NHL Postpones Winter Classic, All-Star Weekend Until 2022, The Best Flat-Screen TVs That Don’t Cost a Small Fortune. The committee considered 13 films – including Yoon Dan-bi’s drama Moving On, Yeon Sang-ho’s zombie thriller Peninsula, Kim Seung-woo’s thriller Bring Me Home and Yang Woo-suk’s Steel Rain 2: Summit – before selecting The Man Standing Next. Prior to that, no Korean film had ever received a nomination, though Lee Chang-dong’s “Burning” had made the January shortlist. What happens when the wobbly economy stagnates? Led by critic and former Bucheon Fantastic Film Festival (BIFAN) programmer Kim Bongseok, the committee also included producer Hanna Lee (Secret Sunshine), director Hong Ji-young (Will You Be There? The commercial component of Doclisboa’s Nebulae is completely this year. The committee said in a statement that it also praised Lee Byung-hun. – before deciding on The Man Standing Next. Principal photography scheduled for December in Puerto Rico.

1:44 AM PDT 10/22/2020 Set amid the country's military dictatorship period, the film centers on the inner circle of real-life South Korean president Park Chung-hee during the 40 days before his assassination in 1979. The star is nominated for Best Actor at the upcoming Asian Film Awards (taking his spot on October 28 at the Busan International Film Festival) for his role in The Man Standing Next. 2” and the “G.I. The committee reviewed thirteen films, adding Yoon Dan-bi’s drama Moving On, Yeon Sang-ho’s Peninsula zombie mystery, Kim Seung-woo’s Bring Me Home mystery, and Yang Woo-suk’s Steel Rain 2: Summit. Variety and the Flying V logos are trademarks of Variety Media, LLC. 75 million tickets and $ 36.

Lee is among the short list of Korean stars to have crossed over to Hollywood in recent years, having appeared in Paramount's G.I. This site uses cookies. The experienced document executive has worked in the past at Guardian Docs and the BBC. ), Director of Photography .

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