“Men of Plastic,” a current comedy film starring the larger-than-life Korean American actor Don Lee (aka Ma Dong-seok) has racked up sales in 32 territories for distributor Showbox.
Lee is the star of the crime action film series that kicked off with “The Outlaws” and which was followed by “The Roundup,” this year’s biggest film in Korea with a 100 million cumulative.
“Men of Plastic” which sees Lee playing a small-time entrepreneur who sets up a mega studio in Apgujeong, the heart of Korea’s plastic surgery industry, was released in Korea last week. Produced by Lee and directed by Lim Jin-sun, it has earned 3.34 million to date and holds second place at the box office going into its second weekend.
The film was licensed to Movie Cloud for Taiwan, Purple Plan for Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Brunei, Vietnam, At Entertainment for Japan, Cj Enm Hk for Thailand, Eagle International for Inflight,...
Lee is the star of the crime action film series that kicked off with “The Outlaws” and which was followed by “The Roundup,” this year’s biggest film in Korea with a 100 million cumulative.
“Men of Plastic” which sees Lee playing a small-time entrepreneur who sets up a mega studio in Apgujeong, the heart of Korea’s plastic surgery industry, was released in Korea last week. Produced by Lee and directed by Lim Jin-sun, it has earned 3.34 million to date and holds second place at the box office going into its second weekend.
The film was licensed to Movie Cloud for Taiwan, Purple Plan for Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Brunei, Vietnam, At Entertainment for Japan, Cj Enm Hk for Thailand, Eagle International for Inflight,...
- 12/9/2022
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
The first slate of Paramount Plus Originals for Latin America will feature new series from “The Hateful Eight’s” Demián Bichir, “Luis Miguel” lead Diego Boneta, and Brazilian online phenom Porta Dos Fundos.
Paramount Plus and ViacomCBS International Studios on Thursday also confirmed that their new slate of premium original content is set to premiere in Latin America, including Brazil, from early as third quarter 2021.
Expanding the streaming service’s vast global content lineup, the slate is produced by ViacomCBS’s global studio Vis, rolling off partnerships with a growing bevy of world-renowned content creators and producers.
Bichir, whose acting credits take in “Land,” “The Midnight Sky,” “Godzilla vs. Kong,” “The Hateful Eight,” and “A Better Life,” will star, executive produce and direct “Jg Ballard Adaptation” – a working title. It is written by novelist Juan Villoro and produced by Frida Torresblanco, an Academy Award winner for “Pan’s Labyrinth.” The limited...
Paramount Plus and ViacomCBS International Studios on Thursday also confirmed that their new slate of premium original content is set to premiere in Latin America, including Brazil, from early as third quarter 2021.
Expanding the streaming service’s vast global content lineup, the slate is produced by ViacomCBS’s global studio Vis, rolling off partnerships with a growing bevy of world-renowned content creators and producers.
Bichir, whose acting credits take in “Land,” “The Midnight Sky,” “Godzilla vs. Kong,” “The Hateful Eight,” and “A Better Life,” will star, executive produce and direct “Jg Ballard Adaptation” – a working title. It is written by novelist Juan Villoro and produced by Frida Torresblanco, an Academy Award winner for “Pan’s Labyrinth.” The limited...
- 5/27/2021
- by John Hopewell
- Variety Film + TV
Why use the door, Salman? Bollywood megastar goes back to basics, pummelling everything in sight including narrative cohesion
What was originally scheduled as India’s big Eid blockbuster for May 2020 is opening a year later in cinemas everywhere but India itself, where it came out on streaming platforms last weekend. In his guise as producer-megastar, musclebound Salman Khan has dispatched his minions to hollow out the taut narrative chicanery of 2017’s Korean thriller The Outlaws and reconfigure its carcass into the kind of flattering vehicle only a powerful Bollywood leading man can command. Despite some early welcome flickers of the kind of self-awareness that’s crept into Khan’s projects over the past half-decade, the result is very much back-to-basics. The more knowing nonsense only serves to make the eventual slump into third-rate pummelling more dispiriting.
Most of that nonsense, which prompts fitful back-row giggles, concerns Khan’s indomitable hero cop Radhe.
What was originally scheduled as India’s big Eid blockbuster for May 2020 is opening a year later in cinemas everywhere but India itself, where it came out on streaming platforms last weekend. In his guise as producer-megastar, musclebound Salman Khan has dispatched his minions to hollow out the taut narrative chicanery of 2017’s Korean thriller The Outlaws and reconfigure its carcass into the kind of flattering vehicle only a powerful Bollywood leading man can command. Despite some early welcome flickers of the kind of self-awareness that’s crept into Khan’s projects over the past half-decade, the result is very much back-to-basics. The more knowing nonsense only serves to make the eventual slump into third-rate pummelling more dispiriting.
Most of that nonsense, which prompts fitful back-row giggles, concerns Khan’s indomitable hero cop Radhe.
- 5/18/2021
- by Mike McCahill
- The Guardian - Film News
Exclusive: Artist International Group CEO David Unger and Saram Entertainment CEO Soyoung Lee have launched a full-service, internationally-driven talent representation joint venture where they will rep a diverse set of clients across film and television from their Seoul and Los Angeles based offices. The goal is to produce and package film, television and local language content.
“Together we are uniquely positioned to capitalize on the explosive growth from international opportunities and partnerships,” Unger said. “Today, more than ever, content across film and television must speak to diverse audiences with global appeal.”
Artist International Group clients include Hanee Lee (Extreme Job), Michelle Yeoh (Crazy Rich Asians), Anil Kapoor (Slumdog Millionaire), Gong Li (Memoirs of a Geisha), Tom Welling (Smallville), Mallika Sherawat (Time Raiders), Elsa Zylberstein (I’ve Loved You So Long), Siwon Choi (Dragon Blade) and Saïd Taghmaoui (Wonder Woman) as well as writer and director clients Amanda Sthers (Madame), Tony Kaye...
“Together we are uniquely positioned to capitalize on the explosive growth from international opportunities and partnerships,” Unger said. “Today, more than ever, content across film and television must speak to diverse audiences with global appeal.”
Artist International Group clients include Hanee Lee (Extreme Job), Michelle Yeoh (Crazy Rich Asians), Anil Kapoor (Slumdog Millionaire), Gong Li (Memoirs of a Geisha), Tom Welling (Smallville), Mallika Sherawat (Time Raiders), Elsa Zylberstein (I’ve Loved You So Long), Siwon Choi (Dragon Blade) and Saïd Taghmaoui (Wonder Woman) as well as writer and director clients Amanda Sthers (Madame), Tony Kaye...
- 11/18/2019
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: We hear that Adam Devine is in early talks to get back in business with Netflix in the action comedy feature The Outlaws after portraying Sam I Am in the streamer’s Green Eggs and Ham series.
The pitch, which is described as being in the spirit of Meet the Parents, was made by Ben Zazove and Evan Turner. A script deal is in place currently. A director will become attached down the road.
Devine stars in HBO’s Danny McBride holy roller comedy series The Righteous Gemstones as Kelvin Gemstone. He’ll next star in the Disney+ feature Magic Camp. Feature credits include Pitch Perfect 1 and 2, Mike & Dave Need Wedding Dates, Jexi and The Intern. Devine is the co-creator and star of the Comedy Central series Workaholics. He is repped by Wme, Avalon Management and Morris Yorn.
Zazove wrote Paramount/MGM’s Sherlock Gnomes and the upcoming animated Ghostbusters reboot at Sony Animation.
The pitch, which is described as being in the spirit of Meet the Parents, was made by Ben Zazove and Evan Turner. A script deal is in place currently. A director will become attached down the road.
Devine stars in HBO’s Danny McBride holy roller comedy series The Righteous Gemstones as Kelvin Gemstone. He’ll next star in the Disney+ feature Magic Camp. Feature credits include Pitch Perfect 1 and 2, Mike & Dave Need Wedding Dates, Jexi and The Intern. Devine is the co-creator and star of the Comedy Central series Workaholics. He is repped by Wme, Avalon Management and Morris Yorn.
Zazove wrote Paramount/MGM’s Sherlock Gnomes and the upcoming animated Ghostbusters reboot at Sony Animation.
- 11/4/2019
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
After Chulbul Pandey, superstar Salman Khan is set to don the cop's uniform again in "Indias Most Wanted Cop: Radhe", which is scheduled to on floors on November 4.
There were multiple reports stating that Sohail Khan has registered the title of "India's Most Wanted Cop: Radhe" for the film, which is expected to hit the screens on Eid 2020.
Also Read:?Salman Khan takes a deep dive with cool kids
Although an official announcement from Salman's side is awaited, a report?claims that the movie is expected to go on floors on November 4.
The movie will be directed by "Dabangg 3" director Prabhudeva, and is said to be an adaptation of the 2017 Korean film "The Outlaws". It revolves around a police officer who is assigned the task of finishing the underworld gang clashes in the city.
Recently, Salman wrapped up "Dabangg 3", which also stars Sonakshi Sinha as the female lead Rajjo.
There were multiple reports stating that Sohail Khan has registered the title of "India's Most Wanted Cop: Radhe" for the film, which is expected to hit the screens on Eid 2020.
Also Read:?Salman Khan takes a deep dive with cool kids
Although an official announcement from Salman's side is awaited, a report?claims that the movie is expected to go on floors on November 4.
The movie will be directed by "Dabangg 3" director Prabhudeva, and is said to be an adaptation of the 2017 Korean film "The Outlaws". It revolves around a police officer who is assigned the task of finishing the underworld gang clashes in the city.
Recently, Salman wrapped up "Dabangg 3", which also stars Sonakshi Sinha as the female lead Rajjo.
- 10/11/2019
- GlamSham
Based on an apparently true story from 2005, Lee Won-Tae (“Man of Will” 2017) creates a revenge film that crosses the line of morality more than once.
“Who are you?”, asks Jang Dong-Su on a rainy roadside right after he got stab several times by a psychopath. But little did the attacker knew that Jang is the head of a criminal gambling cartel and not easy to subdue. As he manages to escape, Jang begins a race with the cops. Who finds the serial killer first and what fate awaits him then?
“The Gangster, the Cop, the Devil” is screening at Slash Film Festival 2019
The search for the killer’s identity is accompanied by heavy usage of dramatic music, polished camera shots by Se-Seung Park (“High Society” 2018) and trenched in green and blue lightning (just like looking trough Jang Dong-Su’s colored sunglasses). The second feature of Korean director tells a solid crime story.
“Who are you?”, asks Jang Dong-Su on a rainy roadside right after he got stab several times by a psychopath. But little did the attacker knew that Jang is the head of a criminal gambling cartel and not easy to subdue. As he manages to escape, Jang begins a race with the cops. Who finds the serial killer first and what fate awaits him then?
“The Gangster, the Cop, the Devil” is screening at Slash Film Festival 2019
The search for the killer’s identity is accompanied by heavy usage of dramatic music, polished camera shots by Se-Seung Park (“High Society” 2018) and trenched in green and blue lightning (just like looking trough Jang Dong-Su’s colored sunglasses). The second feature of Korean director tells a solid crime story.
- 9/24/2019
- by Alexander Knoth
- AsianMoviePulse
Spackman Entertainment is to buy Simplex Films, the Korean early-stage production company behind the upcoming period comedy movie “Jesters: The Game Changers.”
Spackman, an investment group with a clutch of Korean film and production businesses, has agreed a $2.43 million (S$3.3 million) all-share purchase price for Simplex. It says the acquisition will expand its film production capacity and strengthen the performance of its film production businesses.
Simplex is headed by Lim Ji-young, previously a VP of the Korean Producers Guild and 2014 winner of Korea’s best female producer award. Her credits include “Demi Human,” Deranged” and “Miss Granny.” The company’s upcoming slate includes: “A Bolt From The Blue,” a remake of a 2014 Japanese comedy; “Irrevocable Promise”; “Our Superstar K”; “Happy Murder”; “Girl Crush”; and “Temptation.”
Directed by Kim Joon-ho, “Jesters” stars Cho Jin-woong (“The Spy Gone North”) and Son Hyun-joo (“Ordinary Person”). The period comedy about a gang of clowns who manipulate rumors,...
Spackman, an investment group with a clutch of Korean film and production businesses, has agreed a $2.43 million (S$3.3 million) all-share purchase price for Simplex. It says the acquisition will expand its film production capacity and strengthen the performance of its film production businesses.
Simplex is headed by Lim Ji-young, previously a VP of the Korean Producers Guild and 2014 winner of Korea’s best female producer award. Her credits include “Demi Human,” Deranged” and “Miss Granny.” The company’s upcoming slate includes: “A Bolt From The Blue,” a remake of a 2014 Japanese comedy; “Irrevocable Promise”; “Our Superstar K”; “Happy Murder”; “Girl Crush”; and “Temptation.”
Directed by Kim Joon-ho, “Jesters” stars Cho Jin-woong (“The Spy Gone North”) and Son Hyun-joo (“Ordinary Person”). The period comedy about a gang of clowns who manipulate rumors,...
- 7/15/2019
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
Two Disney releases, “Toy Story 4” and “Aladdin” ruled the weekend box office in Korea. Opening on Thursday, “Toy Story 4” earned $8.54 million from 1.12 million admissions over its four opening days. The animated family adventure film accounted for 32% of the country’s total weekend box office.
May release “Aladdin” slipped to second from the previous weekend’s top spot. The live action fantasy drama earned $7.3 million between Friday and Sunday for a total of $50.4 million after five weekends on release. It accounted for nearly 32% of the total weekend box office.
Opening on Wednesday, Korean action drama “Long Live the King” debuted in third. The Megabox release earned $5.11 million over five days. Directed by Kang Yun-sung (“The Outlaws”), “King” is the story a mobster who becomes a hero after saving a person from a traffic accident, and runs for seat in parliament.
Bong Joon-ho’s “Parasite” dropped to fourth from the previous weekend’s second place.
May release “Aladdin” slipped to second from the previous weekend’s top spot. The live action fantasy drama earned $7.3 million between Friday and Sunday for a total of $50.4 million after five weekends on release. It accounted for nearly 32% of the total weekend box office.
Opening on Wednesday, Korean action drama “Long Live the King” debuted in third. The Megabox release earned $5.11 million over five days. Directed by Kang Yun-sung (“The Outlaws”), “King” is the story a mobster who becomes a hero after saving a person from a traffic accident, and runs for seat in parliament.
Bong Joon-ho’s “Parasite” dropped to fourth from the previous weekend’s second place.
- 6/25/2019
- by Sonia Kil
- Variety Film + TV
2017’s smash hit “The Outlaws” propelled its lead Ma Dong-seok into superstardom and established its debutant director Kang Yoon-sung as a talent to watch out for. While he is already signed on to direct a sequel to his debut feature, his sophomore film “Long Live the King” is set to release soon.
Synopsis
Jang Se-chool is a gangster boss. He has been in love with Kang So-hyun for the past 3 years, even though she tries to push him away. One day, in order to make him give up on her, Kang So-hyun tells him that she wants to be a first lady. Jang Se-chool is confused by her comment. Meanwhile, his friend Jung Choon-taek is a death row convict. His friends tells him that his execution date has been set. Nobody can save him except, possibly, the South Korean president. To marry Kang So-hyun and to save his friend, Jang...
Synopsis
Jang Se-chool is a gangster boss. He has been in love with Kang So-hyun for the past 3 years, even though she tries to push him away. One day, in order to make him give up on her, Kang So-hyun tells him that she wants to be a first lady. Jang Se-chool is confused by her comment. Meanwhile, his friend Jung Choon-taek is a death row convict. His friends tells him that his execution date has been set. Nobody can save him except, possibly, the South Korean president. To marry Kang So-hyun and to save his friend, Jang...
- 5/17/2019
- by Rhythm Zaveri
- AsianMoviePulse
Jessi Colter, the first lady of the Outlaw Country movement, has a new album on the way, one that pairs her up with a contemporary country rebel in Margo Price. According to a series of tweets by the artists, Price spent a week in May in Nashville producing Colter’s latest project. The as-yet-untitled album is the follow-up to 2017’s The Psalms, a collection of stripped-down religious recordings that were produced by Lenny Kaye.
“I spent the entire past week producing an incredible new album for the Og Queen of ‘Outlaw’ Country,...
“I spent the entire past week producing an incredible new album for the Og Queen of ‘Outlaw’ Country,...
- 5/13/2019
- by Joseph Hudak
- Rollingstone.com
Korean thriller, directed by Lee Won-tae and starring Don Lee, will premiere in Cannes Midnight Screenings.
South Korean production company BA Entertainment has reached an agreement with Sylvester Stallone’s Balboa Productions for a remake of upcoming Cannes Midnight Screenings title The Gangster, The Cop, The Devil, starring Don Lee, aka Ma Dong-seok (Train To Busan).
In an announcement issued today (May 6), BA Entertainment said that Balboa Productions had noted the film’s strong concept, in which an organised crime boss teams up with a police detective to catch a serial killer - after the boss becomes the sole surviving...
South Korean production company BA Entertainment has reached an agreement with Sylvester Stallone’s Balboa Productions for a remake of upcoming Cannes Midnight Screenings title The Gangster, The Cop, The Devil, starring Don Lee, aka Ma Dong-seok (Train To Busan).
In an announcement issued today (May 6), BA Entertainment said that Balboa Productions had noted the film’s strong concept, in which an organised crime boss teams up with a police detective to catch a serial killer - after the boss becomes the sole surviving...
- 5/6/2019
- by Jean Noh
- ScreenDaily
South Korean actor Ma Dong-seok, also known as Don Lee, will make his American film debut in Marvel Studios’ “The Eternals,” which focuses on a group of ancient human beings, an individual with knowledge of the project exclusively told TheWrap.
Details about the role for the actor, who broke out in 2016’s South Korean zombie apocalypse action thriller “Train to Busan,” are being kept under wraps.
“The Rider” director Chloe Zhao will direct the film. Matthew and Ryan Firpo (“Ruin”) are writing the script. Marvel Studios chief Kevin Feige is producing.
Also Read: Does DC Comics' 'Shazam' Have a Post-Credits Scene?
Created by comic legend Jack Kirby in 1976, the Eternals are a race of ancient human beings created a million years ago by the cosmic entities known as the Celestials.
According to ComicVine, the Celestials accelerated the evolution of a handful of subjects and gave them the genetic potential...
Details about the role for the actor, who broke out in 2016’s South Korean zombie apocalypse action thriller “Train to Busan,” are being kept under wraps.
“The Rider” director Chloe Zhao will direct the film. Matthew and Ryan Firpo (“Ruin”) are writing the script. Marvel Studios chief Kevin Feige is producing.
Also Read: Does DC Comics' 'Shazam' Have a Post-Credits Scene?
Created by comic legend Jack Kirby in 1976, the Eternals are a race of ancient human beings created a million years ago by the cosmic entities known as the Celestials.
According to ComicVine, the Celestials accelerated the evolution of a handful of subjects and gave them the genetic potential...
- 4/17/2019
- by Umberto Gonzalez
- The Wrap
Ma Dong-seok’s carved quite a niche for himself in the South Korean film industry. Some people were understandably concerned that he was getting type-cast in certain type of roles, with most of his roles from last year feeling like an extension of his part in 2017’s “The Outlaws“. While that is not necessarily a bad thing (One can never have too much of Don Lee showing the bad guys what’s what), the trailer for his first film of 2019, “The Gangster, The Cop, The Devil” looks refreshingly different while still being quintessentially Ma Dong-seok.
Synopsis
Jang Dong-soo is a gang boss in Cheonan. He becomes the target of serial killer Kang Kyung-ho. Jang Dong-Soo survives and he is the only person to have survived from an attack by Kang Kyung-ho. Detective Jung Tae-seok hates organized crime members, but he works with Jang Dong-soo to catch serial killer Kang Kyung-Ho.
Synopsis
Jang Dong-soo is a gang boss in Cheonan. He becomes the target of serial killer Kang Kyung-ho. Jang Dong-Soo survives and he is the only person to have survived from an attack by Kang Kyung-ho. Detective Jung Tae-seok hates organized crime members, but he works with Jang Dong-soo to catch serial killer Kang Kyung-Ho.
- 4/8/2019
- by Rhythm Zaveri
- AsianMoviePulse
Has passed 14.5 million admissions.
In South Korea, Cj Entertainment’s action comedy Extreme Job has become the second biggest hit in history after reaching a total of more than 14.5 million admissions today (February 18), according to the Korean Film Council (Kofic).
Released January 23, the film has now made more than $111.3m at the local box office from 2,003 screens.
Directed by Lee Byoung-heon (Twenty), Extreme Job follows a team of narcotics detectives that goes undercover working at a fried chicken joint to bring down an organized crime gang. Their plans go awry when their chicken recipe is so good the place becomes the hottest eatery in town.
In South Korea, Cj Entertainment’s action comedy Extreme Job has become the second biggest hit in history after reaching a total of more than 14.5 million admissions today (February 18), according to the Korean Film Council (Kofic).
Released January 23, the film has now made more than $111.3m at the local box office from 2,003 screens.
Directed by Lee Byoung-heon (Twenty), Extreme Job follows a team of narcotics detectives that goes undercover working at a fried chicken joint to bring down an organized crime gang. Their plans go awry when their chicken recipe is so good the place becomes the hottest eatery in town.
- 2/18/2019
- by Jean Noh
- ScreenDaily
After spending two films as the God of Death in both the “Along With the Gods” films, Lee Jung-jae is back to take on the occult and dubious churches in Director Jang Jae-hyun’s latest film “Sabaha”.
Synopsis
This film revolves around a minister, played by Lee Jung-jae who investigates corruption within dubious, emerging churches.
While not much else is known about the story of the film, it is worth noting that director Jang Jae-hyun’s last feature “The Priests” dealt with the practises of exorcism. While Kim Yoon-seok and Kang Dong-won graced that film, Jang has gathered another superstar in Lee Jung-jae for “Sabaha”, as well as an impressive supporting cast of Park Jung-min, Jung Jin-young, Jin Jeon-kyu as well as teenage actress Lee Jae-in. The occult mystery thriller is expected in Korean cinemas on February 20th, 2019.
Synopsis
This film revolves around a minister, played by Lee Jung-jae who investigates corruption within dubious, emerging churches.
While not much else is known about the story of the film, it is worth noting that director Jang Jae-hyun’s last feature “The Priests” dealt with the practises of exorcism. While Kim Yoon-seok and Kang Dong-won graced that film, Jang has gathered another superstar in Lee Jung-jae for “Sabaha”, as well as an impressive supporting cast of Park Jung-min, Jung Jin-young, Jin Jeon-kyu as well as teenage actress Lee Jae-in. The occult mystery thriller is expected in Korean cinemas on February 20th, 2019.
- 1/19/2019
- by Rhythm Zaveri
- AsianMoviePulse
Police procedural comedies are more often than not a fun ride. The latest to tackle the genre is director Lee Byung-heon with his new film “Extreme Job”.
Synopsis
A drug squad consists of 5 detectives: Detective Squad Chief Go, Detective Jang, Detective Ma, Detective Young-Ho and Detective Jae-Hoon. The team attempts to take down a criminal organization and they must go undercover to do so. The detectives begin work as employees at a chicken restaurant across the road, but the chicken restaurant becomes famous for its delicious chicken. Due to the restaurant’s unexpected popularity, the detectives find themselves in a situation they never expected.
Director Lee Byung-heon is no stranger to comedy, with his previous two films “Twenty” and this year’s sleeper hit “What A Man Wants” both being well-received, as well as having written the screenplays for “Scandal Makers” and “Love Forecast”.
Starring as Chief Go a leaner,...
Synopsis
A drug squad consists of 5 detectives: Detective Squad Chief Go, Detective Jang, Detective Ma, Detective Young-Ho and Detective Jae-Hoon. The team attempts to take down a criminal organization and they must go undercover to do so. The detectives begin work as employees at a chicken restaurant across the road, but the chicken restaurant becomes famous for its delicious chicken. Due to the restaurant’s unexpected popularity, the detectives find themselves in a situation they never expected.
Director Lee Byung-heon is no stranger to comedy, with his previous two films “Twenty” and this year’s sleeper hit “What A Man Wants” both being well-received, as well as having written the screenplays for “Scandal Makers” and “Love Forecast”.
Starring as Chief Go a leaner,...
- 12/17/2018
- by Rhythm Zaveri
- AsianMoviePulse
The outlook for South Korea’s film box office business is decidedly guarded. Over Chuseok holiday period, overall sales increased but business ended up being a zero-sum game.
According to the Korean Film Council’s report, box office managed to sell almost 32% more tickets in September, compared to the same month a year ago. That’s partly because of the holiday, which fell in October in 2017.
Kofic’s box office tracking service Kobis showed that the number of admissions in local theaters was up about 4 million to 16.81 million in September, with revenues up by 42% to $127 million. The number of admissions for homegrown titles grew by 5.78 million to 11.76 million, with revenues increased by 113.6% to $88.23 million.
Big homegrown films release during the holiday week in all likelihood contributed to the hike. Over the past few years, the Chuseok holiday season has grown to one of the peak seasons for the South Korean box office,...
According to the Korean Film Council’s report, box office managed to sell almost 32% more tickets in September, compared to the same month a year ago. That’s partly because of the holiday, which fell in October in 2017.
Kofic’s box office tracking service Kobis showed that the number of admissions in local theaters was up about 4 million to 16.81 million in September, with revenues up by 42% to $127 million. The number of admissions for homegrown titles grew by 5.78 million to 11.76 million, with revenues increased by 113.6% to $88.23 million.
Big homegrown films release during the holiday week in all likelihood contributed to the hike. Over the past few years, the Chuseok holiday season has grown to one of the peak seasons for the South Korean box office,...
- 11/3/2018
- by Sonia Kil
- Variety Film + TV
Other titles include The Gangster, The Cop, The Devil also starring Don Lee and Body Snatch.
South Korea’s K-Movie Entertainment has picked up worldwide sales rights for a trio of projects including the latest from director Chang, whose thriller The Target played Cannes’ Midnight Screenings in May and who is in pre-production on the Korean remake of French thriller Body To Body.
Based on an award-winning 2003 film, Body To Body follows a stripper who discovers she has agreed to change her life for a man who turns out to be a twisted transplant doctor with whom she has a son.
South Korea’s K-Movie Entertainment has picked up worldwide sales rights for a trio of projects including the latest from director Chang, whose thriller The Target played Cannes’ Midnight Screenings in May and who is in pre-production on the Korean remake of French thriller Body To Body.
Based on an award-winning 2003 film, Body To Body follows a stripper who discovers she has agreed to change her life for a man who turns out to be a twisted transplant doctor with whom she has a son.
- 11/1/2018
- by Jean Noh
- ScreenDaily
After the success of the blockbuster “Train to Busan,” breakout star Ma Dong-seok has gained massive exposure in his homeland with roles in films like “The Outlaws,” “Derailed” and “Along with the Gods: The Two Worlds.” Now turning his attention to a more family-friendly atmosphere, the affable actor tries the crowd-pleasing family comedy with the new movie “Champion.”
Raised in the United States, Mark is invited to return to a special arm-wrestling competition in his native South Korea. Hoping to use the opportunity in order to return to his past glories on the arm-wrestling circuit, he reunites with his friend Ki-jin who offers to help get him ready for the competition. While in the midst of his routine, he suddenly meets Jin-soo, who turns out to be his long-lost half-sister before he became adopted. As he finds balancing his training for the tournament impeding the time he spends with his new-found family,...
Raised in the United States, Mark is invited to return to a special arm-wrestling competition in his native South Korea. Hoping to use the opportunity in order to return to his past glories on the arm-wrestling circuit, he reunites with his friend Ki-jin who offers to help get him ready for the competition. While in the midst of his routine, he suddenly meets Jin-soo, who turns out to be his long-lost half-sister before he became adopted. As he finds balancing his training for the tournament impeding the time he spends with his new-found family,...
- 10/12/2018
- by Don Anelli
- AsianMoviePulse
Possibly South Korea’s busiest actor, Ma Dong-seok (aka Don Lee) is back once again doing what he does best, making us laugh and kicking seven shades out of the bad guys, in this year’s Chuseok holidays release “Wonderful Ghost” (also known as “The Soul-Mate).
Synopsis
Tae-jin, a patrol officer, gets into an accident while investigating a case, and his soul gets separated from his body. He is desperate to solve the case and return to his beloved girlfriend, but is at his wits’ end as a wandering spirit. Unexpectedly Tae-jin discovers someone who can see him, but it is none other than his archfoe and neighbor Jang-su, who runs a judo studio.
Directed by Jo Won-hee and co-starring Lee Yoo-young, “Wonderful Ghost” will release in South Korea in September during the coveted Chuseok holidays time-slot.
Synopsis
Tae-jin, a patrol officer, gets into an accident while investigating a case, and his soul gets separated from his body. He is desperate to solve the case and return to his beloved girlfriend, but is at his wits’ end as a wandering spirit. Unexpectedly Tae-jin discovers someone who can see him, but it is none other than his archfoe and neighbor Jang-su, who runs a judo studio.
Directed by Jo Won-hee and co-starring Lee Yoo-young, “Wonderful Ghost” will release in South Korea in September during the coveted Chuseok holidays time-slot.
- 8/7/2018
- by Rhythm Zaveri
- AsianMoviePulse
Remember the name Kang Yoon-Seong, writer and director of South Korea’s damn near flawless gangster war-wager The Outlaws. His how-the-hell-is-this-a-feature-debut bursts through the screen like if the Kool-Aid Man was hightailing it from hordes of rough-and-tumble delinquents. Each interrogation, high-intensity scuffle and frantic chase explodes with action-packed fury as Ma Dong-seok (aka Don Lee) steps […]
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- 7/29/2018
- by Matt Donato
- Slash Film
While police brutality as slapstick may not be everyone’s cup of tea, it certainly does get laughs in “The Outlaws.” This hectic action-comedy, based, however loosely, on gang warfare in Seoul over the past decade, stars the estimable Ma Dong-Seok aka Don Lee (“Train to Busan”) as a police investigator who simply bulldozes through all opposition, be it legal or lethal.
More dependent on general high energy and a farcical edge than it is on outstanding action set pieces — though there’s plenty of well-tuned violence — “The Outlaws” is a very entertaining if not quite first-rank genre exercise that reps an auspicious bow for first-time feature director Kang Yoon-Seong. It performed superbly at home last year, and has opened or sold to numerous offshore territories since.
The tangled plot, drawn from a 2004 “gang mop-up operation” by Seoul police, has our badge-wearing protagonists dealing with a tsunami of rivalrous criminal activities.
More dependent on general high energy and a farcical edge than it is on outstanding action set pieces — though there’s plenty of well-tuned violence — “The Outlaws” is a very entertaining if not quite first-rank genre exercise that reps an auspicious bow for first-time feature director Kang Yoon-Seong. It performed superbly at home last year, and has opened or sold to numerous offshore territories since.
The tangled plot, drawn from a 2004 “gang mop-up operation” by Seoul police, has our badge-wearing protagonists dealing with a tsunami of rivalrous criminal activities.
- 7/27/2018
- by Dennis Harvey
- Variety Film + TV
Film Review: The Outlaws (2017) by Kang Yoon-Seong Screening at Fantasia International Film Festival
Loosely based on real life events that happened in south western Seoul, “The Outlaws” is a gritty gangster film from first time writer/director Kang Yoon-seong. Winning him ‘Best New Director’ award at the Korean Association of Film Critics Awards and becoming the third grossest R rated film in Korea’s history, it’s an impressive debut to say the least.
“The Outlaws” is part of the Asian selection at Fantasia International Film Festival
Local police officer Ma Seok-do and his special crimes task force have the rival thugs from the Venom and Isu gangs under control, until suddenly their mutual respect is disrupted, when some new players arrive in town to try and make it their own. With little more than three men, a few knives and an axe, the new boys from Changwon make an impressive mark on the local scene. Ma Seok-do and the local bosses have...
“The Outlaws” is part of the Asian selection at Fantasia International Film Festival
Local police officer Ma Seok-do and his special crimes task force have the rival thugs from the Venom and Isu gangs under control, until suddenly their mutual respect is disrupted, when some new players arrive in town to try and make it their own. With little more than three men, a few knives and an axe, the new boys from Changwon make an impressive mark on the local scene. Ma Seok-do and the local bosses have...
- 7/22/2018
- by Nathan Last
- AsianMoviePulse
Ma Dong-seok’s star has been on the rise since his scene-stealing supporting role in “Train to Busan”. After leading roles in varied films such as “Derailed”, the very popular action film “The Outlaws” and hit comedy “The Bros”, he is back in director Kim Yong-wan’s sports comedy “Champion”, which managed an impressive 1 million admissions in just 12 days after release at the domestic box-office.
“Champion” is part of the Asian selection at Fantasia International Film Festival
Mark is a scary brute with a heart of gold who is uncomfortable in pretty much every situation except when he’s on his job as Security at a club or when he’s arm-wrestling. An adoptee and raised in the United States, Mark used to be World #10 in arm-wrestling but a false allegation of match-fixing led him to be disallowed from the League years ago. An offer from his friend Jin-ki leads...
“Champion” is part of the Asian selection at Fantasia International Film Festival
Mark is a scary brute with a heart of gold who is uncomfortable in pretty much every situation except when he’s on his job as Security at a club or when he’s arm-wrestling. An adoptee and raised in the United States, Mark used to be World #10 in arm-wrestling but a false allegation of match-fixing led him to be disallowed from the League years ago. An offer from his friend Jin-ki leads...
- 7/17/2018
- by Rhythm Zaveri
- AsianMoviePulse
If you were to look back at Ed Asner's acting career, there would be few who would argue that his greatest success — both critically and from the audience's point of view — came from the years he spent playing newsman Lou Grant on The Mary Tyler Moore Show and the character's self-titled dramatic spin-off, which ran collectively from 1970-82. By anybody's standards, that's a hell of a run. And while he may not have achieved that sort of sustained success again, this is a guy who's still working all these years later. And at the age of 88, that is an accomplishment deserving of respect. "Well, I've got to pay off my bills," he says in an exclusive interview in a voice that still resonates his most famous character. "I hit a dry spell when I first started out. I used to get the Los Angeles Times on Saturday night to look...
- 6/1/2018
- by Ed Gross
- Closer Weekly
Don Lee (aka Ma Dong-seok) who has headlined films such as Train To Busan and The Outlaws, stars in debuting director Kim Min-ho’s Unstoppable.
South Korean distributor Showbox has picked up sales rights to crime actions films Unstoppable and Hit-And-Run Squad.
Don Lee (aka Ma Dong-seok) who has headlined films such as Train To Busan and The Outlaws, stars in debuting director Kim Min-ho’s Unstoppable. He will play a legendary gangster trying to clean up his act to live an ordinary life with his wife Ji-soo, played by Song Ji-hyo (New World), who keeps getting tricked into bad business decisions.
South Korean distributor Showbox has picked up sales rights to crime actions films Unstoppable and Hit-And-Run Squad.
Don Lee (aka Ma Dong-seok) who has headlined films such as Train To Busan and The Outlaws, stars in debuting director Kim Min-ho’s Unstoppable. He will play a legendary gangster trying to clean up his act to live an ordinary life with his wife Ji-soo, played by Song Ji-hyo (New World), who keeps getting tricked into bad business decisions.
- 5/8/2018
- by Jean Noh
- ScreenDaily
Lee is perhaps best known for starring in Yeon Sang-ho’s Train To Busan.
South Korean sales company Finecut has picked up Warner Bros Korea’s arm-wrestling comedy Champion, starring Don Lee (a.k.a. Ma Dong-seok), whose credits include Train To Busan.
Previously noted as a solid supporting actor in films such as Ryoo Seung-wan’s Veteran and Yoon Jong-bin’s Nameless Gangster: Rules Of The Time, Lee is perhaps best known as the brawny husband with a pregnant wife who survives a zombie outbreak in Yeon Sang-ho’s Train To Busan. The film clocked up $93.1m at box offices worldwide,...
South Korean sales company Finecut has picked up Warner Bros Korea’s arm-wrestling comedy Champion, starring Don Lee (a.k.a. Ma Dong-seok), whose credits include Train To Busan.
Previously noted as a solid supporting actor in films such as Ryoo Seung-wan’s Veteran and Yoon Jong-bin’s Nameless Gangster: Rules Of The Time, Lee is perhaps best known as the brawny husband with a pregnant wife who survives a zombie outbreak in Yeon Sang-ho’s Train To Busan. The film clocked up $93.1m at box offices worldwide,...
- 4/17/2018
- by Jean Noh
- ScreenDaily
Hong Kong film icon Brigitte Lin Ching-hsia, who is rarely seen in public these days, will be on hand to open the 20th edition of the Far East Film Festival in Udine. She will also receive the festival’s lifetime award, the Golden Mulberry.
The opening film is set to be Korean thriller “Steel Rain, an actioner backed by streaming video platform Netflix. There are currently no plans to show it on the big screen again. Also on the opening night agenda is Malaysian drama “Crossroads: One Two Jaga.”
The festival program runs 20-28 April and includes films from 11 East Asian territories, 5 world premieres and a trio of restored titles. Among the classics is Johnnie To’s “Throw Down,” brought back to life by the Italo-Hong Kong company L’Immagine Ritrovata.
New for the 20th edition is the launch of the White Mulberry competitive section. It will include 21 films by first or second time directors.
The opening film is set to be Korean thriller “Steel Rain, an actioner backed by streaming video platform Netflix. There are currently no plans to show it on the big screen again. Also on the opening night agenda is Malaysian drama “Crossroads: One Two Jaga.”
The festival program runs 20-28 April and includes films from 11 East Asian territories, 5 world premieres and a trio of restored titles. Among the classics is Johnnie To’s “Throw Down,” brought back to life by the Italo-Hong Kong company L’Immagine Ritrovata.
New for the 20th edition is the launch of the White Mulberry competitive section. It will include 21 films by first or second time directors.
- 4/12/2018
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
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