Park Chan-wook's big Hollywood debut project Stoker has got some hefty A-list stars attached, the latest being Academy Award winner Colin Firth, who plays a vampire. From Darcy, to king,...
Korea's making a big showing at the Berlin Film Festival, with nine films headed abroad, in competition for jury prizes. A few are films we've talked about for a while,...
Master of the psychologically disturbed dark thriller, director Park Chan-wook (Old Boy, Thirst) is poised to direct his first film in Hollywood, starring...Jodie Foster? I'm trying to wrap my...
There have been talks of a Hollywood remake of Park Chan-wook's hallmark revenge thriller Old Boy for some time now, but the project was stuck in legal battles over the...
This year's 12th Director's Cut Awards were given out on December 21, and the top winners this year were Thirst, Park Chan-wook's stylish vampire-horror film starring Song Kang-ho as a vampire...
Aw, isn't little Wang Seok-hyun cute?
September 5 saw the end of the 17th Chunsa Film Festival and its closing-night awards ceremony, which was held in Icheon, Kyunggi-do. The winners list...
With Hollywood remakes planned for Park Chan-wook's Cannes prizewinner Oldboy (2003) and the follow-up film Sympathy for Lady Vengeance (2005), I suppose it should be no surprise that the precursor to those...
This is pretty cool: Park Chan-wook's recent Cannes jury prize winner, Thirst, will have a U.S. theatrical release.
Film distributor Focus Features (a division of Universal Pictures) has picked...
Director Park Chan-wook had won the Grand Jury Prize at Cannes Film Festival in 2004 for Oldboy (the second-place award, below the Palme d'Or); this weekend, he won another award for...
Whoaaa. Check out this new still from the vampire film Thirst [박쥐], which recently confirmed that it will be screening at Cannes International Film Festival later this year.
The much-buzzed-about film...
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Colin Firth signs on to Park Chan-wook film
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Park Chan-wook's big Hollywood debut project Stoker has got some hefty A-list stars attached, the latest being Academy Award winner Colin Firth, who plays a vampire. From Darcy, to king,...
Tags: Hollywood, Park Chan-wook
Nine Korean films at Berlin film festival
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Korea's making a big showing at the Berlin Film Festival, with nine films headed abroad, in competition for jury prizes. A few are films we've talked about for a while,...
Tags: film festivals, Hwang Jung-min, Hyun Bin, Im Soo-jung, Kim Hyo-jin, Park Chan-wook, Ryu Seung-beom
Park Chan-wook’s Hollywood debut
by girlfriday
Master of the psychologically disturbed dark thriller, director Park Chan-wook (Old Boy, Thirst) is poised to direct his first film in Hollywood, starring...Jodie Foster? I'm trying to wrap my...
Tags: Hollywood, Park Chan-wook
Old Boy Hollywood remake gains traction
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There have been talks of a Hollywood remake of Park Chan-wook's hallmark revenge thriller Old Boy for some time now, but the project was stuck in legal battles over the...
Tags: Choi Min-shik, Hollywood, Park Chan-wook
Mother, Thirst take home Director’s Cut Awards
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This year's 12th Director's Cut Awards were given out on December 21, and the top winners this year were Thirst, Park Chan-wook's stylish vampire-horror film starring Song Kang-ho as a vampire...
Tags: awards, Jang Jin-young, Jeon Do-yeon, Kim Dong-wook, Kim Hye-ja, Park Bo-young, Park Chan-wook, Song Kang-ho
17th Chunsa Film Festival
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Aw, isn't little Wang Seok-hyun cute? September 5 saw the end of the 17th Chunsa Film Festival and its closing-night awards ceremony, which was held in Icheon, Kyunggi-do. The winners list...
Tags: awards, Cha Seung-woo, Choi Jung-won, Choi Jung-yoon, film festivals, Go Eun-ah, Im Joo-eun, Jo Ahn, Jung Jun-ho, Jung Soo-young, Kim Hae-sook, Kim Ji-suk, Lee Mi-yeon, Park Chan-wook, Park Hee-soon, Shin Mina, Song Chang-eui, Song Kang-ho, Wang Seok-hyun
Hollywood remaking another Park Chan-wook film
by javabeans
With Hollywood remakes planned for Park Chan-wook's Cannes prizewinner Oldboy (2003) and the follow-up film Sympathy for Lady Vengeance (2005), I suppose it should be no surprise that the precursor to those...
Tags: Hollywood, Park Chan-wook, remakes, Song Kang-ho
Thirst gets a U.S. release
by javabeans
This is pretty cool: Park Chan-wook's recent Cannes jury prize winner, Thirst, will have a U.S. theatrical release. Film distributor Focus Features (a division of Universal Pictures) has picked...
Tags: Kim Ok-bin, Park Chan-wook, Song Kang-ho
Thirst wins jury prize at Cannes
by javabeans
Director Park Chan-wook had won the Grand Jury Prize at Cannes Film Festival in 2004 for Oldboy (the second-place award, below the Palme d'Or); this weekend, he won another award for...
Tags: awards, Kim Ok-bin, Park Chan-wook, Song Kang-ho
Thirst’s preview attracts A-list VIPs
by javabeans
Whoaaa. Check out this new still from the vampire film Thirst [박쥐], which recently confirmed that it will be screening at Cannes International Film Festival later this year. The much-buzzed-about film...
Tags: Jeon Do-yeon, Kim Hye-soo, Kim Min-sun, Kim Ok-bin, Lee Byung-heon, Park Chan-wook, Rain, Song Hye-gyo, Song Kang-ho, Won Bin