions to the development of Korean pop culture, the government said Thursday.

2022-11-24 11:11

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