According to industry insiders, Yoo Hae Jin has recently joined The Owl as the new leading actor and is coordinating details. In response, Yoo Hae JinŌĆÖs agency shared that the actorŌĆÖs positively reviewing the offer. The Owl is a new historical film that revolves around the death of Crown Prince Sohyeon, who has returned from the Qing dynasty during the Injo of Joseon era. Ahn Tae Jin, an assistant director of King and the Clown, will helm the production....

On August 19, MBCŌĆÖs How Do You Play? posted several photos of Jimmy Yoo on its official Instagram account, along with a message, ŌĆ£Hello, itŌĆÖs my first time saying hello to you. IŌĆÖm Jimmy Yoo, the CEO of an entertainment agency. Please give very~ love for soon-to-debut rookie group Refund Sisters.ŌĆØ https://www.instagram.com/p/CEEkGuFhuhW/ The photo shows Yoo Jae Suk wearing a mushroom-shaped bobbed hair wig and a colorful print shirt. Especially, his retro vibe catches the eyes....

Greennarae Media, the distribution company, said, ŌĆ£At the 19th NYAFF, Moving On became the only Korean film to win the best feature film award, upping the profile of K-movies.ŌĆØ The 19th New York Asian Film Festival, held from Aug. 28 to Sept. 12, is a representative Asian film festival in North America that selects only the most unique and interesting films in various genres. Moving On tells the story of two siblings Okju and Dongju moving into their grandpaŌĆÖs house during their summer vacation after their father goes broke....

According to a media outlet, the Miracle team will hold the press conference later this month and begin preparations for release in earnest. Miracle is a fictional movie based on a true story. Set in 1986, the film will follow a high school math prodigy as he builds a way station in a rural village without a single road. Be With You director Lee Jang Hoon will direct the film....

On the morning of July 1, ZICO appeared in the weather forecast section of MBCŌĆÖs News Today as a daily weatherman along with weathergirl Kim Ga Young. ZICO introduced himself, saying, ŌĆ£Hello, IŌĆÖm ZICO, a daily weatherman on MBC.ŌĆØ He then went on to say, ŌĆ£Today, IŌĆÖm releasing a new song ŌĆśSummer Hate,ŌĆÖ which is a song about the weather, so I came here thinking what it would be like to deliver weather forecast myself....

On Dec 8 (local time), Variety released the list of ŌĆ£The Best Films of 2020.ŌĆØ For the list, Chief Film Critics for Variety Peter Debruge and Owen Gleiberman each selected 10 films. And Minari has been named in Owen GleibermanŌĆÖs Top 10 list. Owen Gleiberman introduced the film, ŌĆ£In America, the moment we hear the word immigrant, we tend to get a lot of images in our heads, a lot of which are clich├®s....

Drive is a driving action thriller that follows a popular online streamer trapped in the trunk of a running car. Throughout the movie, she will broadcast her struggle to escape the trunk live. Park Ju Hyun takes on the role of Han Yu Na, the popular online streamer who gets trapped in the trunk of a car. Since the beginning of her career, the actress has shown off her presence, including NetflixŌĆÖs Extracurricular and tvNŌĆÖs Mouse....

The upcoming film New Year Blues has been officially invited to the 19th Florence Korean Film Festival and announced the release in 8 countries. According to the production team, New Year Blues was invited to the Korean Horizons competition section of the 19th Florence Korea Film Festival. Hosted by Taegukgi Toscana Korea Association, this festival works to connect Italian audiences to Korean films. Riccardo Gelli, a programmer at the Korean Film Festival in Florence, shared, ŌĆ£ItŌĆÖs a work that highlights director Hong Ji YoungŌĆÖs delicate production in the most original form that connects the stories of four couples with different conflicts with one theme....

JTBCŌĆÖs Wed-Thurs drama Run On illustrates a realistic and relatable story of Ki Sun Kyeom (played by Im Si Wan) and Oh Mi Joo (played by Shin Se Kyung) as they go through a risky stage in their relationship. Viewers are left with no choice but to immerse themselves in their relationship and question whether they will be able to finish this race of love. As the two went their own way, Sun Kyeom makes his way as an athlete agent while his colleague Kim Woo Sik (played by Lee Jung Ha) focuses on rehab....

According to media outlets, Red Velvet is currently gearing up for their August comeback. This comeback is all the more meaningful since the last album the group dropped was The ReVe Festival: Finale, released in December 2019. Red Velvet has received great love for their summer songs, hence dubbed the ŌĆ£Summer Queen.ŌĆØ And in the summer of 2021, the group will once again fill up the K-pop scene with their energy....

Based on the webtoon of the same name, Sweet Home tells a bizarre and shocking story that a loner high school student Hyun Soo (Song Kang) experiences in an apartment where he moved after losing his family. The main trailer shows people turning into monsters due to unknown reasons and Hyun Soo and other residents of Green Home falling into chaos. In an unprecedented state of emergency, Green Homes residents tremble in fear of not knowing when their own neighbors will turn into monsters....

The press conference for the movie The Golden Holiday Ā(directed by Kim Bong Han) was held online on July 22. The Golden Holiday is a crime comedy film about a detective who is caught up in a global crime on his first overseas trip. Kwak Do Won plays Hong Byung Soo, a detective who becomes a suspect in a murder case in his first overseas trip to the Philippines. Kim Dae Myung plays the role of Man Chu, a local guide who becomes Byung SooŌĆÖs investigation partner....

According to Nielsen Korea, the 4th episode of JTBCŌĆÖs The Good Detective, which aired on July 14, recorded 4.821 percent nationwide. The figure broke the previous best viewership of 4.179 recorded in the last episode. The final episode of MBCŌĆÖs Dinner Mate, which aired on the same day, garnered 2.9 percent and 4.3 percent viewership. Although it was not able to best 6 percent viewership range they recorded in the first episode, the drama escaped its 1 percent range and ended with a solid 4....

In the pre-released video of MBNŌĆÖs Miss Back, Gayoung talked about why and how her group Steller ended up being nicknamed ŌĆ£R-rated idol group.ŌĆØ Gayoung mentioned the controversial album photo that made headlines when stellar promoted their song ŌĆ£Vibrato.ŌĆØ Saying, ŌĆ£This is a photo that I really donŌĆÖt want to see,ŌĆØ Gayoung explained the photo. ŌĆ£We already chose all the outfits, but when we went to film the music video, we were given different outfits....

Translated by Kim Hoyeun TWICE debuted in 2017 through JYPŌĆÖs survival program Sixteen. The name itself means the group will touch peopleŌĆÖs hearts ŌĆ£onceŌĆØ with good music and ŌĆ£twiceŌĆØ with great performances. The members, who had been trainees for as long as 10 years, came out into the world with the name ŌĆ£TWICE,ŌĆØ and their official fandom name became ŌĆ£ONCE.ŌĆØ So, did TWICE touch the hearts with good music and great performances, satisfying both the listenersŌĆÖ ears and eyes?...

The cast and crew shared their affection for the seriesŌĆÖ second season. ŌĆ£This is a year-end gift,ŌĆØ Park Hae Soo said. ŌĆ£You should log back into Netflix. It will be so much fun. Be careful not to binge-watch the whole season too fast,ŌĆØ added Lee Won Jong. The writer of the series Ryoo Yong Jae also left his comment, saying, ŌĆ£The second season will be full of versatile characters. There are lots of things to enjoy in Part 2....

NEWŌĆÖs movie business department newly arranged its organization into Content Strategy Planning HQ and Distribution Strategy Planning HQ. The company sought changes according to the climates of new media through planning, investment, production, and distribution. It also signed a long-term equity investment agreement with Library Pictures International, a Hollywood investment company. Amid the changing times after COVID-19, we look forward to whether the upcoming works of popular actors and production crew will bring life back to the theatre industry....

The series became embroiled in a controversy on the fifth episode that aired on June 14th, which featured an international competition in Jakarta. In the episode, Coach Fang said, ŌĆ£The accommodations are of poor quality. And weŌĆÖre being told to practice at a dilapidated stadium with no air conditioning when they get to practice at a dome arena.ŌĆØ It also had a scene where Indonesian fans heckle foreign players who beat their team....