All posts tagged "Bong Joon ho"

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    ‘Snowpiercer’ to be adapted into US TV series

    By Brian Han A U.S. production studio optioned the rights to Bong Joon-ho’s “Snowpiercer” and plans to turn it into a television series. Tomorrow Studios tapped Josh Friedman as the head writer for the project. The 48-year-old...

    • Posted November 12, 2015
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    Netflix invests $50 million toward Bong Joon-ho’s latest film ‘Okja’

    By Brian Han Back in 2012, Netflix decided to evolve from a streaming-only service to a creator of original content, but it wasn’t until recently that the company started to invest in feature-length films. In fact it...

    • Posted November 10, 2015
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    Academy invites five Korean filmmakers, actors to membership for the first time

    Five South Korean filmmakers and actors have joined the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences for the first time in history. Directors Bong Joon-ho, Kim Sang-jin and Im Kwon-taek, and actors Choi Min-sik, Song Kang-ho will...

    • Posted June 29, 2015
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  • The members of the Jury of the 65th International Film Festival Berlinale, back row frrom left, President Darren Aronofsky, Matthew Weiner, Daniel Bruehl, Bong Joon-ho, front row from left,  Martha De Laurentiis, Claudia Llosa and Audrey Tautou, pose for a photo prior to the Jury's Dinner on the eve of the opening of the festival in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2015. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)
    Bong Joon-ho arrives in Berlin for film festival

    South Korean director Bong Joon-ho arrived in Germany to take his place on the Jury of the 65th International Film Festival Berlinale. Joining him will be fellow producers and filmmakers Darren Aronofsky, Matthew Weinter, Daniel Brueh, Martha...

    • Posted February 5, 2015
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    K-drama remake of film ‘Memories of Murder’ coming in August

    The South Korean serial killer film “Memories of Murder” will be remade into a television drama, to air in August, Star News reported Friday in Korea. According to SBS, the drama, tentatively titled “Signal,” will be penned...

    • Posted January 29, 2015
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    Director Bong Joon-ho named to Berlin Festival jury

    South Korean director Bong Joon-ho was appointed as a jury member for the 65th Berlin International Film Festival, organizers announced Tuesday. Bong is the second Korean to be appointed to the jury after actress Lee Young-ae in...

    • Posted January 27, 2015
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    ‘Snowpiercer’ wins several U.S. critics’ awards

    SEOUL (Yonhap) — South Korean director Bong Joon-ho’s English debut film “Snowpiercer” won a series of awards from associations of American movie critics, the film’s South Korean distributor said Wednesday. “Snowpiercer” received the best sci-fi film award...

    • Posted December 24, 2014
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