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Looks like director Bong Jun-ho’s most recent film, Cannes entry Mother (starring Won Bin and Kim Hye-ja), will be getting a theatrical release in the U.S.
American film distributor Magnolia Pictures has bought the rights for a North American run, and announced on August 31 that the release will happen sometime in early 2010. Magnolia is the distributor that also imported director Bong’s previous film, The Host, for a U.S. run in 2007. Along with Mother, they have also licensed Bong’s debut feature film, 2000’s A Higher Animal (starring Lee Sung-jae, Bae Doo-na). A representative from Magnolia said, “In the future, we would like to continue to distribute the movies directed by Bong Jun-ho.”
Mother screens this month at the Toronto International Film Festival and New York Film Festival. Mother is also South Korea’s entry for the upcoming Academy Awards in the foreign film category.
Source: Sports Chosun
Via: dramabeans
It’s not unheard of for movie stars to visit other film sets in support of friends, but the unannounced arrival of Won Bin on the set of the new film Le Grand Chef 2: Kimchi Battle came as a surprise, particularly since Won Bin is known for lying low and not doing a making a lot of appearances.
Kimchi Battle is the sequel to the popular original film starring Kim Kang-woo (which was based on the same manhwa that was adapted into the drama Gourmet with Kim Rae-won). It stars Kim Jung-eun and Jin Gu, the latter with whom Won Bin acted in his recent film Mother. He’d also once shared the same management with another cast member, Wang Ji-hye, and had worked on the movie Taegukgi (which solidified his status as a top star) with Kimchi Battle’s producer Lee Sung-hoon.
According to one source, the visit was completely unplanned and Won Bin came bearing snacks for the staff and greeted the director and actors individually. He is currently taking a break after finishing promotional activities for Mother, and is considering his next project.
Source: Sports Seoul
Via: dramabeans
WHY IS THIS MAN SO OSM.
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Date: 2009-09-04 03:03 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-09-04 03:11 am (UTC)This guy seems pretty cool though. I'm interested now. ^_^
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Date: 2009-09-04 03:12 am (UTC)Won Bin is a total qt and I think his acting his ace. Plus he went to Gambia on a humanitarian mission. I think those man deserves more airtime in Omona :)
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Date: 2009-09-04 03:50 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-09-04 03:17 am (UTC)He's so incredibly talented.
Madeo needs to be released in Canada too =(
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Date: 2009-09-04 07:12 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-09-04 09:21 am (UTC)XD
Date: 2009-09-04 12:41 pm (UTC)Wanna watch this movie...