All posts tagged "Snowpiercer"

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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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    ‘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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    ‘Snowpiercer’ to be shown in 250 North American theaters

    (Yonhap) — South Korean sci-fi thriller “Snowpiercer” will be shown in 250 movie theaters around North America starting this week, an increase of more than 30 times the original eight, the movie’s local distributor said Tuesday. The...

    • Posted July 2, 2014
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  • Director Bong Joon-ho inside the Korean Cultural Center Los Angeles for the "Snowpiercer" press conference. (Kim Young-jae / The Korea Times)
    Bong Joon-ho talks about “Snowpiercer” and more in L.A.

    Korean filmmaker wants to hear people say, “His best work is his latest work.” By Tae Hong Director Bong Joon-ho, whose genius as a noted Korean filmmaker has long attracted international moviegoers’ affections, finally saw his snowy apocalyptic...

    • Posted June 13, 2014
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    “Snowpiercer” opens L.A. Film Fest

    Director Bong Joon-ho’s “Snowpiercer” had its first U.S. showing Wednesday night as the kickoff film of the 20th Los Angeles Film Festival. The red-carpet event drew Bong and some of the film’s stars, including Ed Harris, Tilda...

    • Posted June 13, 2014
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    Korean hit film ‘Snowpiercer’ set for June release in U.S.

    The hit South Korean film Snowpiercer will be coming to American theaters on June 27. Directed by noted South Korean filmmaker Bong Joon-ho, the picture depicts a post-apocalyptic world in which all the survivors of the world...

    • Posted March 10, 2014
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  • Song Kang-ho, right, in a scene from “The Attorney”
    Truth behind Korea’s movie boom

    Koreans are watching more local films than ever, not that they have any say in it   By Yun Suh-young Kim Seon-hee had eagerly awaited the Korean release of “The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug,” the second...

    • Posted January 8, 2014
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