French studio Federation’s new theatrical sales arm Ginger & Fed and Paris-based genre specialist WTFilms have unveiled a slew of AFM deals for apocalyptic thriller Survive.
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Castaway Diva. The song was released yesterday (October 31) on music streaming platforms, alongside its accompanying music video.
The clip features a montage of emotional scenes lifted from the series, chronicling lead character Mok-ha (Park Eun-bin) stranded on a deserted island and her subsequent re-assimilation to modern society.The release of ‘Someday’ marks Park’s second music release to date, after she contributed to the Extraordinary Attorney Woo soundtrack with the track ‘The Blue Night of Jeju Island’.Castaway Diva, premiered on October 28, follows Seo Mok-ha, a crass countryside girl who has pipe dreams of becoming a pop star. One fateful day, as she’s making her way to Seoul city in order to make her dreams come true, Mok-ha somehow finds herself stranded on an uninhabited island, where she remains for the next 15 years.Park Eun-bin, who found mainstream fame for her titular role in Netflix’s Extraordinary Attorney Woo last year, stars as Mok-ha, and is joined by the likes of Kim Hyo-jin, Chae Jong-hyeop, VIXX’s N (credited as Cha Hak-yeon) and more.Episodes will be broadcast every Saturday and Sunday at 9:20pm KST on South Korean cable network tvN.
Streaming platform Netflix will bring the show to global audiences with release schedules coinciding with tvN’s.Last year, Park Eun-bin starred in the popular K-drama Extraordinary Attorney Woo. NME featured the series on our lists of the 10 best Korean dramas of 2022 and the 10 best Asian TV shows of 2022.Meanwhile, the production company behind Extraordinary Attorney Woo recently confirmed that it has signed a contract with series writer Moon Ji-won to work on a second season of the hit K-drama.
.French studio Federation’s new theatrical sales arm Ginger & Fed and Paris-based genre specialist WTFilms have unveiled a slew of AFM deals for apocalyptic thriller Survive.
Strong Woman series of K-dramas.Today (November 20), YTN reported JTBC has plans to continue its hit series of Strong Woman K-dramas, citing unnamed industry sources. The second instalment of the series, Strong Woman Nam-soon, is currently airing.JTBC later confirmed the report in a statement to Newsen, saying: “We have plans for another instalment, but we are currently concentrating on writing another project.”The original series, Strong Woman Bong-soon, first aired in 2017 and was led by Park Bo-young, Park Hyun-sik and Ji Soo.
OnlyOneOf have announced the dates and stops for the North American leg of their upcoming world tour in 2024.OnlyOneOf announced last week that they would be embarking on a world tour next year, with concerts set for cities across North America, Latin America, Europe and Asia. It will mark the band’s first-ever world tour.On November 14, the group announced that the world tour will kick off with its North American leg with 10 shows unveiled to take place in Vancouver, Chicago, New York City/New Jersey, Toronto, Atlanta, San Juan, Orlando, Dallas, San Francisco and Los Angeles.
Nick Vivarelli International Correspondent Matteo Garrone’s “Io Capitano” is getting a special screening on Wednesday in Brussels, where hundreds of EU parliament members will watch the timely immigration drama on which Pathè has announced a slew of sales. The film, which is Italy’s Oscar candidate for best international feature film, world premiered to strong reviews in September at Venice Film Festival, where it won best director for Garrone and best emerging actor for its co-star Seydou Sarr.
Star News earlier today (November 10), the singer had passed away on Wednesday, November 8. The cause of her death was unspecified.Nahee’s funeral was reportedly held today at the Central Funeral Hall in Pyeongtaek, Gyeonggi-do.Fans of the singer have taken to her most recent Instagram post, uploaded just hours before her death, to pay tribute to Nahee.Many wrote condolence messages to the singer and her loved ones, while others expressed their regret for only discovering her music after hearing of her passing.A post shared by 나히(Nahee) (@im_na._.hee)Back in July, Nahee released her electronic pop track ‘Rose’, which she dedicated to her fans.“I’d like to call the songs I have released up until now ‘roses’.
Sweet Home, starring Song Kang.Taking place shortly after the events of season one, the new Sweet Home trailer reveals the world outside the Green Home apartment building. Monsters and soldiers hunt one another, while civilians are ushered into quarantine zones.Half-monster Cha Hyun-su (Song Kang) is seen chained up in captivity, where he offers himself up to be used to research a vaccine to stop monster transformations.
Squid Game star Park Hae-soo has been cast as the lead in the upcoming Netflix original K-drama, Karma (working title).Based on a Kakao webtoon of the same name, the upcoming original Korean series will be a crime thriller that follows an ensemble cast of characters, whose “disparate lives intertwine under the ominous shadow of an unbreakable fate”, per a press release.The synopsis for the series reads: “The story revolves around a witness to an accident, a physician traumatized by nightmares, a man whose world was upended by an unexpected event and another man drowning in private loans. Each one is bound by the inescapable ties of a terrible destiny, trapped by ill-fated entanglements.”The central figure in Karma will be played by Squid Game actor Park Hae-soo, who will star as the man who makes a life-changing deal after witnessing a mysterious accident.Park will be joined by a star-studded cast, including Shin Min-a (Our Blues), Lee Hee-jun (Chimera), Kim Sung-kyun (Moving), Lee Kwang-soo (The Killer’s Shopping List) and Gong Seung-yeon (The First Responders).Karma will be written and directed by filmmaker Lee Il-hyung, known for his work on 2022’s Remember and 2016’s A Violent Prosecutor.
The Masked Singer is back for season 10!
The Masked Singer is back for season 10!
The Masked Singer is back for season 10!
The Masked Singer is back for season 10!
Charlie Park has sadly passed away.
(G)I-DLE, aespa and IVE will release a new collaboration, titled ‘Nobody’.Today (November 6), South Korean YouTube channel M:USB announced that one member from (G)I-DLE, aespa and IVE each will collaborate on an upcoming song, titled ‘Nobody’.According to a report by Dispatch, the members of the girl groups who will be participated in the upcoming single will be “introduced sequentially” over the coming days through the YouTube channel’s official social media accounts.The song will be written by HYBE producer El Capitxn (known for his work with BTS, Tomorrow X Together and more) and lyricist Seo Ji-eum (known for working with Red Velvet and NCT 127, among others).“This is a collaboration that breaks existing conventions and formats,” said one of the song’s producers, per Dispatch. With the participation of artists, composers, lyricists and staff members who all represent K-pop, it will be a special gift for global music fans.”‘Nobody’ will be released on November 16 at 6pm KST.
Jessi says she thinks her viral hit 2022 single ‘Zoom’ is an “annoying ass song”.Jessi released ‘Zoom’ in April 2022 and has since become the singer’s second-most successful single, peaking at Number 12 on South Korea’s Circle Chart. The track also went viral on TikTok, helping it chart in counties such as New Zealand, Singapore and more.In a new appearance on The Zach Sang Show, Jessi described ‘Zoom’ as “a very annoying ass song” that is “so overplayed”. During the interview, she also recalled listening to the song for the first time after recording it: “And I overheard myself, and I was like, ‘Goddamn, I’m annoying’.”However, Jessi also says that through ‘Zoom’ she has “figured out and mastered what people like”.
Clayton Davis Senior Awards Editor “Past Lives” writer and director Celine Song handles the delicate themes of love and destiny surrounding the Korean Buddhist concept of In-Yun — the connection, fate and destiny of two people. However, the South Korean/Canadian playwright says she had her own “revelation” while making her directorial debut.
EXCLUSIVE: Picture Tree International (PTI) has boarded sales on German Iranian director Alireza Golafshan’s comedy Everything’s Fifty Fifty about a divorced couple who embark on a family vacation, ahead of the AFM.
The Masked Singer is back for season 10!
The Masked Singer is back for season 10!
The Masked Singer is back for season 10!
The Masked Singer is back for season 10!