Stars: Ma Dong-seok, Lee Hee-joon, Lee Joon-young, No Jeong-ee, Ahn Ji-hye | Written by Kim Bo-Tong, Kwak Jae-Min | Directed by Heo Myeong Haeng
Badland Hunters is the latest film starring action hero Ma Dong-seok, and that is bad news for Korea. He was in Train to Busan in which the country was overrun with zombies, and in Ashfall where a massive volcanic eruption laid waste to the entire Korean Peninsula. And the amount of property damage he wracked up in The Outlaws and its sequels The Roundup and The Roundup: No Way Out would bankrupt most insurance companies.
In the opening scenes, Seoul is levelled by a catastrophic earthquake as the military are about to arrest Yang Gi-su for the murders and human experiments he’s committed trying to bring his daughter back from the dead. The building collapses on him, but you know he’ll be back later in the film.
Badland Hunters is the latest film starring action hero Ma Dong-seok, and that is bad news for Korea. He was in Train to Busan in which the country was overrun with zombies, and in Ashfall where a massive volcanic eruption laid waste to the entire Korean Peninsula. And the amount of property damage he wracked up in The Outlaws and its sequels The Roundup and The Roundup: No Way Out would bankrupt most insurance companies.
In the opening scenes, Seoul is levelled by a catastrophic earthquake as the military are about to arrest Yang Gi-su for the murders and human experiments he’s committed trying to bring his daughter back from the dead. The building collapses on him, but you know he’ll be back later in the film.
- 1/31/2024
- by Jim Morazzini
- Nerdly
“The Boy and the Heron” supposedly the final feature film by Japanese animation maestro Miyazaki Hayao, placed on top of the south Korean box office for a second weekend. It held off challenges from a clutch of new releases, including “Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour” and “Talk to Me.”
“The Boy and the Heron” collected $2.49 million between Friday and Sunday, according to data from Kobis, the tracking service operated by the Korean Film Council (Kofic). That compares with $4.55 million on its opening weekend, but it has performed strongly through the intervening week-days and now has a cumulative of $11.1 million earned since Oct. 25.
In second place was new release “The Boys,” a Korean crime drama whose commercial release has been somewhat delayed since its festival premieres. It played at the Busan festival in October last year and at the Rotterdam festival in January 2023. It earned $1.22 million over the weekend and $1.82 million...
“The Boy and the Heron” collected $2.49 million between Friday and Sunday, according to data from Kobis, the tracking service operated by the Korean Film Council (Kofic). That compares with $4.55 million on its opening weekend, but it has performed strongly through the intervening week-days and now has a cumulative of $11.1 million earned since Oct. 25.
In second place was new release “The Boys,” a Korean crime drama whose commercial release has been somewhat delayed since its festival premieres. It played at the Busan festival in October last year and at the Rotterdam festival in January 2023. It earned $1.22 million over the weekend and $1.82 million...
- 11/6/2023
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
Fantasy romance stars Doh Kyung-soo of K-pop group Exo and Won Jin-a of Netflix’s ‘Hellbound’.
South Korea’s Finecut has closed sales of fantasy romance feature Secret: Untold Melody in several key territories across Asia.
The film has sold to Cis (Capella Films), Inflight (Encore Inflight), Japan (The Klockworx), Philippines (Viva Networks), Singapore, Malaysia, including Brunei (Purple Plan Pte), Taiwan (Moviecloud) and Thailand (Gdh 559). A local release is planned for 2024.
The time-travel romance follows a promising pianist and a mysterious music student who meet each other in an old practice room with a hidden secret.
Directed by Seo You-min...
South Korea’s Finecut has closed sales of fantasy romance feature Secret: Untold Melody in several key territories across Asia.
The film has sold to Cis (Capella Films), Inflight (Encore Inflight), Japan (The Klockworx), Philippines (Viva Networks), Singapore, Malaysia, including Brunei (Purple Plan Pte), Taiwan (Moviecloud) and Thailand (Gdh 559). A local release is planned for 2024.
The time-travel romance follows a promising pianist and a mysterious music student who meet each other in an old practice room with a hidden secret.
Directed by Seo You-min...
- 10/8/2023
- by Michael Rosser
- ScreenDaily
Korean sales agency Finecut has struck a raft of rights sales on upcoming fantasy-romance “Secret: Untold Melody.”
The film, which will premiere at the upcoming Hawaii International Film Festival, tells the tale of a man whose promising piano career is cut short by a wrist injury. He returns to Korea and falls in love with a mysterious woman at his music college. While he is encouraged to revive as a genius pianist thanks to her, a hidden secret is revealed that transcends time and space.
“Secret: Untold Melody” is a remake of the 2007 Taiwanese hit movie Secret, that originally starred Jay Chou and Gwei Lun-mei.
The Korean retread is directed by Seo You-min (“Recalled”) and stars K-pop performer-turned actor Doh Kyung-soo and Won Jin-a (Netflix’s “Hellbound”).
Finecut has struck deals for Cis (with Capella Films), inflight (Encore Inflight), Japan (The Klockworx), Philippines, Singapore, Malaysia and Brunei (Purple Plan), Taiwan...
The film, which will premiere at the upcoming Hawaii International Film Festival, tells the tale of a man whose promising piano career is cut short by a wrist injury. He returns to Korea and falls in love with a mysterious woman at his music college. While he is encouraged to revive as a genius pianist thanks to her, a hidden secret is revealed that transcends time and space.
“Secret: Untold Melody” is a remake of the 2007 Taiwanese hit movie Secret, that originally starred Jay Chou and Gwei Lun-mei.
The Korean retread is directed by Seo You-min (“Recalled”) and stars K-pop performer-turned actor Doh Kyung-soo and Won Jin-a (Netflix’s “Hellbound”).
Finecut has struck deals for Cis (with Capella Films), inflight (Encore Inflight), Japan (The Klockworx), Philippines, Singapore, Malaysia and Brunei (Purple Plan), Taiwan...
- 10/7/2023
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
Seoul-based sales company Finecut has got off to a busy start at Busan’s Asian Contents & Film Market (Acfm) closing a trio of deals on webtoon adaptation Brave Citizen, and picking up international rights to inspirational drama Victory.
Brave Citizen, a vigilante action movie, has been sold to Kadokawa Kplus for Japan, Moviecloud for Taiwan and Lumix Media for Vietnam, while inflight rights have gone to Kairos Distribution.
Directed by Park Jin-pyo (You Are My Sunshine), the film follows an aspiring female boxer who works as a teacher but dons a mask to secretly fight a violent student. The cast is headed by Shin Hae-sun (See You In My 19th Life) and Lee Jun-young (Mask Girl).
The film is produced by Korean Ott platform Content Waave and StudioN, a production company owned by Naver Webtoon, and co-produced by Vol Media and Oscar10studio. The original webtoon was serialized on the Comico platform in Korea and Japan.
Brave Citizen, a vigilante action movie, has been sold to Kadokawa Kplus for Japan, Moviecloud for Taiwan and Lumix Media for Vietnam, while inflight rights have gone to Kairos Distribution.
Directed by Park Jin-pyo (You Are My Sunshine), the film follows an aspiring female boxer who works as a teacher but dons a mask to secretly fight a violent student. The cast is headed by Shin Hae-sun (See You In My 19th Life) and Lee Jun-young (Mask Girl).
The film is produced by Korean Ott platform Content Waave and StudioN, a production company owned by Naver Webtoon, and co-produced by Vol Media and Oscar10studio. The original webtoon was serialized on the Comico platform in Korea and Japan.
- 10/7/2023
- by Liz Shackleton
- Deadline Film + TV
The action film starring Shin Hae-sun is set for a release in Korea in October.
South Korean sales company Finecut has closed deals across Asia for vigilante action film Brave Citizen, ahead of its local release on October 25.
Theatrical distribution deals have been secured for Japan (Kadokawa K+), Taiwan (Moviecloud) and Vietnam (Lumix Media). An additional inflight deal has been closed with Kairos Distribution.
Directed by Park Jin-pyo (Voice Of A Murderer), the film is presented by Content Wavve, one of the leading Ott platforms in South Korea.
It is based on a webtoon of the same name, which was...
South Korean sales company Finecut has closed deals across Asia for vigilante action film Brave Citizen, ahead of its local release on October 25.
Theatrical distribution deals have been secured for Japan (Kadokawa K+), Taiwan (Moviecloud) and Vietnam (Lumix Media). An additional inflight deal has been closed with Kairos Distribution.
Directed by Park Jin-pyo (Voice Of A Murderer), the film is presented by Content Wavve, one of the leading Ott platforms in South Korea.
It is based on a webtoon of the same name, which was...
- 10/7/2023
- by Michael Rosser
- ScreenDaily
Korean sales firm, Finecut is using the Asian Contents & Film Market on the sidelines of the Busan International Film Festival to launch comic action film “Brave Citizen.”
The film, now in post-production, is an adaptation of a webtoon which ranked first in popularity when it was serialized on the platform Comico. It was later serialized on another Korean platform Naver Webtoon and recorded 2.27 million views on its Line Webtoon platform in Taiwan.
It tells the tale of female former boxing champion who has become a substitute high school teacher. Having witnessed intolerable violence, she dons a mask and throws her first punch for justice.
The film is directed by Park Jin-pyo, an established director of numerous Korean commercial films including “Love Forecast,” “Voice of a Murder” and “You Are My Sunshine.”
Production is by StudioN,. While a theatrical release in planned for 2023, the film is presented by Content Wavve, one...
The film, now in post-production, is an adaptation of a webtoon which ranked first in popularity when it was serialized on the platform Comico. It was later serialized on another Korean platform Naver Webtoon and recorded 2.27 million views on its Line Webtoon platform in Taiwan.
It tells the tale of female former boxing champion who has become a substitute high school teacher. Having witnessed intolerable violence, she dons a mask and throws her first punch for justice.
The film is directed by Park Jin-pyo, an established director of numerous Korean commercial films including “Love Forecast,” “Voice of a Murder” and “You Are My Sunshine.”
Production is by StudioN,. While a theatrical release in planned for 2023, the film is presented by Content Wavve, one...
- 10/6/2022
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
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