There was time when studios thought premiering a film in Cannes in May could turn out to be a major hindrance to that movie's Oscar chances nine months later. It was a logical assumption. Voters have short memories, and also, if the film doesn't make a splash on the Croisette, it could be all over…

Korean animated film The King of Kings has surpassed Bong Joon-ho’s Oscar-winning Parasite to become the top-grossing Korean film in the U.S. Produced by Korean animation outfit Mofac Studio, The King of Kings has earned a cumulative $54.7M at the box office so far, surpassing Parasite, which…

Jung Hyun-joo, the former CEO of Korean film company Acemaker, is joining Parasite studio CJ ENM. Jung will join as Head of Film Business with immediate effect, bringing with her experience in helming films such as Boon Joon-ho’s The Host. She joins CJ ENM as it turns 30 this year, during…

Super Bowl weekend is notoriously tough for cinemagoing but fans turned out and tuned in for music documentary concert film Becoming Led Zeppelin from Sony Pictures Classics, which rocked the top ten. A Complete Unknown and The Brutalist are holding. Neon saw a bump for its Parasite re-release…

Led Zeppelin on Imax, Parthenope by Paolo Sorrentino and Armand starring Renate Reinsve, both Cannes premieres, and Barry Koeghan in Irish drama Bring Them Down headline an interesting specialty weekend. Sony Pictures Classics debuts Bernard MacMahon's hybrid docu concert film Becoming Led Zeppel…

‘Squid Game’ Driving Rise In Foreign-Language Appetite In English-Speaking Markets — Study Demand for foreign-language content in English-speaking markets has risen by nearly a quarter in the last four years, according to Ampere Analysis, and the likes of Squid Game and Parasite have been named…

In the face of a monolith Marvel Studios movie this weekend, Neon’s summer shocker at the box office, Longlegs, will become the studio’s highest-grossing movie in its history, surpassing its Best Picture and multi-Oscar winner Parasite ($53.3 million). This is all going down Friday. The Oz…

Parasite producer Barunson E&A has a new CEO. Yoonhee Choi has stepped in to take over from Gene Hong (Brian) Park and Kwak Sin Ae. She has been with Barunson E&A since 2021, when she was hired as Managing Director and was upped to COO in April last year. Choi was previously at CJ ENM…

Lee Sun-kyun, who starred in the Best Picture Oscar-winning film Parasite, has died according to multiple wire reports after going missing in Seoul, South Korea. He was 48. South Korea's emergency office confirmed the news to the Associated Press on Wednesday. Authorities had been…

"Incredibly weird — but delightful" was one audience member's indelible comment after the UK premiere of Lee Won-suk's insane comedy Killing Romance on Friday. Starring Lee Hanee, a former Miss Universe recently seen in the sci-fi romp Alienoid, it tells the story of Hwa Yeo-rae, a viral internet…

Korea's Barunson E&A, the production company behind Oscar-winning drama Parasite, is launching international sales on Kim Jee-woon's Cobweb, starring Song Kang-Ho, at the upcoming European Film Market (EFM) in Berlin.  The star-studded black comedy drama is the fifth on-screen collaboration…

Netflix has confirmed production of documentary, Yellow Door: Looking For Director Bong’s Unreleased Short Film (working title), delving into the story behind Parasite director Bong Joon Ho's first short film, which was seen by just ten people.  While many believe that Bong's 1994 short White Man…