Bong Joon Ho Says Animated Film Will Be Ready In 2025-2026; Inspired By ‘The Deep: The Extraordinary Creatures Of The Abyss’

GOT7‘s Jinyoung has surprised fans with the release of a brand-new solo song called ‘Dive’.The digital single, which the singer had announced just hours prior its release, was written and composed by K-pop idol.

Grimes has described South Korean rapper and Big Bang member G-Dragon as one of her “biggest influences”.In a recently Tiktok video, uploaded on July 26, American pop singer did a comedic take on the popular “what’s in my bag” challenge, where she showcased all sorts of non-conventional items from a Cowboy Bebop poster frame to a mic stand.

Blackpink member Rosé has been praised in recent weeks for covering classic 2000s hits, including John Mayer’s “Slow Dancing in a Burning Room” and Paramore’s “The Only Exception.”But Rosé truly made big waves Tuesday for collaborating with fellow K-pop stars Onew of SHINee and Lee Suhyun of AKMU on a cover of Alicia Keys’ “If I Ain’t Got You.”The trio’s seaside performance of the powerful ballad — which is from Keys’ second album, 2003’s “The Diary of Alicia Keys” — aired on the South Korean

Anna Marie de la Fuente Universal Pictures Int’l Spain has snatched theatrical distribution rights to the Spanish remake of romcom “A Boyfriend for my Wife” (“Un Novio para mi Mujer”), now shooting in Barcelona.The 2008 Argentine original by Juan Taratuto, starring Adrian Suar, lured up to 1.5 million admissions in Argentina and has been remade in a slew of territories, including Mexico, Brazil, Italy, China, France, Chile, Vietnam and, most successfully, in South Korea where it sold five

The 78thVenice International Film Festival has set its full roster of juries.

The 78th Venice International Film Festival has set its full roster of juries.

Joanna Gaines is reflecting on her family's history as she and her husband Chip Gaines expand their Magnolia brand with the launch of their network last week.  The "Fixer Upper: Welcome Home" star, 43, spoke to Hoda Kotb on her SiriusXM show "The Hoda Show" about how her mother immigrated from South Korea to the U.S. at 19 years old and didn't speak any English.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefRecently released horror film “The Medium” won the top prize at the Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival (BiFan), which wrapped in South Korea on Sunday. The event, which ran July 8-18, 2021 was the festival’s second year as a hybrid, with both in-person and online components.Gyeonggi Province, where the festival is held raised its disease status to Level 4 on the fifth day of the eleven-day festival.

Chip and Joanna Gaines are living out the American dream.

Not even a global pandemic could stop prolific South Korean director Hong Sangsoo, but his latest film deals with ideas and tensions that echo questions and perspectives brought to the surface by this global health crisis. Playing in the Cannes Premiere section of this year’s Festival de Cannes, “In Front of Your Face” only slowly reveals its hand.

Peter Debruge Chief Film CriticCANNES — The awards show for the 2021 Cannes Film Festival competition is underway.Jury president Spike Lee presided over a majority-female group that included French-Senegalese actor-director Mati Diop, American actor-filmmaker Maggie Gyllenhaal, Austrian director Jessica Hausner, French actor-helmer Mélanie Laurent, Brazilian helmer Kleber Mendonça Filho, French actor Tahar Rahim, South Korean actor Song Kang-ho and cult French singer Mylene Farmer.The prizes

League of Legends Twitter account posted a message confirming that Kim had passed away today (July 16), having been hospitalised on July 7 due to undisclosed “health issues.”“John has been instrumental in building T1, worked tirelessly for our players and staff, and he will be missed dearly,” the message read.“While we mourn the loss of our dear friend and colleague, we will also continue to celebrate his life and the time we had with him.

John Mayer has sent Rosé of K-pop girl group BLACKPINK a pink electric guitar as thanks for covering one of his songs.On July 16, the Korean-Australian singer took to Instagram to share a few images of her brand-new guitar, which was accompanied by a hand-written note from Mayer. “Rosé! I should be thanking YOU! (so thank you.),” wrote the singer-songwriter.The guitar comes after Rosé’s recent cover of Mayer’s 2006 song ‘Slow Dancing In A Burning Room’ on a South Korean variety show.

EXCLUSIVE: Nexon, an Asian video game developer specializing in immersive virtual worlds, is setting up an LA-based film and TV division to be run by Disney and Activision Blizzard veteran Nick van Dyk.

International and indie film distributor Well Go USA Entertainment has acquired North American rights to Korean film Escape From Mogadishu. It will open in theaters in the U.S. and Canada August 6 following a July 28 release in Korea.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefCompared with the U.S. or European countries, South Korea’s infection and death toll from COVID-19 was small.

“Parasite” swept the 2020 award season, winning the Palm D’Or at Cannes, the best ensemble honours at the SAG Awards and the Oscar for Best Picture.

Parasite director Bong Joon-ho has spoken further about the film’s forthcoming TV spin-off.The series was first announced last year, with Bong helming the HBO project alongside Succession‘s Adam McKay.Speaking about the project at Cannes (via IndieWire), Bong said: “Parasite is a film on wealthy and poor families, and that is a problem everywhere. [The television series] will be something of great genius, I hope.