D-War (Movie - 2006)

D-War Director Back With 3 Projects

Source | 2009/10/09 | 0 comments | Permalink |

"D-War" director SHIM Hyung-Rae's is busy again working on some largely diverse projects. Despite the controversy surrounding his monstrously successful but critically lampooned monster move "D-War", he is back working on no less than three projects. . Like "D-War", new film "Condor" is a CG heavy flick with a demo trailer already released. Secondly comes "The Last Godfather", a comic take on the famous 1970's Francis Ford Coppola trilogy. The film will reprise the role of Younggu, a character created by SHIM in the 1980s that was a hit with Korean children both on TV and film.

Notably SHIM is also directing animation "Memory of Bread" that goes to great lengths to create South Korea in the 1960s, still struggling to recreate and industrialize itself after the war. The movie focuses on two children who both lose their parents and then have to survive on their own in the difficult post-war environment. "Memory of Bread" will be released 2011.

David Oxenbridge (KOFIC)...| More

Box Office Score Peaks After 2-Year Low

Source | 2009/09/08 | 0 comments | Permalink |

By Lee Hyo-won
Staff Reporter

The South Korean box office saw an all-time high in August, drawing over 20 million moviegoers for the first time in two years, the Korean Film Council (KOFIC) announced Monday.

Some 21.4 million tickets were sold, which purely in terms of numbers would account for about 43.2 percent of South Korea's 49.5-million population.

This is the third time that over 20 million tickets were sold in a single month. In January 2006 "My Boss, My Teacher" among others attracted 20.39 million audience members and, in August 2007, "D-War" and "May 18" were the main catalysts in bringing in 21.56 million moviegoers. Despite ranking second two years ago in terms of number of viewers, August pulled in the highest gross profit ― 153.9 billion won compared to 136.7 billion won in 2007.

Korean summer blockbusters "Haeundae" and "Take Off" attracted a total of 12.93 million moviegoers (60.4 percent of the box office sales). The two alternated between first an...| More

Disaster Movie 'Haeundae' Heads for 10-Million Mark

Source | 2009/08/17 | 0 comments | Permalink |

The Korean disaster film "Haeundae" has attracted more than 9 million spectators in the 26 days since its release and is about to surpass the 10 million mark. Dstributor CJ Entertainment on Monday said the film drew a total of 9.07 million viewers by Sunday. And as of Saturday, with an accumulated number of 8.8 million spectators, it already surpassed "D-War" to take the fifth place in the all-time box office hit parade for Korean films.

"Haeundae" is also the second fastest of four Korean films that attracted over 10 million spectators, topped only by "The Host", which drew 9 million viewers in just 18 days. "Taegukgi: The Brotherhood of War" took 31 days, "The King and the Clown" 38 and "Silmido" 45.

"Take Off", a story about ski jumpers, is enjoying growing popularity in its third week, topping the box-office chart in terms of the number of spectators per day for three days since Friday over "Haeundae".

According to statistics compiled by the Korean Film Council as of Sun...| More

Summer Movies Get Special Effects Boost

Source | 2009/07/16 | 0 comments | Permalink |

Summer vacation has kicked off with plenty of CG laden blockbusters like Transformers 2 and the latest installation of Harry Potter.
Not to be left behind, Korean producers have also prepared their own special treat of special effects, adding a touch of imagination and just the right amount of humanism into the mix.
A quiet village is shocked with its first crime in 10 years: an undiscriminating, brutal homicide.
The culprit turns out to be a wild boar.
A group of five set out to catch the man-eating boar, each with his or her own different motive.
A spectacular hunt ensues, one where you can't be sure who is doing the hunting.

[Interview : Eom Tae-woong, Actor in "Chaw"] "They put a lot of effort into the computer graphics. The boar is a really nasty monster. You'll just love seeing it".

Of course the best part of "Chaw" is the mutant boar itself.
Hans Uhlig, one of Hollywood's visual effects masters, took on the job of bringing the monster to life.
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"Dragonball" Premiere Tops Korean Box Office

Source | 2009/03/15 | 0 comments | Permalink |

By Lee Hyo-won
Staff Reporter

"Dragonball: Evolution", the Hollywood adaptation of the internationally loved comic, topped the South Korean box office during its opening weekend after its world premiere here March 12, according to 20th Century Fox Korea.

Real-time tallies of nationwide ticket reservations by the Korean Film Council showed Sunday that the action flick held an iron grip on the number one spot over "More Than Blue" - despite the tendency of romantic films to dominate on White Day weekends.

The Stephen Chow production, directed by James Wong, catered particularly to young males in their teens and 20s, who, like millions of fans worldwide, grew up consuming the comic and/or cartoons. But the film's classic teen romance-meets-martial arts superhero theme appeals to "children" of all ages, which naturally includes adults. Also inviting is its weighty cast of fresh newcomers and veteran stars, including Hong Kong action hero Chow Yun-fat, former K-pop star Joon Park...| More