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‘The Roundup’, which is shooting now, again stars Don Lee (aka Ma Dong-seok).

South Korea’s K-Movie Entertainment has pre-sold The Roundup, a sequel to 2017’s The Outlaws, to a raft of territories led by Japan, where Hian has picked it up.

Starring Don Lee (aka Ma Dong-seok from Train To Busan), The Roundup has also sold to Taiwan (MovieCloud), Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia and Vietnam (Clover Films), Hong Kong (Edko Films), Mongolia (Mongol Films Distribution) and France (Metropolitan Filmexport).

Hian is also producing a Japanese remake of The Outlaws, while an Indian remake starring Salman Khan is set for release...

Actress Gong Hyo-jin reigns supreme when it comes to romantic dramas for television, with any new series featuring her gaining a lot of momentum and fetching good ratings throughout its runtime and awards once its finished. On the silver screen though, she has consciously been trying to build a completely different image to her small screen avatar, featuring in actions films like “Hit-and-Run Squad” and thrillers like “Door Lock” and “Missing”. Likewise, actor Kim Rae-won has also had a strong presence and following in the romance genre on television but has been seen in action dramas like “The Prison” and “Gangnam Blues” on the big screen. Both of them haven’t been in a romantic feature since “You are More than Beautiful” in 2013 and “My Little Bride” in 2003 respectively. So when director Kim Han-gyul managed to sign both of them for her debut “Crazy Romance” which of course, as the title suggests,...

The film’s star Ma Dong-seok (aka Don Lee) has returned from shooting on Marvel’s The Eternals.

South Korea’s K-Movie Entertainment has announced pre-sales on fantasy action film Spiritwalker and changes to The Outlaws sequel, newly titled The Roundup, with the film’s star Ma Dong-seok (aka Don Lee) returned from shooting on Marvel’s The Eternals.

Previously known as Out Of Body (working title), Spiritwalker sold to Taiwan (Catchplay), Cis and the Baltic States (New Film), Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia and Vietnam (Clover Films Distribution), India, Middle East and Thailand (Paragon Films), the Philippines (Viva Communications) and world...

The last time Kim Rae-won was seen in a romantic film was way back in 2003 with “My Little Bride”. For Gong Hyo-jin, though she reigns supreme on the genre on television, her last romantic outing in a film was in 2013 with “You are More than Beautiful”, having concentrated on building a completely opposite image of herself on-screen than the one she is loved for in television dramas. The project that finally makes the two stars return to the genre is director Kim Han-gyul’s debut film “The Most Ordinary Romance”.

Synopsis

A story about a man who is still in love with his ex-girlfriend and the ex-girlfriend who is currently is in the middle of a rough parting with her current boyfriend. The three of them are wounded by love.

Though this is the first time the two will be seen in a film together, both Kim Rae-won and Gong...

The star of Ryu Jun-yeol continues to ascend. He starred in the adrenalin-fuelled ensemble film “Hit-and-Run Squad” earlier this year before getting his first leading role in “Money”. He is also to be honoured with the Rising Star Asia Award later this month at the New York Asian Film Festival. Shortly after, he will be back on-screen in his latest starring role in director Won Shin-yun’s historical “The Battle: Roar to Victory”.

Synopsis

The story of the national independece army who fought for four days for a miracle in the Battle of Fengwudong where they won for the first time. Over a 4 day period, a fierce battle took place between Korean independence militias and Japanese forces in Manchuria, China. The militia includes Hwang Hae-cheol, who is a master with the sword, and Lee Jang-ha, who is an expert marksman.

Tacky English title aside, the film comes with some heavy names attached to it,...

Korean actor Ryu Jun-yeol and Japanese actress Nana Komatsu will both be awarded the Rising Star Asia Award at this year’s New York Asian Film Festival, which will run from June 28th to July 14th, 2019.

Ryu Jun-yeol in Lee Hae-young’s “Believer

Ryu, who got his break in the Korean Academy of Film Arts feature graduation project “Socialphobia”, exploded as a film star in 2017, with star-making turns in “The King”, “Heart Blackened” and the year’s biggest hit “A Taxi Driver“. He followed it up in 2018 with equally impressive roles in “Little Forest” and “Believer” and has already featured in “Hit-and-Run Squad” and the financial drama “Money” already this year.

Tokyo-born Nana Komatsu, meanwhile, started her cinematic journey in 2015 with “Close Range Love” and suspense thriller “The World of Kanako“. Her impressive filmography includes “Destruction Babies“, Martin Scorsese’s “Silence”, hit romantic drama “My Tomorrow, Your Yesterday” as well...