SEOUL, Feb. 1 (Korea Bizwire) – Last year, artificial intelligence computer IBM Watson again stunned the world by generating a trailer for Morgan, a horror/thriller film from 20th Century Fox. Watson studied some 100 horror movie trailers beforehand, selected ten of the most tension-driven scenes from Morgan, and produced a trailer (with a bit of [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 18 (Korea Bizwire) – “The Wailing,” a supernatural thriller, was named best film of 2016 by an association of South Korean film journalists Wednesday. Na Hong-jin was chosen best director for the tense drama which features a tranquil rural village embroiled in mysterious serial murders after the arrival of a stranger. The movie, [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 12 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korean box offices pulled in record-high profit despite the falling number of local moviegoers last year, a result of higher film ticket prices, data showed Thursday. The data from the Korean Film Council (KOFIC) showed that the total number of cinemagoers last year was 217.02 million, down 0.1 [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 8 (Korea Bizwire) – The popular Korean action film “Train to Busan” will be remade in English, its distributor said Thursday. NEW said the film’s remake right was sold to France’s Gaumont Film Company, a major global film studio behind such hit films as “Leon,” “The Fifth Element” and “Point Blank.” “We are [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 2 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s largest multi-screen cinema chain CJ CGV said Friday it will collaborate with a Hollywood studio to co-produce the first English film for providing the ScreenX immersive experience. The company announced that it will work with the American film production company “Let It Play” to make the ScreenX [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 18 (Korea Bizwire) – The South Korean crime action film “Master” starring top actors Lee Byung-hun, Kang Dong-won and Kim Woo-bin has been sold to 31 countries before its release, according to its local distributor Friday. The movie’s distribution rights have been sold to companies in the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, [...]
BUSAN, Oct. 21 (Korea Bizwire) – Taking off next Monday is the Busan Autumn Travel Weeks festival, which will run for two weeks, until November 6. What is different this year though is its theme, “Hunting for Busan’s Treasures from Movies”. According to the event’s organizing body – a joint venture between the Busan Metropolitan [...]
SEOUL, Oct 19 (Korea Bizwire) – Will You Be There? (Seras-tu là?), a novel by French writer Guillaume Musso, is coming to theaters, and it’s going to be a Korean film. The book was first released in 2006, and is among Musso’s more successful works. It has since been published in 22 countries. Musso is a [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 17 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s espionage film “The Age of Shadows” swept local cinemas during the Chuseok holiday this week, surpassing 5 million viewers, data showed Saturday. According to data compiled by the state-run Korean Film Council (KFC), the film broke the 5 million mark after recording an accumulated audience of more [...]
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 1 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s CJ Group vowed Monday to boost global sales of its two entertainment units by capitalizing on the growing popularity of the Korean Wave. Entertainment giant CJ E&M and South Korea’s largest cinema chain, CJ CGV, saw their combined global sales reach 424.9 billion won (US$383 million) [...]