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2008/03/06 | Source | Permalink |  Digg |  del.icio.us | Stumble It! | Share this news

Korean production company KM Culture has announced plans to make a sequel to the popular romantic comedy "200 Pounds Beauty".

A script is currently being written by LEE Han I, the screenwriter responsible for the TV drama "Bodyguard". In the sequel, the main character Hanna once again gains weight and struggles to establish herself as a real singer.

The director and main cast for the film have yet to be determined, although actress KIM Ah-joong has expressed an interest in seeing the completed script.

The announcement is one in a long list of popular Korean films for which sequels are being planned. Production house Chungeorahm is readying a follow-up to Korea's box office record holder "The Host", with a script written by well-known comic writer Kang Pool and a planned budget exceeding $11 million. Other films with sequels in the works include "Tazza: The High Rollers" ("The War of Flower")and "Le Grand Chef".

"200 Pounds Beauty" was released in December 2006 and ulti...

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2008/03/06 | Source | Permalink |  Digg |  del.icio.us | Stumble It! | Share this news

In the midst of sequels being planned for The War of Flower and Le Grand Chef, there is also a sequel being planned for '200 Pounds Beauty', which reached 6.62 million viewers last year.

The producing group of the movie, KM Culture, has revealed that they are currently making a scenario due to overflowing requests from fans.

Writer Lee Han I, who also wrote the drama "Bodyguard", starring Cha Seung-won, is writing the scenario. The main plot is that Hanna has "yo-yo syndrome". It is expected to contain events that happen to Hanna, who is gaining weight again after turning from a fat woman to a beauty with plastic surgery and dieting.

Writer Lee has added, "The plan is that Hanna will gain weight again but will be recognized as a true singer. But we will add the element of comedy and will highlight the first movie, which was a comedy but had a message to society".

The basic framework is that Hanna, who has become fat again, tries to lose weight, but ultimately realizes that...

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how about using an overweight guy instead of girl? pochiW 2008-04-13 12:25:39 mzonse 2008-03-10 03:16:19 oooh...can't wait for it to be released!! i sooooooooo loved 200 pound beauty^^ I saw this movie and I`d like to give the full credit to the script writer and I hope they would choose a n actress-performer to portray the role for the sequel, like Lee Hyori for example. I want to see a more versatile actress, who can transform herself jastinel 2008-03-07 02:14:31

2007/12/21 | Source | Permalink |  Digg |  del.icio.us | Stumble It! | Share this news

Time now to check on the week's new movies.
From Hollywood comes a fantasy based on a bestselling novel and as for domestic fare we have a cheeky story about a very confident woman.
Here is Lee Jeewon.
We begin this week with "The Golden Compass", based on a bestselling and award-winning book of the same title.
The book is the first of author Philip Pullman's "His Dark Materials" trilogy set in an alternative world where people's souls appear as demons.
The epic story begins when a teenage girl named Lyra tries to rescue a friend kidnapped by a mysterious organization.
Newcomer Dakota Blue Richards stars as the main character playing alongside screen heavyweights, including Nicole Kidman.

Now if you're a fan of Han Yeseul you can't miss the next film "Miss Gold Digger".
Han plays Sin Misoo, a successful career woman with looks, skills and the determination to get any guy she wants.
Misoo can turn into just about any man's dream girl and she proves it by going out with four m...

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2007/12/13 | Source | Permalink |  Digg |  del.icio.us | Stumble It! | Share this news

"My Love" attempts to mimic the famous romantic comedy formula set by "Love Actually" (2003), and the effort itself deserves some attention because the Christmas holiday season is just around the corner, and young Korean couples are keen to watch sweet, feel-good films with the snow falling.

"My Love" has some common grounds with "Love Actually". Obviously, as the title suggests, its target audiences as well as screening time are already set at around the year-end. Both films present multiple couples. But that's the end of the tenuous similarities, and everything else in "My Love" is dramatically inferior to those featured in "Love Actually".

In fact, Lee Han, who has directed "My Love", has some credentials when it comes to romantic comedy in the domestic film market. He previously made romantic features such as "Lovers' Concerto" (2002) and "Almost Love" (2006). But Lee is not Richard Curtis, a master of romantic comedy who made "Love Actually" and wrote "Four Weddings and a Fu...

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2007/10/23 | Source | Permalink |  Digg |  del.icio.us | Stumble It! | Share this news

Actress Choi Kang-hee has donated her bone marrow to a patient in need.

The Korea Marrow Donor Program says Choi pledged to donate in 1999 and recently found a patient with a gene match.

A program official said, "Most people think marrow donation is dangerous and are reluctant to agree to surgery, but Choi donated hers with no hesitatation even though she was shooting a film".

Choi's aide said, "We first decided to keep the surgery a secret out of fear of potential misunderstanding but we hope the public will see it as a good cause, hoping for the best results".

Choi is the first Korean celebrity to donate bone marrow.

Choi has finished filming director Lee Han's new film 'My Love' opposite actor Kam Woo-seong....

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