New subsidiary Studio & New to produce big-budget historical battle drama Ahn-si-seong.
Major South Korean investor/distributor Next Entertainment World (New) and its production subsidiary Studio & New are launching their first in-house feature film production.
The large-scale historical battle drama Ahn-si-seong (working title) is being directed by Kim Kwang-sik, whose credits include My Dear Desperado and Tabloid Truth.
Budgeted at $13.2m (KW15bn), the film is being co-produced with Soojak Film.
It takes place during the ancient Three Kingdoms of Korea era when the Goguyreo nation fought off attacking Tang (Chinese) forces in the famous 7th century siege of Ansi City (a.k.a. Ahn-si-seong).
In pre-production, the film is currently casting with an aim to start shooting this summer.
Having previously produced the pan-Asian hit TV series Descendants Of The Sun, New established Studio & New last September in order to focus on producing more of its own feature films and TV dramas.
Studio & New’s...
Major South Korean investor/distributor Next Entertainment World (New) and its production subsidiary Studio & New are launching their first in-house feature film production.
The large-scale historical battle drama Ahn-si-seong (working title) is being directed by Kim Kwang-sik, whose credits include My Dear Desperado and Tabloid Truth.
Budgeted at $13.2m (KW15bn), the film is being co-produced with Soojak Film.
It takes place during the ancient Three Kingdoms of Korea era when the Goguyreo nation fought off attacking Tang (Chinese) forces in the famous 7th century siege of Ansi City (a.k.a. Ahn-si-seong).
In pre-production, the film is currently casting with an aim to start shooting this summer.
Having previously produced the pan-Asian hit TV series Descendants Of The Sun, New established Studio & New last September in order to focus on producing more of its own feature films and TV dramas.
Studio & New’s...
- 4/19/2017
- by hjnoh2007@gmail.com (Jean Noh)
- ScreenDaily
The distributor has pounced on North American rights to Yeon Sang-ho’s zombie apocalypse thriller that played at Midnight Screenings in Cannes.
RedPeter Film’s Train To Busan follows a group of passengers during a nationwide viral outbreak as they battle their way through a bullet train ride to the Safe Zone.
What they do not know is whether or not the Safe Zone actually exists. Gong Yoo, Jung Yu-mi and Ma Dong-seok star.
Well Go USA Entertainment plans a theatrical release in the Us and Canada in late July.
Park Joo-suk wrote the script and RedPeter Film produced in association with Next Entertainment World. Lee Dongha served as producer and Kim Woo-taek as executive producer.
Well Go USA Entertainment president and CEO Doris Pfardrescher brokered the deal with Danny Lee of Contents Panda on behalf of the film-makers.
Well Go USA Entertainment recently released Hou Hsiao-Hsien’s The Assassin, Wilson Yip’s Ip Man...
RedPeter Film’s Train To Busan follows a group of passengers during a nationwide viral outbreak as they battle their way through a bullet train ride to the Safe Zone.
What they do not know is whether or not the Safe Zone actually exists. Gong Yoo, Jung Yu-mi and Ma Dong-seok star.
Well Go USA Entertainment plans a theatrical release in the Us and Canada in late July.
Park Joo-suk wrote the script and RedPeter Film produced in association with Next Entertainment World. Lee Dongha served as producer and Kim Woo-taek as executive producer.
Well Go USA Entertainment president and CEO Doris Pfardrescher brokered the deal with Danny Lee of Contents Panda on behalf of the film-makers.
Well Go USA Entertainment recently released Hou Hsiao-Hsien’s The Assassin, Wilson Yip’s Ip Man...
- 6/9/2016
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Max Movie, the monthly offline movie publication in Korea, has announced its annual Power Creator 30 list.
The list is based on its powerful database which includes real-time movie ticket sales since 1999; the publication has selected 30 people and companies expected to be big influencers in the Korean movie scene this year.
In a press release, Park Hye-Eun, Editor-in-chief for Max Movie, said “These days only powerful creators who break away from the traditional box and standards are valued for its existence. Only the most creative content survive.”
“The 2016 Power Creator 30 list would be the standard by which one can draw the topographical map of this year’s movie contents”, Park said.
How many names do you recognize?
Actors
There are 9 actors that made the cut. From Hwang Jung-Min to Choi Min-Sik, many actors on this list were leading characters in films that sold more than 10-million tickets. Ryoo Seung-Bum made...
The list is based on its powerful database which includes real-time movie ticket sales since 1999; the publication has selected 30 people and companies expected to be big influencers in the Korean movie scene this year.
In a press release, Park Hye-Eun, Editor-in-chief for Max Movie, said “These days only powerful creators who break away from the traditional box and standards are valued for its existence. Only the most creative content survive.”
“The 2016 Power Creator 30 list would be the standard by which one can draw the topographical map of this year’s movie contents”, Park said.
How many names do you recognize?
Actors
There are 9 actors that made the cut. From Hwang Jung-Min to Choi Min-Sik, many actors on this list were leading characters in films that sold more than 10-million tickets. Ryoo Seung-Bum made...
- 3/31/2016
- by Stellarise
- AsianMoviePulse
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