www.fgks.org   »   [go: up one dir, main page]
Jee-woon Kim - News Poster

Jee-woon Kim

News

I Saw The Devil Was A Challenge Kim Jee-Woon Couldn't Resist

I Saw The Devil Was A Challenge Kim Jee-Woon Couldn't Resist
"I Saw The Devil" is one of those movies that changes you after you watch it. While it's a stretch to say that it changes your life forever, it's undeniable that Kim Jee-woon's 2010 thriller shakes you up a bit. I know I certainly denied the help of strangers in public for a little while after I watched it for the first time.

The film is largely considered to be one of the best thrillers of the 2010s, and a good part of this has to do with Kim's stellar direction. This shouldn't be surprising if you have seen his other work, such as "A Tale of Two Sisters" and "The Good, The Bad, and The Weird," but much of the terror in "I Saw The Devil" specifically derives from how cleverly paced the plot and reveals are. It is a steady build of dread and despair, which is why
See full article at Slash Film »

Getting I Saw The Devil A Korean Release Meant Kim Jee-Woon Had To Cut Some Scenes

Getting I Saw The Devil A Korean Release Meant Kim Jee-Woon Had To Cut Some Scenes
On paper, "I Saw The Devil" doesn't break new ground. Intelligence agent Kim Soo-hyun (Lee Byung-hun) sets out for revenge after the murder of his fiancee Jang Joo-yun (Oh San-ha). When he discovers the identity of her murderer, Jang Kyung-chul (Choi Min-Sik), he decides to play cat and mouse to drag out his vengeful catharsis.

All-in-all, a pretty typical setup for a revenge thriller. Such movies are a popular breed in South Korea and "I Saw The Devil" shares many qualities with other high points of the genre. Indeed, Choi Min-Sik previously played a serial killer and object of revenge in Park Chan-Wook's "Lady Vengeance."

Where the film is exceptional is its violence. Director ​​Kim Jee-woon shows both living and dead characters' bodies being destroyed in slow, nauseating detail. The gore would probably make even the aforementioned Mr. Park queasy. It certainly did so to the Korean Media Rating
See full article at Slash Film »

‘Zombiepura’ Producer Boi Kwong Returns to Direction With Singapore Crime Thriller ‘Geylang’

  • 25 November 2022
  • by Naman Ramachandran
  • Variety
‘Zombiepura’ Producer Boi Kwong Returns to Direction With Singapore Crime Thriller ‘Geylang’
More than a decade after his feature directorial debut “The Days” (2008) filmmaker Boi Kwong is back in the director’s chair with Singapore crime thriller “Geylang.”

The film premiered at the Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival and will have its Southeast Asia premiere at the Singapore International Film Festival in the Panorama strand.

In the film, on the eve of election nomination day, an aid worker, pimp, sex worker, doctor, cigarette seller and political candidate cross paths on the neon-drenched streets of Singapore’s notorious red-light district, Geylang.

The film is produced by Singaporean superstar Jack Neo’s J Team Productions (“Ah Girls Go Army”) and local firm MM2 Entertainment (“Precious is the Night”).

“No filmmaking journey is easy. My first feature film was back in 2008. It was a youthful effort and the beginning of my love affair with the medium. The film industry in Singapore back then was not ready to support first-time filmmakers,
See full article at Variety »

10 Best Korean Directors Of All Time, According To Reddit

10 Best Korean Directors Of All Time, According To Reddit
2022 has been an unforgettable year for Korean cinema thus far, with through-provoking masterpieces such as Broker, praised for its remarkable performances, and Decision To Leave, South Korea's submission for Best International Feature, two promising movies that premiered at this year's Cannes Film Festival.

Korean cinema continues to grow rapidly in quality and technological advances, investing tons of money in quality and innovation in exchange for modern classics such as Parasite and Train To Busan. It's time to take a look at the most talented filmmakers in Korea according to insightful Reddit users.

Kim Ki-Duk

Kim Ki-Duk's filmography is filled with violence and magical realism; one for the shock value element, and the other a more subtle element. These two contrasting characteristics make total sense with his approach to cinema, devoted to addressing the darkest impulses of the human soul with a delicate touch of mysticism.

Related: The 10 Best Korean Movies
See full article at Screen Rant »

‘Parasite’ Producer Barunson E&a; Launches International Ventures, Debut Slate at AFM

‘Parasite’ Producer Barunson E&a Launches International Ventures, Debut Slate at AFM
Barunson E&a, the Korean production company best known for its role on Oscar-winning film “Parasite,” is to expand into the international market for rights sales and separately into cross-border financing and co-production. Its sales initiative will debut at the American Film Market in Santa Monica next week.

The rights sales operation is to be headed by former Cj Entertainment staffer Choi Yoonhee set as MD of Korean and international operations, and former K-Movie executive Eunyoung (Sylvie) Kim as head of the international business division. They will open the doors at AFM with three feature films and a TV show.

The films include: “Nocturnal,” a gritty mystery action produced by Sanai Pictures; “Honeysweet,” a romantic comedy written by director Lee Byung-hun (“Extreme Job”); and “Love Reset,” a quirky romantic comedy about a couple losing their memories in the midst of a divorce.

The TV series is an unscripted golf and travel reality show called “Birdie Boys,
See full article at Variety »

‘Parasite’ production outfit Barunson E&a; reveals plans to go global with new sales and financing arm

‘Parasite’ production outfit Barunson E&a reveals plans to go global with new sales and financing arm
Executives appointed to oversee international push.

Barunson E&a, the South Korean production company behind Oscar-winner Parasite, is to expand into international co-production, financing and sales, beginning at the American Film Market next week.

The Seoul-based firm will divide its global operations into a sales division and a co-production and financing division, and is set to present an initial line-up of three features and a reality TV series at the AFM.

Korean and international operations will be overseen by Yoonhee Choi as managing director while Sylvie Eunyoung Kim will lead the global business as head of international division.

Formerly at Cj Enm,
See full article at ScreenDaily »

‘Parasite’ producer Barunson E&a; reveals global plans and projects ahead of AFM

‘Parasite’ producer Barunson E&a reveals global plans and projects ahead of AFM
Executives appointed to oversee international push.

Barunson E&a, the South Korean production company behind Oscar-winner Parasite, is to expand into international co-production, financing and sales, beginning at the American Film Market next week.

The Seoul-based firm will divide its global operations into a sales division and a co-production and financing division, and is set to present an initial line-up of three features and a reality TV series at the AFM.

Korean and international operations will be overseen by Yoonhee Choi as managing director while Sylvie Eunyoung Kim will lead the global business as head of international division.

Formerly at Cj Enm,
See full article at ScreenDaily »

‘Parasite’ Producer Barunson E&a; Outlines Global Ambitions; Sets New Execs, Projects – AFM

‘Parasite’ Producer Barunson E&a Outlines Global Ambitions; Sets New Execs, Projects – AFM
Barunson E&a, the production company behind Oscar-winner Parasite, is set to officially launch its new international ventures at the upcoming American Film Market as it looks to expand into co-production, financing and sales.

The company’s global operations will be divided into a sales division and a co-production & financing division. The inaugural lineup includes three films and a reality TV project that features a quintet of K-pop idols (see below).

Yoonhee Choi will oversee all Korean and international operations as Managing Director, and Sylvie Eunyoung Kim will manage the global business as Head of International Division.

Formerly at Cj Enm, Choi led the overseas distribution of numerous Korean and global productions including Parasite, The Handmaiden and The Spy Gone North, as well as producing 2021’s Seo Bok, Hard Hit and Nothing Serious.

Formerly at K-Movie Entertainment, Kim spearheaded overseas distribution of such titles as The Gangster, The Cop, The Devil,
See full article at Deadline »

The Black Phone Director Shares 5 Horror Movie Recommendations for Halloween

The Black Phone Director Shares 5 Horror Movie Recommendations for Halloween
The Black Phone director Scott Derrickson has shared five horror picks he recommends people check out in the lead-up to Halloween. Derrickson, who helmed the blockbuster films The Day the Earth Stood Still in 2008 and Doctor Strange in 2016, has a long history in the horror genre, going all the way back to his debut feature, the 2000 sequel Hellraiser: Inferno. Since then, he has also overseen The Exorcism of Emily Rose, Sinister, and Deliver Us From Evil, with Sinister in particular earning a reputation as one of the scariest films of all time.

Earlier this year, Derrickson delivered his latest horror film, The Black Phone. The project, which is adapted from a short story by Joe Hill, stars Ethan Hawke as The Grabber, a child abductor who keeps young men trapped in his basement before murdering them. His latest victim is Finney Blake (Mason Thames), who begins to receive calls on
See full article at Screen Rant »

The German Horror Film That's Taking Netflix's Top 10 By Storm

The German Horror Film That's Taking Netflix's Top 10 By Storm
Fans of weird and eerie German movies, rejoice! Your Halloween spooky viewing has arrived, and it's carved out a steady spot in Netflix's Top 10 trending watches. "Old People" is German-Romanian filmmaker Andy Fetscher's horror thriller wherein the old eat the young, bludgeon them, and sometimes vomit on them. It's the sort of concept that M. Night Shyamalan would have a field day with, but Fetscher adds more chaos and a cadre of monsters at the door.

A title card at the opening reads:

In times of yore, an avenging spirit was thought to inhabit old people. A dark power that took possession of the frailest members of the clan and drive them into a seemingly blind rage.

That's right – this is functionally an elderly rage-zombie movie. What a time to be alive.

At its core, the story focuses on generational disconnect by observing lonely elders, excluded from local festivities,
See full article at Slash Film »

Peter Chan on the 20-Year Journey to Launch of Asia-Based TV Studio Changin’ Pictures

Peter Chan on the 20-Year Journey to Launch of Asia-Based TV Studio Changin’ Pictures
Hong Kong multi-hyphenate Peter Chan Ho-sun is far too intellectual to call himself an “arms dealer,” as Sony Pictures has in casting itself as an unattached supplier to streaming platforms.

But politeness and Bob Dylan references aside, Chan’s new company, Changin’ Pictures, aims to become a major independent purveyor of premium Asian TV content for the streamers. The company is using this week’s Busan International Film Festival as its launchpad and will unveil the first five series of its 20-title pan-Asian slate.

Chan’s thesis is that global audiences are hungry for Asian content but have not been able to access it easily under legacy film and TV distribution systems. With streaming making everything accessible everywhere, and audiences no longer balking at subtitles, quality Asian drama can and will travel.

His benchmark examples include not only “Squid Game,” which was conceived locally in South Korea and became a world- wide phenomenon via Netflix,
See full article at Variety »

Hong Kong’s Peter Chan launches Changin’ Pictures with Donnie Yen, Zhang Ziyi projects

Hong Kong’s Peter Chan launches Changin’ Pictures with Donnie Yen, Zhang Ziyi projects
Initial slate of five series set to be unveiled in Busan.

Hong Kong filmmaker Peter Ho-Sun Chan has launched production company Changin’ Pictures with an initial slate of five titles that includes stars Donnie Yen and Zhang Ziyi.

The company will focus on content for streaming services and plans to roll out 20 limited series across various genres in its first four years across the Asia Pacific region.

It aims to sign up leading filmmakers and fresh talent from throughout the region to create drama projects for a pan-Asian audience and aims to work with platforms and co-production partners looking to
See full article at ScreenDaily »

Donnie Yen, Zhang Ziyi Among Talent On Debut Slate Of Peter Chan’s Changin’ Pictures

Donnie Yen, Zhang Ziyi Among Talent On Debut Slate Of Peter Chan’s Changin’ Pictures
Hong Kong filmmaker Peter Ho-sun Chan has launched a production company to focus on streaming content, Changin’ Pictures, with a debut slate of five projects and talent including action star Donnie Yen and Chinese actress Zhang Ziyi.

The new outfit aims to “revolutionize the streaming multiverse in Asia” by signing up leading filmmakers and fresh talent from across the region to create drama series for a pan-Asian audience and beyond. Chan also intends to collaborate with platforms and potential co-production partners who want to jump into Asia’s expanding streaming market.

Changin’ Pictures plans to roll out 20 limited series across various genres from across the Asia Pacific region in its first four years.

The first two projects on the slate are Korean series, both adapted from popular webtoons: One: High School Heroes, produced by Covenant Pictures (Desperate Mr. X), about a bullied high school kid who transforms himself into a
See full article at Deadline »

Donnie Yen, Zhang Ziyi on Board as Peter Chan Launches Changin’ Pictures, Filmmaker-Led Asian TV Producer (Exclusive)

Donnie Yen, Zhang Ziyi on Board as Peter Chan Launches Changin’ Pictures, Filmmaker-Led Asian TV Producer (Exclusive)
Projects starring Donnie Yen and Zhang Ziyi are among the independently produced TV series to be launched on the sidelines of this week’s Busan International Film Festival. The company responsible is Changin’ Pictures, a would-be studio being hatched by Hong Kong-based film director and producer Peter Chan Ho-sun.

Propelled by the growing recognition of Asian talent and the worldwide distribution potential of multinational SVOD platforms, Changin’ Pictures aims to be a powerhouse production hub suppling premium drama content to streaming players.

The company has raised very substantial finance from Asian sources and aims to develop and produce series which it will pitch and license to the platforms, without recourse to the Ott companies’ production funding, greenlighting and editorial constraints.

The company expects to sign up a mix of Asia’s top-billing established filmmakers and fresh talents “to create innovative drama series for Pan-Asian netizens, with an eye to cross-cultural global assimilation.
See full article at Variety »

Korean Family U.S. Drama Series In Works From ‘Dr. Brain’ Director Jee-Woon Kim, ‘Star Trek’ Pair Bo Yeon Kim & Erika Lippoldt And eOne

Korean Family U.S. Drama Series In Works From ‘Dr. Brain’ Director Jee-Woon Kim, ‘Star Trek’ Pair Bo Yeon Kim & Erika Lippoldt And eOne
Exclusive: The prevalence of Korean projects heading to the U.S. continues.

Jee-Woon Kim, one of South Korea’s most lauded directors, has teamed with Star Trek: Discovery writers Bo Yeon Kim and Erika Lippoldt to develop a new series about a Korean family immigrating to the U.S.

The trio are developing the untitled project with eOne, the studio behind series such as Showtime’s Yellowjackets and ABC’s The Rookie franchise.

Jee-Woon Kim will direct the project. He is behind Korean films such as I Saw The Devil, A Bittersweet Life, The Good, The Bad & The Weird, and A Tale of Two Sisters. He also directed and exec produced Apple series Dr. Brain, which was the streamer’s first Korean original. He will also exec produce this series.

Bo Yeon Kim and Lippoldt will write the pilot and serve as showrunners for the series. The writing partners served
See full article at Deadline »

Song Kang-ho to Appear in First TV Role with Uncle Sam-shik

Song Kang-ho to Appear in First TV Role with Uncle Sam-shik
For the first time in an illustrious career spanning 32 years, South Korean superstar is set to appear in a tv drama with “Uncle Sam-sik”.

Almost all Korean superstars have begun their careers on the small screen or have made periodic appearances in tv series, be it Choi Min-sik, Lee Byung-hun, Ha Jung-woo, Hwang Jung-min or many more. Song Kang-ho, however, was an exception so far, having made the jump from theatre to feature films rather swiftly and effectively early on in his career. That is to change now though, as he is confirmed to appear in the leading role in director Shin Yeon-shik’s “Uncle Sam-shik” (literal title).

“Uncle Sam-sik” will be a 10-episode series and, accordingly to Asia Gyeongje, will follow the bromance between a pair of long-time friends, Sam-shik and Kim-san, who survived South Korea’s turbulent 1960s period together. It must be noted that this
See full article at AsianMoviePulse »

Cj Enm/Studio Dragon’s Jiwon Park Joins ABC Signature As VP Drama Development

Cj Enm/Studio Dragon’s Jiwon Park Joins ABC Signature As VP Drama Development
ABC Signature has enlisted Cj Enm’s Jiwon Park as its VP Drama Development.

At Cj Enm America/Studio Dragon International, Park served as VP Series Development and managed the TV and film slate for its U.S. office, which included Parasite, Snowpiercer and the hit Korean drama Crash Landing on You. She served as a producer of Snowpiercer for TNT/Netflix and oversaw development of projects from Cj’s partnership with Skydance.

She previously managed The Age of Shadows and I Saw the Devil director Jee-woon Kim for English-language projects.

Her international background will serve to identify and develop global and diverse content for ABC Signature across streamers, cable and network.
See full article at Deadline »

Jin-roh: The Wolf Brigade (2018) International Movie Trailer: North & South Korea Form a Joint Police Force

Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade International Trailer Jee-woon Kim‘s Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade / In-rang: The Wolf Brigade (2018) international movie trailer stars Woo-sung Jung, Hyo-Joo Han, Dong-won Gang, Ye-ri Han, and Jun-ho Heo. Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade: The Wolf Brigade‘s plot synopsis: “Taking place sometime in the future, In-rang follows the story of the special police [...]

Continue reading: Jin-roh: The Wolf Brigade (2018) International Movie Trailer: North & South Korea Form a Joint Police Force
See full article at Film-Book »

New to Streaming: ‘Wonderstruck,’ ‘No Country for Old Men,’ ‘Lucky,’ ‘Zodiac,’ and More

With a seemingly endless amount of streaming options — not only the titles at our disposal, but services themselves — we’ve taken it upon ourselves to highlight the titles that have recently hit platforms. Every week, one will be able to see the cream of the crop (or perhaps some simply interesting picks) of streaming titles (new and old) across platforms such as Netflix, iTunes, Amazon, and more (note: U.S. only). Check out our rundown for this week’s selections below.

The Age of Shadows (Kim Jee-woon)

Eyebrows were raised when it was announced that South Korea will submit the as-yet-unreleased espionage thriller The Age of Shadows for Oscar consideration instead of Cannes hits The Handmaiden and The Wailing. Premiering out of competition at the 73rd Venice Film Festival, writer/director Jee-woon Kim’s return to Korean-language cinema after a brief stint in Hollywood with the Schwarzenegger-starrer The Last Stand
See full article at The Film Stage »

Sliff 2017 Interview – Matt Stuertz: Writer and Director of Tonight She Comes

Tonight She Comes screens Wednesday, November 8th at 9:30pm at The Tivoli Theater (6350 Delmar Blvd, St. Louis) as part of this year’s St. Louis International Film Festival. Ticket information can be found Here.

When a girl goes missing, two of her friends and a mysterious set of strangers find themselves drawn to the cabin in the woods where she disappeared. As events unfold, they will laugh, they will drink, they will kiss, they will make love — and most of them will die. This mid-Missouri-shot horror film was directed by St. Charles native Matt Stuertz, lensed by St. Louis’ go-to cinematographer Chris Benson, and features a cast of primarily local actors. Stephen Tronicek here at We Are Movies Geeks hails the film as “one of the funniest and most engaging pieces of exploitation to be crafted in the past few years” and describes Tonight She Comes as “the best
See full article at WeAreMovieGeeks.com »
An error has occured. Please try again.

IMDb.com, Inc. takes no responsibility for the content or accuracy of the above news articles, Tweets, or blog posts. This content is published for the entertainment of our users only. The news articles, Tweets, and blog posts do not represent IMDb's opinions nor can we guarantee that the reporting therein is completely factual. Please visit the source responsible for the item in question to report any concerns you may have regarding content or accuracy.

See also

Credited With |  External Sites


Clear your history

Recently Viewed