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[HanCinema's Digest] Cinema Snippets

Korea's largest studio will open for action in 2020, actress Moon So-ri to be an honorary jury member at the upcoming Venice International Film Festival, Warner Bros. shows their commitment to local film production, and catch a review of Yeon Sang-ho's hot new thriller, "Train to Busan".

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"Busan Readies Plans for Korea's Largest Film Studio"

2020 is when Busan's new film studio is expected to be ready for action. Despite a reduction in its planned size, the studio (located in Gijang just north of Busan) will still cover 250,000m², making it the largest film studio on the peninsula. Just imagine...

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"Moon So-ri named the first Korean actress to sit on Venice Film Festival judging panel"

Actress Moon So-ri will become the first Korean actress to sit as an honorary jury member at the upcoming Venice International Film Festival: "Moon So-ri is a brilliant actress who represents the Korean film industry. She has accomplished several milestones in Korean film and it is an honour to have her as juror following her 2002 award". Congratulations and good luck!

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"Warner Bros. to Increase Local Film Production in South Korea"

Expect to see more Korean films released by Warner Bros. in the near future. The American-based studio is already set to release two films this year and four more by 2017 as "part of its long-term commitment to making Korean-language films for the Asian market".

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"Tired Zombie Genre Given New Energy in Train to Busan"

Andrew Wright reviews Yeon Sang-ho's zombie thriller "Train to Busan". The film (which stars Gong Yoo, Jung Yu-mi, Ma Dong-seok and Kim Su-an) enjoyed an excellence start at the local box office during its first weekend out and continues to pull in the summer crowds. The film "may not wholly reinvent the genre", Andrew writes, "but it does what it does with such exuberant, head-down momentum that it's tough not to get swept up and grossed out". Catch it if you can!

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