SEOUL, June 27 (Korea Bizwire) — An increasing number of K-pop artists are being featured on Hollywood movie soundtracks. “Barbie Dreams,” performed by K-pop rookie sensation Fifty Fifty, can be found on the original soundtrack album for the new fantasy comedy film “Barbie,” scheduled for release on July 19. Jimin, a member of the K-pop [...]
SEOUL, April 7 (Korea Bizwire) – “Squid Game” star Jung Ho-yeon has been cast in a new Hollywood film, titled “The Governesses,” her management agency here said Thursday. According to Saram Entertainment, Jung will star in the film about three rebellious governesses, along with Lily-Rose Depp and Renate Reinsve, who won best actress at last [...]
SEOUL, March 16 (Korea Bizwire) — Talented South Korean directors of popular TV series are poised to begin their Hollywood career amid the unprecedentedly strong presence of Korean content across the world. Director Lee Myung-woo, who helmed the action comedy “The Fiery Priest” (2019) and the crime thriller “One Ordinary Day” (2021), signed a contract [...]
SEOUL, April 9 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean actress Han Yeri, who played a skeptical yet caring mother in the award-winning film “Minari,” has signed with a Hollywood management agency for representation in the United States, her Korean agency said Friday. Han has signed a management contract with Echo Lake Entertainment, Saram Entertainment said. Echo [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean director Im Sang-soo, whose latest feature “Heaven: To The Land of Happiness” was selected by Cannes last year, will make his directorial debut in Hollywood, a production company here said Monday. He will take the helm of “Soho Sins,” co-produced by U.S. production studio 2W Network Entertainment, [...]
SEOUL, May 19 (Korea Bizwire) — Two talented South Korean film directors are set to make their directorial debut in Hollywood, which is seemingly opening its doors to the colleagues of Oscar-winning Bong Joon-ho. Director Jang Joon-hwan will direct the English-language remake of his 2003 science-fiction cult movie “Save the Green Planet!,” with a script [...]
SEOUL, May 17 (Korea Bizwire) — The K-Drama at LA Screening 2019 was held in West Hollywood on Wednesday (local time). The event was hosted by the Korea Creative Content Agency (KOCCA) for the promotion of K-dramas in the American market, where “Sky Castle” and 10 other popular Korean dramas have been screened. Staff from [...]
BUSAN, March 17 (Korea Bizwire) – The first film shoot for Marvel’s upcoming superhero film Black Panther began on Friday in Busan, South Korea’s largest port city, with hundreds of local film students (or former students) participating as staff or assistant staff members in this rare Hollywood experience. Some 450 students and graduates applied for the shoots [...]
TORONTO, ONTARIO and NEW YORK, NEW YORK, Feb. 14 (Korea Bizwire) – BMO Capital Markets will host its 26th annual Global Metals & Mining Conference from February 26 to March 1, 2017, in Hollywood, Florida. The conference will bring together metals and mining industry leaders and institutional investors from around the world. BMO Capital Markets [...]
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 [...]