SEOUL, Mar. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — Internationally acclaimed Korean director Bong Joon-ho’s new film, “Mickey 17,” is confirmed for release in his home country in January next year, its distributor said Thursday. The American sci-fi fantasy is set to hit local theaters on Jan. 28, the first day of the Lunar New Year holiday, Warner [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 13 (Korea Bizwire) –Prominent figures in the Korean cultural and arts community, including director Bong Joon-ho, have called for a thorough investigation into the death of actor Lee Sun-kyun, who committed suicide amidst a police investigation for alleged drug use. On January 12, the newly-formed Association of Solidarity of Cultural Artists held a [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — Oscar-winning filmmaker Bong Joon-ho will likely come back with an English-language movie based on an unpublished U.S. science-fiction novel on clones, with Hollywood star Robert Pattinson likely in a starring role, U.S. media outlets reported Thursday. According to Deadline and other news media, the South Korean director is preparing [...]
BUSAN, Oct. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean auteur Bong Joon-ho on Thursday gave a thumbs-up sign to Ryusuke Hamaguchi, a rising Japanese director who made an impressive impact on world cinema this year with his two latest projects. “Director Hamaguchi is a filmmaker who has captivating power and energy rarely seen in Japanese films,” [...]
SEOUL, May 27 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s Cannes-winning filmmaker Bong Joon-ho has had his name listed in a renowned French encyclopedia for his cinematic achievements and recognition in the European nation, a report showed Thursday. In the latest edition of “Petit Larousse Illustre,” a French-language encyclopedic dictionary launched in 1905, the South Korean director [...]
SEOUL, April 13 (Korea Bizwire) — Bong Joon-ho, the Oscar-winning director of South Korean black comedy “Parasite,” will be part of a 15-member “ensemble cast” that will present at the Academy Awards later this month. Bong, who directed the 2019 film that fetched four Oscars, including best picture and best director, will join former winners [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — Lee Kyung-sook, an 84-year-old Seoul citizen, visited a multiplex theater in the posh southern district of Gangnam on Wednesday afternoon with her daughter and grandson. Wearing a mask to protect herself from the novel coronavirus, she said she was so proud of the homegrown movie “Parasite”‘s triumph in at [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 11 (Korea Bizwire) – Filming locations that appeared in director Bong Joon-ho’s masterpiece “Parasite” are trending as fans visit the venues in celebration of the film’s historic Oscars win. On Tuesday, fans were busy taking selfies in front of Sky Pizza, a family-run pizzeria that appears as Pizza Age in the black comedy. [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — Director Bong Joon-ho of “Parasite” anticipates a future in which world cinema is so connected and diverse that a non-English-language winner of the Oscar for best picture will not make news any longer. The South Korean dark comedy on class division made movie history on Sunday (U.S. time) by [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — It took about 40 years for a timid 12-year-old South Korean boy who dreamed of becoming a film director to grow up and capture four Oscar statuettes, including the most prestigious best picture. His black comedy “Parasite” was the biggest winner of this year’s Academy Awards held at Dolby [...]