Acclaimed filmmaker Christopher Nolan's epic saga, "The Odyssey" has become the highest-grossing foreign film released in South Korea so far this year. According to tickets sales data released by the Korean Film Council on Monday, "The Odyssey," which drew more than 8 million moviegoers in less than a month since its release on Aug. 5, has now surpassed the Hollywood franchise film "Spider-Man: Brand New Day," which opened a

Netflix and Belgian beer brand Stella Artois will launch a global campaign tied to the second season of "The Gentlemen: The Series," Netflix said Thursday. The campaign, titled "The Gentlemen's Serve," will run in eight countries: South Korea, the United States, Britain, Canada, Brazil, Colombia, Mexico and South Africa. Netflix said it is the first brand partnership for "The Gentlemen: The Series." It is also the fi

Director Lee Chang-dong's "Possible Love" has been selected as South Korea's submission for best foreign language film to compete at next year's Academy Awards, the Korean Film Council said on Tuesday. The U.S. movie industry's biggest awards ceremony, which will celebrate its 98th year next year, will be held in Los Angeles on March 15, with each country allowed to submit one film in the Best International Feature Film category, wh

Director Hur Jin-ho's latest film "Assassin(s)" has been invited to this year's Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), which opens next month. The 131-minute thriller will be screened along with some 22 other films in the Gala Presentations of the annual festival, which runs from Sept. 10 to 20. Hur, alongside cast members Lee Min-ho, Park Hae-il and Yoo Hae-jin, will take part in various events including a red-carpet event to mee

South Korea’s longest summer heat wave has breathed new life into a pastime and industry nearly killed by streaming — moviegoing and theaters. For couples like Kim Soo-hyun, 29, the once-standard weekend date outdoors has become almost impossible. “It’s been really hard to go on dates on weekends because it’s so hot,” said Kim, an office worker living in southern Seoul’s Seocho district. “The car is cool

Director Youm Kyu-bock's animated film "Long Long Night" has been invited to this year's Toronto International Film Festival. The film will have its world premiere at the annual festival, which kicks off its 10-day run on Sept. 4, after being selected for the festival's Centrepiece programm, which showcases notable films from around the world, along with more than 50 other films. It marks the first South Korean feature-length an

A new association has been launched to help establish standards for the growing use of generative artificial Intelligence (AI) in filmmaking including scriptwriting, image creation, video production, voice generation and post-production. At its inaugural meeting in Seoul last month, the non-profit Korea Association of AI Film Directors (KAIFD) said it was established to support directors and video creators using AI, as concerns over copyright, consent, credit

A recent K-drama hit, Agent Kim: Reactivated, had all the ingredients of a blockbuster action sequence — North Korean agents, a former security-service commando, gangsters, explosions and a high-speed chase through a snow-covered tunnel ending in a plunge into icy water. None of it was filmed. The roughly three-minute sequence that fooled audience as an expensive location shoot was generated entirely with artificial intelligence. Described by its cr

The cast and crew of Hollywood's upcoming epic saga "The Odyssey" on Monday shared their experiences of spending time here after arriving in Seoul over the weekend. Director Christopher Nolan, his wife and producer Emma Thomas, actor Matt Damon, and actress Charlize Theron attended a press conference for the action fantasy film at the Four Seasons Hotel in central Seoul, where they shared their experiences exploring the capital after arriving