Seems like war might have become Chungmuro's new cash cow.
Kang Je-Gyu is preparing his big Hollywood debut, the Normandy blockbuster D-Day, which has recently cast Jang Dong-Gun in the leading role (so this time the 1% worked against Lee Byung-Heon's 99%. Ouch, sorry). The super talented Kim Jin-Min is preparing Korean TV's own Band of Brothers, 로드 넘버원 (Road Number One), which is set to start shooting in the new year. And now, since we're there, we get another one.
Bolstered by the success of TV blockbuster 아이리스 (Iris) - which is kind of watchable, if you forgive the nonsensical plot and the usual pitfalls of the Korean TV canon - Taewon Entertainment will in fact resurrect a project which wandered in development hell for quite some time, previously entitled 71. Seventy one was the number of student soldiers who tried to stop the People's Army's southward invasion, paying the ultimate price. The film will be entitled 포화속으로 (In The Crossfire), and is already aiming pretty high, having cast Cha Seung-Won, Ju Jin-Mo, Kwon Sang-Woo and Big Bang's T.O.P. (who also stars in Iris as the silent badass killer, with a rather thankful emphasis on silent). Cha would be the North Korean general, and Ju the southern lieutenant doing his best to save student soldiers T.O.P. and Kwon's bacon.
Directing the film will be John H. Lee of 내 머리속의 지우개 (A Moment to Remember), who's just made his debut in Japan with サヨナライツカ (Sayonara Itsuka), while Lee Man-Hee of 거북이 달린다 (Running Turtle) will write the script for the 6+ billion won war epic. After cast is completed, the film will start shooting starting next month, using the same set of 태극기 휘날리며 (Taegukgi). In essence, this means Kwon will not star in Road Number One (which has just cast Son Chang-Min in a supporting role), and considering what miserable flops his last two dramas were, it doesn't sound like too bad an idea.
[Jungang Ilbo]
Kang Je-Gyu is preparing his big Hollywood debut, the Normandy blockbuster D-Day, which has recently cast Jang Dong-Gun in the leading role (so this time the 1% worked against Lee Byung-Heon's 99%. Ouch, sorry). The super talented Kim Jin-Min is preparing Korean TV's own Band of Brothers, 로드 넘버원 (Road Number One), which is set to start shooting in the new year. And now, since we're there, we get another one.
Bolstered by the success of TV blockbuster 아이리스 (Iris) - which is kind of watchable, if you forgive the nonsensical plot and the usual pitfalls of the Korean TV canon - Taewon Entertainment will in fact resurrect a project which wandered in development hell for quite some time, previously entitled 71. Seventy one was the number of student soldiers who tried to stop the People's Army's southward invasion, paying the ultimate price. The film will be entitled 포화속으로 (In The Crossfire), and is already aiming pretty high, having cast Cha Seung-Won, Ju Jin-Mo, Kwon Sang-Woo and Big Bang's T.O.P. (who also stars in Iris as the silent badass killer, with a rather thankful emphasis on silent). Cha would be the North Korean general, and Ju the southern lieutenant doing his best to save student soldiers T.O.P. and Kwon's bacon.
Directing the film will be John H. Lee of 내 머리속의 지우개 (A Moment to Remember), who's just made his debut in Japan with サヨナライツカ (Sayonara Itsuka), while Lee Man-Hee of 거북이 달린다 (Running Turtle) will write the script for the 6+ billion won war epic. After cast is completed, the film will start shooting starting next month, using the same set of 태극기 휘날리며 (Taegukgi). In essence, this means Kwon will not star in Road Number One (which has just cast Son Chang-Min in a supporting role), and considering what miserable flops his last two dramas were, it doesn't sound like too bad an idea.
[Jungang Ilbo]
ohhh I see you integrated a little micro Iris review in this newsitem...