‘The Tyrant’ director Park Hoon-jung is behind ‘The Witch’ films.
South Korea’s Acemaker movieworks has sealed deals on Park Hoon-jung’s upcoming action film The Tyrant (working title) and actor Jung Woo-sung’s directorial debut A Man Of Reason to a slew of territories.
The Tyrant has pre-sold to Germany (Splendid), Taiwan (MovieCloud), Southeast Asia (Purple Plan), Thailand (Neramitnung Film), Cis (Paradise Group) and inflight (Eagle).
Director Park is the filmmaker behind hit features The Witch: Part 1 and Part 2 and Venice title Night In Paradise as well as upcoming action feature The Childe, which is in post-production.
The Tyrant...
South Korea’s Acemaker movieworks has sealed deals on Park Hoon-jung’s upcoming action film The Tyrant (working title) and actor Jung Woo-sung’s directorial debut A Man Of Reason to a slew of territories.
The Tyrant has pre-sold to Germany (Splendid), Taiwan (MovieCloud), Southeast Asia (Purple Plan), Thailand (Neramitnung Film), Cis (Paradise Group) and inflight (Eagle).
Director Park is the filmmaker behind hit features The Witch: Part 1 and Part 2 and Venice title Night In Paradise as well as upcoming action feature The Childe, which is in post-production.
The Tyrant...
- 5/20/2023
- by Jean Noh
- ScreenDaily
Action feature is from the director of ‘The Witch’ films.
Korean sales company Contents Panda have pre-sold action film The Childe, directed by Park Hoon-jung (The Witch: Part 1 & 2), to a slew of territories led by North America (Well Go USA).
Further territories include Taiwan (MovieCloud), Thailand (Sahamongkolfilm International), the Philippines (Laon Company+) and in-flight (Encore Inflight) as well as Singapore, Malaysia, Brunei, Indonesia, East Timor, Hong Kong and Macau (Clover Films).
The film stars Kim Seon-ho (TV’s Hometown Cha-Cha-Cha) and Kang Tae-joo. It follows a Kopino (of mixed Filipino and Korean descent) illegal boxer, who goes in search of...
Korean sales company Contents Panda have pre-sold action film The Childe, directed by Park Hoon-jung (The Witch: Part 1 & 2), to a slew of territories led by North America (Well Go USA).
Further territories include Taiwan (MovieCloud), Thailand (Sahamongkolfilm International), the Philippines (Laon Company+) and in-flight (Encore Inflight) as well as Singapore, Malaysia, Brunei, Indonesia, East Timor, Hong Kong and Macau (Clover Films).
The film stars Kim Seon-ho (TV’s Hometown Cha-Cha-Cha) and Kang Tae-joo. It follows a Kopino (of mixed Filipino and Korean descent) illegal boxer, who goes in search of...
- 5/17/2023
- by Jean Noh
- ScreenDaily
Stars of ‘Decision To Leave’ and ‘Squid Game’ were among those on the red carpet.
The 24th Jeonju International Film Festival opened tonight (April 27) with stars on the red carpet, a dramatic taekwondo performance onstage, and Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne greeting the audience at the Sori Arts Center of Jeollabuk-do before the screening of opening film Tori And Lokita.
“Thank you for welcoming us and for defending cinema in the world,” said the Belgian filmmaking duo on their much-anticipated first trip to the country. “Thank you also to the cinema of Korea, because we did not know South Korea except...
The 24th Jeonju International Film Festival opened tonight (April 27) with stars on the red carpet, a dramatic taekwondo performance onstage, and Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne greeting the audience at the Sori Arts Center of Jeollabuk-do before the screening of opening film Tori And Lokita.
“Thank you for welcoming us and for defending cinema in the world,” said the Belgian filmmaking duo on their much-anticipated first trip to the country. “Thank you also to the cinema of Korea, because we did not know South Korea except...
- 4/27/2023
- by Jean Noh
- ScreenDaily
Deals struck with distributors across Asia.
South Korea’s Contents Panda has sold Min Yong-keun’s upcoming romantic drama Soulmate to buyers across Asia.
The Korean remake of Derek Tsang’s award-winning 2016 Chinese romantic drama of the same name has been acquired for Japan (Klockworx), Mongolia (The Filmbridge), Taiwan (Moviecloud), Vietnam (Cgv Vietnam) and Thailand (Sahamongkolfilm International).
The film is set for local release in South Korea on March 15. Contents Panda is coordinating with its partners in Taiwan, Vietnam and Thailand with an aim to release the film either day-and-date or by the end of March.
Contents Panda held a...
South Korea’s Contents Panda has sold Min Yong-keun’s upcoming romantic drama Soulmate to buyers across Asia.
The Korean remake of Derek Tsang’s award-winning 2016 Chinese romantic drama of the same name has been acquired for Japan (Klockworx), Mongolia (The Filmbridge), Taiwan (Moviecloud), Vietnam (Cgv Vietnam) and Thailand (Sahamongkolfilm International).
The film is set for local release in South Korea on March 15. Contents Panda is coordinating with its partners in Taiwan, Vietnam and Thailand with an aim to release the film either day-and-date or by the end of March.
Contents Panda held a...
- 2/18/2023
- by Jean Noh
- ScreenDaily
Deals struck with distributors across Asia.
South Korea’s Contents Panda has sold Min Yong-keun’s upcoming romantic drama Soulmate to buyers across Asia.
The Korean remake of Derek Tsang’s award-winning 2016 Chinese romantic drama of the same name has been acquired for Japan (Klockworx), Mongolia (The Filmbridge), Taiwan (Moviecloud), Vietnam (Cgv Vietnam) and Thailand (Sahamongkolfilm International).
The film is set for local release in South Korea on March 15. Contents Panda is coordinating with its partners in Taiwan, Vietnam and Thailand with an aim to release the film either day-and-date or by the end of March.
Contents Panda held a...
South Korea’s Contents Panda has sold Min Yong-keun’s upcoming romantic drama Soulmate to buyers across Asia.
The Korean remake of Derek Tsang’s award-winning 2016 Chinese romantic drama of the same name has been acquired for Japan (Klockworx), Mongolia (The Filmbridge), Taiwan (Moviecloud), Vietnam (Cgv Vietnam) and Thailand (Sahamongkolfilm International).
The film is set for local release in South Korea on March 15. Contents Panda is coordinating with its partners in Taiwan, Vietnam and Thailand with an aim to release the film either day-and-date or by the end of March.
Contents Panda held a...
- 2/18/2023
- by Jean Noh
- ScreenDaily
Stars: Shin Sia, Park Eun-bin, Seo Eun-soo, Jin Goo, Kim Da-mi | Written and Directed by Park Hoon-jung
I was lucky enough to see The Witch Part 1: The Subversion as part of my coverage for Glasgow Frightfest back in 2019. It was my favourite movie of the festival and was the perfect action horror movie. I can only assume the delay in the sequel was because of the pandemic but in truth, three years isn’t too much of a wait!
A girl is the lone survivor after an attack on a research facility. Covered in blood and left for dead she walks through the woods and into the life of Kyung-hee. She is struggling herself, as, alongside her brother, is trying to keep her farmland away from local gangsters. When these henchman threaten the siblings though, the girl sets out to defend them in a flash of violence. Violence that...
I was lucky enough to see The Witch Part 1: The Subversion as part of my coverage for Glasgow Frightfest back in 2019. It was my favourite movie of the festival and was the perfect action horror movie. I can only assume the delay in the sequel was because of the pandemic but in truth, three years isn’t too much of a wait!
A girl is the lone survivor after an attack on a research facility. Covered in blood and left for dead she walks through the woods and into the life of Kyung-hee. She is struggling herself, as, alongside her brother, is trying to keep her farmland away from local gangsters. When these henchman threaten the siblings though, the girl sets out to defend them in a flash of violence. Violence that...
- 11/25/2022
- by Alain Elliott
- Nerdly
"Why is that witch going on a witch hunt?" Well Go USA has revealed an official US trailer for a Korean mystery thriller sequel titled The Witch 2 - The Other One, also known as The Witch: Part 2 - The Other One, from director Park Hoon-jung. Arriving on VOD in the US this November after first opening in Korea. A girl wakes up in a gigantic secret laboratory. When the girl escapes from a laboratory, she stumbles upon Kyung Hee, who is trying to protect her house from criminal gangs. When the girl comes face to face with a criminal organization approaching Kyung Hee's house, the girl overpowers them with overwhelming power, and in the meantime, they start chasing her in the secret laboratory. Who is this mysterious girl and why is she being chased? A follow-up to The Witch: Part 1 - Subversion - which is available to watch now.
- 9/28/2022
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Park Hoon-jung‘s The Witch Part 1: The Subversion might just be one of the best movies you haven’t seen yet. For those who witnessed the action-horror in all of its glory, the sequel The Witch: Part 2 – The Other One made its way to the U.S. this summer with a Digital, Blu-ray, and DVD release set for November 8, via Well Go USA Entertainment.
Bloody has an exclusive look at the home video trailer that’s got big guns and knives, and leaves a ton of dead bodies in its wake.
In this sequel to the popular Korean sci-fi action thriller, the story moves away from a confined secret lab and out into the real world. After a mysterious girl emerges as the sole survivor of a bloody raid on the research facility behind the top-secret Witch Program, she is rescued by a pair of civilians who soon...
Bloody has an exclusive look at the home video trailer that’s got big guns and knives, and leaves a ton of dead bodies in its wake.
In this sequel to the popular Korean sci-fi action thriller, the story moves away from a confined secret lab and out into the real world. After a mysterious girl emerges as the sole survivor of a bloody raid on the research facility behind the top-secret Witch Program, she is rescued by a pair of civilians who soon...
- 9/28/2022
- by Brad Miska
- bloody-disgusting.com
A powerful debut for “Hansan: Rising Dragon,” a locally-made historical action film, lifted the South Korean box office to its second highest weekend of the year and helped July to be the best month of 2022.
The film is a prequel to “Roaring Currents” a tale of an heroic 14th century naval admiral that amassed some 17 million admissions in 2014 and is currently the most-watched Korean film of all time.
Data from Kobis, the tracking service operated by the Korean Film Council (Kofic), showed that “Hansan” earned 13.4 million from 1.63 million ticket sales between Friday and Sunday, for a market share of 60. Over its first five days in theaters, the film amassed 17.9 million from 2.27 million spectators.
That makes it only the third Korean film so far this year to pass the 2 million ticket sales mark, behind “The Roundup” which has now reached 12.7 million spectators and 100.4 million in revenues and “The Witch: Part 2.
The film is a prequel to “Roaring Currents” a tale of an heroic 14th century naval admiral that amassed some 17 million admissions in 2014 and is currently the most-watched Korean film of all time.
Data from Kobis, the tracking service operated by the Korean Film Council (Kofic), showed that “Hansan” earned 13.4 million from 1.63 million ticket sales between Friday and Sunday, for a market share of 60. Over its first five days in theaters, the film amassed 17.9 million from 2.27 million spectators.
That makes it only the third Korean film so far this year to pass the 2 million ticket sales mark, behind “The Roundup” which has now reached 12.7 million spectators and 100.4 million in revenues and “The Witch: Part 2.
- 8/1/2022
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
May to June period saw a return to pre-pandemic levels led by The Roundup.
South Korea’s box office reached nearly 50 of pre-pandemic levels in the first half of 2022, according to a new report from the Korean Film Council (Kofic).
Total box office for the first six months of the year period was 345.7m, the equivalent of 48.7 of the same period in 2019.
Compared to the first half of 2021, ticket sales have increased by 143. Admissions rose 124.4 to hit 44.94 million.
Box office takings have accelerated sharply in South Korea since pandemic social distancing restrictions were loosened on April 18. From April 25, cinema-goers have...
South Korea’s box office reached nearly 50 of pre-pandemic levels in the first half of 2022, according to a new report from the Korean Film Council (Kofic).
Total box office for the first six months of the year period was 345.7m, the equivalent of 48.7 of the same period in 2019.
Compared to the first half of 2021, ticket sales have increased by 143. Admissions rose 124.4 to hit 44.94 million.
Box office takings have accelerated sharply in South Korea since pandemic social distancing restrictions were loosened on April 18. From April 25, cinema-goers have...
- 7/22/2022
- by Jean Noh
- ScreenDaily
The latest Marvel movie “Thor: Love and Thunder” opened on top of the South Korean box office with a convincing 10.0 million take that accounted for half of nationwide cinema revenues over the weekend.
“Thor” played over 2,000 screens according to data from Kobis, the tracking service operated by the Korean Film Council. Over its full five day opening run it amassed 14.8 million.
The score was enough to fly past “Top Gun Maverick” even though the latter is still speeding along strongly and commanded 33 of the total market. The Tom Cruise vehicle earned 6.58 million in its third weekend at the Korean box office for an aggregate of 38.5 million.
The power play by the two U.S. tentpoles kept the overall weekend score at 20.1 million, which is at the upper end of a range where Korean box office has settled since mid-May.
But the polarization is stark. Behind the top two, all other...
“Thor” played over 2,000 screens according to data from Kobis, the tracking service operated by the Korean Film Council. Over its full five day opening run it amassed 14.8 million.
The score was enough to fly past “Top Gun Maverick” even though the latter is still speeding along strongly and commanded 33 of the total market. The Tom Cruise vehicle earned 6.58 million in its third weekend at the Korean box office for an aggregate of 38.5 million.
The power play by the two U.S. tentpoles kept the overall weekend score at 20.1 million, which is at the upper end of a range where Korean box office has settled since mid-May.
But the polarization is stark. Behind the top two, all other...
- 7/11/2022
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
“Top Gun Maverick” flew even higher on its second weekend at the Korean box office, holding on to the top spot and fractionally increasing its gross take. The sky-high performance was more than enough to overshadow the otherwise promising opening of Park Chan-wook’s “Decision to Leave.”
“Top Gun Maverick” earned 9.72 million between Friday and Sunday, with a 59 market share, according to data from Kobis, the tracking service operated by the Korean Film Council (Kofic). That compared with 9.55 million and a 57 market share on its debut weekend. After 12 days in Korean cinemas, the film has accumulated 27.6 million.
The meticulously-made “Decision,” which earned Park the best director prize at Cannes in May, represented interesting counter-programming to the unabashed spectacle of “Top Gun Maverick.” It opened brightly with 2.57 million over the weekend, representing a 16 share, and 3.84 million over its opening five days.
“The Witch: Part 2. The Other One” earned 1.73 million on its third weekend,...
“Top Gun Maverick” earned 9.72 million between Friday and Sunday, with a 59 market share, according to data from Kobis, the tracking service operated by the Korean Film Council (Kofic). That compared with 9.55 million and a 57 market share on its debut weekend. After 12 days in Korean cinemas, the film has accumulated 27.6 million.
The meticulously-made “Decision,” which earned Park the best director prize at Cannes in May, represented interesting counter-programming to the unabashed spectacle of “Top Gun Maverick.” It opened brightly with 2.57 million over the weekend, representing a 16 share, and 3.84 million over its opening five days.
“The Witch: Part 2. The Other One” earned 1.73 million on its third weekend,...
- 7/4/2022
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
Korean Movies Upcoming
Cj Enm Hong Kong has secured the first and exclusive Pay TV, pay-per-view, video-on-demand and over-the-top (Ott) rights in key Southeast Asia markets to a slate of current and upcoming South Korean films. These are to play on the tvN Movies channel in Southeast Asia. Titles include: “The Roundup” (a.k.a. “The Outlaws 2”), which is currently on release and approaching the 100 million landmark; “The Witch: Part 2. The Other One,” which also opened in first place at the theatrical box office; Cj’s own “Decision to Leave,” which earned Park Chan-wook the best director award at Cannes; disaster-action film, “Emergency Declaration,” which played at Cannes last year and will have an August release in Korea; Hyun Bin and Yoo Hae-jin-starring “Confidential Assignment 2”; Don Lee-starring comedy drama “Men of Plastic,” action thriller movie Decibel, from Megabox Plus M; “A Man of Reason” (formerly “The Protector”) directed...
Cj Enm Hong Kong has secured the first and exclusive Pay TV, pay-per-view, video-on-demand and over-the-top (Ott) rights in key Southeast Asia markets to a slate of current and upcoming South Korean films. These are to play on the tvN Movies channel in Southeast Asia. Titles include: “The Roundup” (a.k.a. “The Outlaws 2”), which is currently on release and approaching the 100 million landmark; “The Witch: Part 2. The Other One,” which also opened in first place at the theatrical box office; Cj’s own “Decision to Leave,” which earned Park Chan-wook the best director award at Cannes; disaster-action film, “Emergency Declaration,” which played at Cannes last year and will have an August release in Korea; Hyun Bin and Yoo Hae-jin-starring “Confidential Assignment 2”; Don Lee-starring comedy drama “Men of Plastic,” action thriller movie Decibel, from Megabox Plus M; “A Man of Reason” (formerly “The Protector”) directed...
- 6/30/2022
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
“Top Gun Maverick” flew to the top of the box office charts in South Korea over the weekend, with a supersonic 9.6 million opening loop. It replaced “The Witch: Part 2 The Other One,” which had been top dog for only a week.
Tom Cruise, a regular visitor to Korea, jetted into Seoul with producer Jerry Bruckheimer and co-stars Miles Teller, Glen Powell and Greg Tarzan Davis to goose the movie’s takeoff in the country. Cruise professed himself grateful for the fan’s warm reception and talked up the importance of in-person visits to the cinema.
Sub-distributed in Korea by Lotte Entertainment, the film opened on Wednesday and played on more than 1,900 screens. Data from Kobis, the tracking service operated by the Korean Film Council (Kofic), showed that the film achieved a 57 share of the market over the weekend and a 12.9 million cumulative over five days.
The national aggregate over the weekend was 16.9 million,...
Tom Cruise, a regular visitor to Korea, jetted into Seoul with producer Jerry Bruckheimer and co-stars Miles Teller, Glen Powell and Greg Tarzan Davis to goose the movie’s takeoff in the country. Cruise professed himself grateful for the fan’s warm reception and talked up the importance of in-person visits to the cinema.
Sub-distributed in Korea by Lotte Entertainment, the film opened on Wednesday and played on more than 1,900 screens. Data from Kobis, the tracking service operated by the Korean Film Council (Kofic), showed that the film achieved a 57 share of the market over the weekend and a 12.9 million cumulative over five days.
The national aggregate over the weekend was 16.9 million,...
- 6/27/2022
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
The theatrical debut of much-anticipated local horror-action film “The Witch: Part 2. The Other One” dominated the Korean box office chart over the latest weekend and overshadowed the simultaneous release of Pixar title “Lightyear.”
Distributed by Next Entertainment World, “The Witch: Part 2” conjured up an 8.21 million opening weekend from just shy of 1,800 screens nationwide. That gave it a market share of 48. Including Wednesday and Thursday figures, the film enjoyed an 11.7 million five-day debut, earned from 1.46 million ticket sales.
The film is a sequel to 2018 title “The Witch: Part 1. The Subversion” which was made on a budget of less than 6 million and grossed more than 24 million. Both films were written and directed by Park Hoon-jung.
The strong start for “The Witch: Part 2” lifted nationwide aggregate gross receipts to 17 million over the weekend, up from 14.7 million previously. In a further sign of normality being restored, the top two titles were Korean-made.
Distributed by Next Entertainment World, “The Witch: Part 2” conjured up an 8.21 million opening weekend from just shy of 1,800 screens nationwide. That gave it a market share of 48. Including Wednesday and Thursday figures, the film enjoyed an 11.7 million five-day debut, earned from 1.46 million ticket sales.
The film is a sequel to 2018 title “The Witch: Part 1. The Subversion” which was made on a budget of less than 6 million and grossed more than 24 million. Both films were written and directed by Park Hoon-jung.
The strong start for “The Witch: Part 2” lifted nationwide aggregate gross receipts to 17 million over the weekend, up from 14.7 million previously. In a further sign of normality being restored, the top two titles were Korean-made.
- 6/20/2022
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
The action sequel is set for a co-ordinated release in 12 countries across North America and Asia.
South Korea’s Contents Panda has sold action sequel The Witch: Part 2. The Other One to 124 countries including to Spendid Film for Germany, Benelux and Poland.
Director Park Hoon-jung’s follow-up to his 2018 Warner Bros-backed sci-fi action mystery The Witch: Part 1. The Subversion, the sequel stars Shin Sia as another girl with unnamed powers who escapes from a top-secret laboratory, pursued by multiple violent groups.
The film has also sold to China (Pumpkin Film), Japan (Twin), Cis and the Baltics (Volgafilm), Latin America...
South Korea’s Contents Panda has sold action sequel The Witch: Part 2. The Other One to 124 countries including to Spendid Film for Germany, Benelux and Poland.
Director Park Hoon-jung’s follow-up to his 2018 Warner Bros-backed sci-fi action mystery The Witch: Part 1. The Subversion, the sequel stars Shin Sia as another girl with unnamed powers who escapes from a top-secret laboratory, pursued by multiple violent groups.
The film has also sold to China (Pumpkin Film), Japan (Twin), Cis and the Baltics (Volgafilm), Latin America...
- 6/13/2022
- by Jean Noh
- ScreenDaily
We are launching a brand new segment on our YouTube Channel called Amp News. With this segment, we’ll try to bring all the latest film news, be it about new projects, production updates or release details, physical media news and film festivals related news on a regular basis to our channel in video format.
For the first video, Rhythm Zaveri talks about the two big release schedule updates and trailer and poster reveals for two hotly anticipated films: Choi Dong-hoon’s “Alien: Part 1” and Park Hoon-jung’s “The Witch: Part 2. The Other One.”
Watch the full video here:...
For the first video, Rhythm Zaveri talks about the two big release schedule updates and trailer and poster reveals for two hotly anticipated films: Choi Dong-hoon’s “Alien: Part 1” and Park Hoon-jung’s “The Witch: Part 2. The Other One.”
Watch the full video here:...
- 5/6/2022
- by Rhythm Zaveri
- AsianMoviePulse
Let’s be honest: 2021 was one of the worst years Korean cinema had in recent times. One would’ve hoped that they would have built upon the brilliant couple years that 2019 ad 2020 were but sadly that wasn’t to be. The pandemic situation did not help, with many production houses deciding to pull scheduled releases, halting production or waiting on things to calm down before releasing some projects that have big money riding on them. Even on the indie cinema front, which actually thrived in 2021 due to the lack of mainstream releases, did not manage to impress with what little out there was.
Things however do seem to be on the up with this year, as a few postponed releases are finally getting rescheduled and seeing theatrical releases. New releases are also being talked about and promotional material for some long gestating projects is also being circulated. Without further ado,...
Things however do seem to be on the up with this year, as a few postponed releases are finally getting rescheduled and seeing theatrical releases. New releases are also being talked about and promotional material for some long gestating projects is also being circulated. Without further ado,...
- 2/19/2022
- by Rhythm Zaveri
- AsianMoviePulse
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