Streaming giant Netflix is teaming up with Yeon Sang-ho, the director of the hit horror film “Train to Busan,” for a new original series. The company announced the project Thursday, which will be titled “The Hell.” The thriller series, based on the webcomic of the same name, will revolve around a group of people who...Read More
“Kingdom,” which showed the infinite potential of Korean zombies, is gaining positive reviews from around the world as it has improved further through season 2. According to Rotten Tomato, a website specializing in movie and drama ratings, the Netflix original series “Kingdom” Season 2 released in 190 countries on March 13 has a freshness index...Read More
JTBC’s hit TV series “Itaewon Class,” which premiered in late January, has been seeing solid success with recent episodes gaining double-digit ratings. The webtoon-based popular drama is set to restore JTBC’s reputation as a drama powerhouse a year after its mega-hit drama “SKY Castle” broke the rating record for cable television. The latest episode earned...Read More
Actors in the second season of the smash-hit Netflix zombie thriller “Kingdom” said Thursday that the upcoming series will be a real cliffhanger as it has some fresh ideas and plots. The sequel to the first Korean original series by Netflix is a story of a crown prince of the Joseon Dynasty, Lee Chang, who...Read More
Movie history was made at the Oscars Sunday as South Korea’s black comedy “Parasite” became the first non-English-language film to win the best picture award, Hollywood’s biggest prize of all. “Parasite,” about a poor South Korean family infiltrating a wealthy household, won a total of four awards, defying the received wisdom that the Academy would...Read More
Netflix has released the official poster for the second series of its original zombie horror series “Kingdom” that will begin on March 13. The new season will star all the previous main cast ― Ju Ji-hoon, Bae Doo-na and Ryu Seung-ryong ― and will feature a guest appearance by Jun Ji-hyun. The mystery thriller series,...Read More
Bong Joon-ho’s sensational thriller “Parasite” will be made into a TV series on U.S. premium cable channel HBO, the film’s production house said Friday. “Director Bong and Adam McKay will participate in the project as executive producers, with HBO,” said an official from the film’s investor-distributor CJ ENM. The film won the top prize at...Read More
Southeast Asian countries are emerging as a new market for Korean broadcasting content, in line with the government’s aggressive foreign policy initiative called the New Southern Policy, which gained momentum via a South Korea-Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) special summit in Busan last month. The region can provide a breakthrough for the Korean pop...Read More
On November 28, news outlet Sports Chosun reported that Jun Ji Hyun will be joining Netflix’s original series ‘Kingdom’. According to the report, Jun Ji Hyun will be making a surprise appearance in the very last episode of the second season of ‘Kingdom’. Then, she is said to be wholly joining ‘Kingdom’ from the third...Read More
American TV network NBC will remake the Korean drama “SKY Castle” into a pilot program, reports said Thursday. Yoo Hyun-mi, the writer of the original drama, said earlier Thursday that American entertainment company Warner Bros (WB) has been involved. “Korea is not the only country grappling with excessive private education,” Yoo said during the 14th...Read More
