Streaming giant Netflix on Tuesday confirmed expansion of starry Korean cast in the popular Korean series ‘Squid Game’ Season 2. The second season sees Lee Jung-jae, Lee Byung-hun, Wi Ha-jun and Gong Yoo reprise their roles as protagonist and antagonist survivors of the bloody elimination game, reports ‘Variety’.
The new story “will follow Gi-hun as he abandons his plans to go to the US and starts a chase with a motive”, said Netflix in Korea.
Earlier photographs from Season 2 showed Lee’s Gi-hyun character with hair dyed beetroot red, reports ‘Variety’.
The company confirmed that Hwang Dong-hyuk, who became the first Asian to win outstanding directing for a drama series at the Primetime Emmy’s, is also re-set as director, writer, and producer and that production is through Firstman Studio.
New cast members include Yim Si-wan ‘The Attorney’, ‘Emergency Declaration’, Kang Ha-neul ‘Dongju: The Portrait of a Poet’, Park Gyu-young ‘Attack the Gas Station’, Lee Jin-uk,...
The new story “will follow Gi-hun as he abandons his plans to go to the US and starts a chase with a motive”, said Netflix in Korea.
Earlier photographs from Season 2 showed Lee’s Gi-hyun character with hair dyed beetroot red, reports ‘Variety’.
The company confirmed that Hwang Dong-hyuk, who became the first Asian to win outstanding directing for a drama series at the Primetime Emmy’s, is also re-set as director, writer, and producer and that production is through Firstman Studio.
New cast members include Yim Si-wan ‘The Attorney’, ‘Emergency Declaration’, Kang Ha-neul ‘Dongju: The Portrait of a Poet’, Park Gyu-young ‘Attack the Gas Station’, Lee Jin-uk,...
- 2/6/2024
- by Agency News Desk
- GlamSham
Hulu has always been the streaming service for the people who want to get their money’s worth and this month with some brand new animes, some original shows and movies, and a Marvel series they will get it. So, start the first month of the new year with Hulu’s entertaining offerings and handpick what to watch this month CinemaBlind is always here to help you.
Ishura Season 1 (January 3)
Anime is one of the most popular and creative platforms for telling out-of-this-world stories and over the years, it is becoming more and more mainstream with some animes like Attack of Titan, Demon Slayer, Jujutsu Kaisen, and many more becoming even more popular than your average streaming shows. Hulu has always been ahead in the anime game in the US, if we compare it to other streaming services this month we will see the second part of The Devil is a Part Timer!
Ishura Season 1 (January 3)
Anime is one of the most popular and creative platforms for telling out-of-this-world stories and over the years, it is becoming more and more mainstream with some animes like Attack of Titan, Demon Slayer, Jujutsu Kaisen, and many more becoming even more popular than your average streaming shows. Hulu has always been ahead in the anime game in the US, if we compare it to other streaming services this month we will see the second part of The Devil is a Part Timer!
- 1/13/2024
- by Kulwant Singh
- Cinema Blind
Cho Nam-joo, a former scriptwriter for TV programs took two months to write the story as according to her, the title character “Kim Ji-young’s life isn’t much different from the one I have lived. That’s why I was able to write so quickly without much preparation.” Published by Minumsa in October 2016, it has sold more than 1 million copies as of 27 November 2018, becoming the first million-selling Korean novel since Shin Kyung-sook’s “Please Look After Mom” in 2009. It was also the subject of much controversy, as many perceived it as sexist against men. The movie that followed was also successful and controversial.
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The story begins in 2015, with Kim Ji-young, a young Korean, mother of one and wife, exhibiting a strange psychiatric condition, of impersonating women she knows, her mother for the most part but also a former classmate who died on birth.
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The story begins in 2015, with Kim Ji-young, a young Korean, mother of one and wife, exhibiting a strange psychiatric condition, of impersonating women she knows, her mother for the most part but also a former classmate who died on birth.
- 9/27/2023
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
Romance drama ‘Adagio’ from New Wave drama series director Yoon Seok-Ho.
South Korea’s Hive Filmworks has boarded international sales rights on two upcoming titles led by romance drama Adagio, directed by Yoon Seok-Ho, known for seminal Korean Wave drama series including Winter Sonata and Autumn In My Heart.
Based on Yuki Ibuki’s Japanese novel The Wind Leading To Love, the film follows a man and a woman going through midlife crises who encounter each other in a peaceful seaside village where – despite their different backgrounds – they classical music connects their lonely and injured souls.
The film stars Kim Ji-young,...
South Korea’s Hive Filmworks has boarded international sales rights on two upcoming titles led by romance drama Adagio, directed by Yoon Seok-Ho, known for seminal Korean Wave drama series including Winter Sonata and Autumn In My Heart.
Based on Yuki Ibuki’s Japanese novel The Wind Leading To Love, the film follows a man and a woman going through midlife crises who encounter each other in a peaceful seaside village where – despite their different backgrounds – they classical music connects their lonely and injured souls.
The film stars Kim Ji-young,...
- 3/14/2023
- by Jean Noh
- ScreenDaily
The drama stars Ko A-sung of Bong Joon Ho’s ‘The Host’ and ‘Snowpiercer’.
South Korea’s Showbox has secured international sales rights to Jang Kun-jae’s Because I Hate Korea and will launch sales at the upcoming European Film Market (EFM).
Based on the popular novel by Chang Kang-myoung, the film stars Ko A-sung, whose career took off when she played the young daughter in Bong Joon Ho’s The Host. She subsequently played roles in Bong’s sci-fi thriller Snowpiercer and more recently in comedy drama Samjin Company English Class.
Ko plays an average woman in her late...
South Korea’s Showbox has secured international sales rights to Jang Kun-jae’s Because I Hate Korea and will launch sales at the upcoming European Film Market (EFM).
Based on the popular novel by Chang Kang-myoung, the film stars Ko A-sung, whose career took off when she played the young daughter in Bong Joon Ho’s The Host. She subsequently played roles in Bong’s sci-fi thriller Snowpiercer and more recently in comedy drama Samjin Company English Class.
Ko plays an average woman in her late...
- 1/17/2023
- by Jean Noh
- ScreenDaily
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