Tag: Hellbound
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‘Secret: Untold Melody’ Resonates With Busan Buyers
Korean sales agency Finecut has struck a raft of rights sales on upcoming fantasy-romance “Secret: Untold Melody.”The film, which will premiere at the upcoming Hawaii International Film Festival, tells the tale of a man whose promising piano career is cut short by a wrist injury. He returns to Korea and falls in love with a…
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Finecut reveals ‘Secret: Untold Melody’ sales ahead of festival premiere
Fantasy romance stars Doh Kyung-soo of K-pop group Exo and Won Jin-a of Netflix’s ‘Hellbound’.South Korea’s Finecut has closed sales of fantasy romance feature Secret: Untold Melody in several key territories across Asia.The film has sold to Cis (Capella Films), Inflight (Encore Inflight), Japan (The Klockworx), Philippines (Viva Networks), Singapore, Malaysia, including Brunei (Purple Plan…
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‘Burning’ Star Yoo Ah-in to Face Criminal Probe After Drug Tests
Leading South Korean actor Yoo Ah-in, star of “Burning,” “The Throne” and Netflix series “Hellbound,” must report to the police on Friday in connection with the alleged use of a variety of drugs.Allegations of Yoo’s drug use emerged a month ago and he has previously spoken with authorities. The Yonhap news agency now specifies that…
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‘The Bequeathed’: Netflix Orders Suspense Series From ‘Train To Busan’ Director Yeon Sang-Ho
Netflix must like working with South Korean director Yeon Sang-ho. With a new season of “Hellbound” on the way and an adaptation of the manga series “Parasyte: The Grey,” another series from Yeon is coming to the streamer. Deadline reports that he’ll start production soon on “The Bequeathed,” a suspense drama about the important Korean…
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Busan Film Market: ‘Secret: Untold Melody’ and ‘The Dinner’ Expand Finecut Sales Menu
Korean sales agent Finecut has added “Secret: Untold Melody” and “The Dinner” to its burgeoning Asian Contents & Film Market slate. Both titles are sourced from a deal with Hive Media Corp..An adaptation of 2007 Taiwan hit “Secret,” “Secret: Untold Melody” is a romance film about pianist and a student. While the original film starred…
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’Train To Busan’s Yeon Sang-ho to direct ‘Parasyte: The Grey’ series for Netflix
The ‘Train To Busan’ director is set to write and direct a series based on Kodansha’s legendary sci-fi manga.Train To Busan and Hellbound director Yeon Sang-ho is set to write and direct a Korean horror series for Netflix based on legendary Japanese manga Parasyte (Kiseiju).Titled Parasyte: The Grey, the story follows a group of humans…
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Movies And Shows To Watch After You Finish Hellbound
Voltaire’s description of dying, offered to Louis Nicolas Le Tonnelier de Breteuil, baron de Preuilly in 1723, goes like this: ” made my confession; and my will, which … was exceedingly short. After that, I calmly awaited death: only regretting … that I must part from my friends so soon.” Voltaire, of course, was a…
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What Is The Arrowhead In Hellbound? The Religious Cult Explained
It’s been a big year for Korean-made dystopian dramas on Netflix. In their latest series, Netflix snagged “Train to Busan” director Yeon Sang-ho for the terrifying supernatural world of “Hellbound.” Based on a digital comic written by Yeon Sang-ho and Choi Kyu-seok called “The Hell,” “Hellbound” is about a nation learning to deal with a…
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‘Hellbound’ Creator Yeon Sang-ho Details Season 2 Plans, Teases Third Zombie Movie in World of ‘Train to Busan’
Netflix’s latest genre offering from Korea, dark sci-fi thriller “Hellbound,” doesn’t waste any time in getting straight to the action. In the first minutes of the pilot, giant, billowing demons — think The Hulk meets an evil Michelin Man — erupt into the heart of Seoul to torture and scorch to death one of the…
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‘Hellbound’: Netflix’s Latest Korean Blockbuster Series Is Aimed at Your Soul
Watching people grapple with the inexplicable will always be a solid building block for a TV show. Whether it’s people disappearing, people fighting a mysterious outbreak, or people trying to make sense of things they find on their journey toward the Arctic, these kinds of stories get at something fundamental in a way that few…