CJ expands Cannes slate by eight

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Sales News

CJ E&M Corp 씨제이이앤엠 주식회사 has expanded its international sales slate at the Marché du Film by a hefty eight titles.

The company, South Korea's largest entertainment conglomerate, heads its Cannes additions with Howling 하울링 (2011), an action crime thriller by YOO Ha 유하 | 庾河, director of hits A Frozen Flower 쌍화점 (2008) and A Dirty Carnival 비열한 거리 (2006). Starring SONG Gang-ho 송강호 | 宋康昊 and LEE Na-yeong 이나영 | 李娜英, the tale of serial killers and wolf-dogs is now in production through Opus Pictures Co Ltd 오퍼스 픽처스 and is set for a release this winter.

CJ is co-producing The Tower 타워, a 3-D disaster movie set in an apartment tower block. The film is directed by KIM Ji-hoon 김지훈 | 金志勳 who is also making Sector 7 ７광구 (2011) for the group. It stars SEOL Gyeong-gu 설경구 | 薛景求, SON Ye-jin 손예진 | 孫兿珍 and KIM Sang-gyeong 김상경 | 金相慶.

CJ's biggest event this week in Cannes is a junket for My Way 마이 웨이 (2011), the in-production war drama directed by KANG Je-gyu 강제규 | 姜帝圭. Its stars JANG Dong-geon 장동건 | 張東健, ODAGIRI Joe オダギリジョー and China's FAN Bingbing 范冰冰 are expected to be in Cannes.

 
OTHER NEW TITLES INCLUDE:

• Silenced 도가니 (2011), a dramatic thriller set in a school for the deaf, directed by HWANG Dong-hyuk 황동혁 | 黄東赫 and produced by Samgeori Pictures (삼거리픽쳐스).

• Punch 완득이 (2011), a drama directed by LEE Han 이한 | 李翰 about a 17-year-old youth who tries to overcome his difficult circumstances.

• Penny Pinchers 티끌모아 로맨스 (2011), a comedy romance about a wasteful young man and a tight-fisted young woman. It is directed by KIM Jeong-hwan 김정환 and produced by Indiestory Inc 인디스토리.

• Spellbound 오싹한 연애 (2011), a romantic horror title about a street magician and a young woman who is being followed by the ghost of her best friend. Directed by HWANG In-ho 황인호, it is produced by SangSang Film 상상필름.

• The Clockwork Girl, an animated sci-fi fantasy about a robot girl who runs off with the son of her inventor's chief rival. Produced by Luximation, and part-financed by CJ, the film has an English-language voice track that includes Carrie-Anne Moss, Alexa Vega, Brad Garrett and Jesse McCartney.

• Just days before the festival CJ confirmed that it would also pick up Late Autumn 만추 (2010), the TANG Wei 湯唯 and HYEON Bin 현빈-starring drama about two convicts that has played the festival circuit since Toronto last year.

• Air force set action drama R2B: Return to Base Ｒ２Ｂ: 리턴투 베이스 marks superstar Rain's return to Korean-language cinema after five years. It co-stars actress SHIN Se-gyeong 신세경 | 申世炅.

• Action-drama-romance Hindsight 푸른소금 (2011) starring Song Kang-ho as a retired mob boss who falls in love with a mysterious girl in his cooking class. Directed by LEE Hyeon-seung 이현승 | 李鉉昇, who previously directed romantic hit Il Mare 시월애 (2000), the film is set for Korean release this summer.

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