Twitch (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
Remakes have become the main topic of this season in Chungmuro, with a seemingly endless array of titles and even a few major directors (Park Chan-Wook, Im Sang-Soo, Kim Ji-Woon) slated for such projects, trend which has sort of relegated sequels to the back burner, with a few exceptions. While the recent announcement of a sequel to the 2006 superhit romcom 미녀는 괴로워...
Variety.com (Free subscription) | 11/08/2009
AFM News: 'Mother,' 'Haeundae' sold to Asian territories -- South Korea's CJ Entertainment has sold its titles to Asian territories.
Twitch (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
...even if you're Im Sang-Soo, it seems. We reported during the weekend of the latest casting news on the remake of 1960 classic 하녀 (The Housemaid) - to make a long story short: yes, Im Sang-Soo is directing, and Jeon Do-Yeon will lead - but if you notice, I edited the article a little bit, because of one detail: the fact Kim Soo-Hyun was no longer going to write the script for the film....
Variety.com (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009
International News: Korean actress to star in Mirovision's remake -- Korean star Jeon Do-yeon is to star in the remake of "The Housemaid," produced by Mirovision.
Twitch (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009
Ohh Ohh... this is more like it. We mentioned last month the change of plans regarding the remake of Kim Ki-Young's 1961 masterpiece 하녀 (The Housemaid) , with director Gina Kim opting out, and leaving the choice of who was going to helm it (a "Internationally-renowned director," as the producers said) to only a few names. We suggested one between Im Sang-Soo and Kim Ki-Duk...
Twitch (Free subscription) | 09/16/2009
From the 11-plus million tickets and 80 billion won intake of 해운대 (Haeundae) all the way down to the single 5,000 won ticket a short film collection released on January 16 managed to sell, 2009 has been a rather conflicting but nonetheless relatively positive year, at least compared to that cinematic wasteland known of 2008. The market share of domestic films has gone way up,...
Twitch (Free subscription) | 09/10/2009
With the recent release of 1960s classic 하녀 (The Housemaid) 's remastered version (which looks great, and is pretty much the best purchase on the Korean DVD front you can make this year), the attention was now slowly moving to the remake, which was first entrusted to up and coming Gina Kim of 두번째 사랑 (Never Forever) . Producers Mirovision announced the...
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