SEOUL, Aug. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — No book has ever inspired director Park Chan-wook’s desire to create a film adaptation more strongly than Donald E. Westlake’s “The Ax.” At a press conference in Seoul on Tuesday, the acclaimed director affirmed once again what it meant to bring the book to the big screen — a [...]
SEOUL, July 22 (Korea Bizwire) — Director Park Chan-wook’s “No Other Choice” has been officially invited to compete for the prestigious Golden Lion at this year’s Venice International Film Festival. The announcement was made Tuesday during a livestream revealing the 21 films in the main competition section. The acclaimed director’s latest film is the first [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — Award-winning director Park Chan-wook has recently completed filming his latest movie, “No Other Choice,” distributor CJ ENM said Tuesday. The film began filming last August and is aimed for release later this year. “I started writing the script for this movie almost 17 years ago. I feel deeply emotional [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 12 (Korea Bizwire) – The filming for renowned South Korean director Park Chan-wook’s new movie is set to begin Saturday with a cast including Lee Byung-hun and Son Ye-jin, the film’s distributor said Monday. The film, tentatively titled “I Can’t Help It,” centers on Man-soo, a middle-aged man who, after being suddenly fired [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — Park Chan-wook’s Cannes-winning romance “Decision to Leave” will represent South Korea in next year’s Oscars. The Korean Film Council (KOFIC) said Friday it has chosen the film as the country’s entry for the best international feature film category of the upcoming 95th Academy Awards. The Oscar’s non-English movie section [...]
CANNES, France, May 28 (Korea Bizwire) — South Koreans Park Chan-wook and Song Kang-ho were named Best Director and Best Actor, respectively, at this year’s Cannes Film Festival on Saturday. It is the first time in the country’s cinema history that Korean films have taken home two titles at a time at the world’s most [...]
SEOUL, May 25 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean filmmaker Park Chan-wook’s latest feature film, “Decision to Leave,” has attracted high scores and favorable reviews from foreign news media following its premiere at this year’s Cannes Film Festival earlier this week. Screen Daily, British film magazine Screen International’s daily magazine for the film festival, reported Tuesday [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean award-winning director Park Chan-wook’s short film shot entirely on the latest iPhone was released online Friday. “Life is But a Dream” is part of Apple’s “Shot on iPhone” marketing campaign and Park’s second iPhone-shot film since “Night Fishing,” which won the Golden Bear for Best Short Film [...]
SEOUL, April 8 (Korea Bizwire) — Renowned South Korean auteur Park Chan-wook is set to direct a U.S. TV project based on the Pulitzer-wining novel “The Sympathizer,” a publisher here said Thursday. Park, the man behind iconic works like “The Handmaiden” and “Joint Security Area,” will work on the TV adaptation of Vietnamese American novelist [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 24 (Korea Bizwire) – Distributing rights for South Korean director Park Chan-wook’s upcoming movie “The Handmaiden” have been sold in 116 countries even before its completion, the film’s distributor said Wednesday. It’s the second time a South Korean movie has been sold to more than 100 countries prior to release, CJ Entertainment said, [...]