In early November 2014, the first FestivalAsia festival was officially announced to take place on May 15 to 17 at the Tobacco Dock (50 Porters Walk, London E1W 2SF). From mid-November, exhibitors have been invited to submit their application for a stand at the venue of the festival. Taking the opportunity of the very early […]
The trailer for Chinese epic feature film Dragon Blade, starring Jackie Chan as well as Hollywood actors Adrian Brody and John Cusack, has been published on YouTube by online magazine CHECK, on December 25. JoyN’Contents will distribute the film in South Korea, but it is yet to be confirmed if it will be released in […]
Actor Jung Il-woo has published several pictures on his Instagram, indicating he is currently traveling around Europe. After France, where he visited Mont Saint Michel and Paris, his latest stop was London, with a picture of him waiting for the underground at Shoreditch station on Thursday 18 December. Jung Il-woo’s TV drama credits include 49 […]
Despite being often overlooked, the Asian American community plays a significant role in the U.S. entertainment industry and has set up events to celebrate and promote its own talents – something we somehow lack here in the UK. The Unforgettable Gala has risen to be one of the most prominent of such events, featuring an […]
As it was confirmed earlier this month, actress Claudia Soo-hyun Kim will feature in the upcoming blockbuster series for Netflix, produced by indie studio The Weinstein Company. But she turns out not to be the only Korean talent in Marco Polo. Indeed, Park Woon-young, a seasoned Korean-American actor, known for his appearances in The Shield […]
Kim Soo-hyun is once again back to London. Apparently, according to UnitedKPop, he already came in April 2012 for a photoshoot for Harper’s Bazaar. It seems to be the same reason this time. He has apparently been here since Tuesday, after taking his plane at the Incheon Airport on November 24. Kim has risen to […]
On November 7, 2013, president Park Geun-hye opened an era of collaboration between South Korea and the UK creative industries as she attended the opening ceremony of the London Korean Film Festival where ministers of culture and media of both countries signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU). She had also attended a K-Drama Day in […]
Since last year, Funny or Die has produced several collaboration videos between UK/US and South Korean artists. Anna Kendrick goes K-Pop with f(x) First of them was a short video in which we follow US actress Anna Kendrick (Pitch Perfect) as she is sent to South Korea to learn how to dance K-pop with girls’ […]
At the London K-Drama Week, we met with Amanda Groom, the head and co-founder of media consultancy The Bridge. The company was launched in May 2014, and backed by UK production and distribution group, Argonon. It aims at promoting further collaboration between UK and Korean television productions. Good news is that The Bridge just agreed […]
Following the investment by Japanese telco conglomerate Softbank, DramaFever is exploring new contents and territories where to launch. In the past few months, DramaFever had started adding Korean films (such as The Fatal Encounter on November 7 (1)), and even animation. It is now diversifying a little more by adding Korean Internet-only dramas and miniseries, […]