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Parasite producer Barunson E&A has a new CEO. Yoonhee Choi has stepped in to take over from Gene Hong (Brian) Park and Kwak Sin Ae. She has been with Barunson E&A since 2021, when she was hired as Managing Director and was upped to COO in April last year. Choi was previously at CJ ENM, serving…

Lee Sun-kyun, who starred in the Best Picture Oscar-winning film Parasite, has died according to multiple wire reports after going missing in Seoul, South Korea. He was 48. South Korea's emergency office confirmed the news to the Associated Press on Wednesday. Related…

"Incredibly weird — but delightful" was one audience member's indelible comment after the UK premiere of Lee Won-suk's insane comedy Killing Romance on Friday. Starring Lee Hanee, a former Miss Universe recently seen in the sci-fi romp Alienoid, it tells the story of Hwa Yeo-rae, a viral internet star who…

Korea's Barunson E&A, the production company behind Oscar-winning drama Parasite, is launching international sales on Kim Jee-woon's Cobweb, starring Song Kang-Ho, at the upcoming European Film Market (EFM) in Berlin.  The star-studded black comedy drama is the fifth on-screen collaboration between…

Netflix has confirmed production of documentary, Yellow Door: Looking For Director Bong’s Unreleased Short Film (working title), delving into the story behind Parasite director Bong Joon Ho's first short film, which was seen by just ten people.  While many believe that Bong's 1994 short White Man was…

Barunson E&A, the production company behind Oscar-winner Parasite, is set to officially launch its new international ventures at the upcoming American Film Market as it looks to expand into co-production, financing and sales. The company's global operations will be divided into a sales division and a…

Neon, the independent film distributor founded by Tom Quinn and Tim League and which broke through at the 2020 Oscars with Parasite, the first foreign-language title to win Best Picture, is looking to be sold, Deadline has confirmed from sources. The company is hoping to branch out more into television and streaming…

"Deliver a good entertainment, and the audience will come." That's what the venerable director Robert Wise told me after defying Hollywood doubters with his hit musical West Side Story (yes, the 1961 version). Courtly and gracious, Wise also was a tough realist who, following his success, decided to turn to disaster…

ViacomCBS and CJ ENM have struck a global strategic partnership that will see the pair co-develop and co-finance scripted series and movies, while Paramount+ will launch in South Korea next year. The U.S. and South Korean conglomerates unveiled a string of ways in which they will “leverage combined global reach…

Endeavor Group Holdings is close to a deal to sell a majority interest in its content unit to South Korea media company CJ ENM, according to people familiar with the pending transaction. The CJ investment is said to be in the $900 million to $1 billion range. CJ, which gained a wider profile in Hollywood by backing…

Deadline won a SoCal Journalism Award for page design for its Awardsline 2019 Emmy-season cover story on Netflix’s Dead to Me, featuring an interview with the series’ stars Christina Applegate and Linda Cardellini. The honor for the article, a Q&A titled “Friends In Law” and penned by Deadline Television Editor Peter…

Korean entertainment powerhouse CJ ENM has entered into a strategic partnership with leading Japanese animation studio Toei Animation as it continues to expand its global footprint. Under the agreement, the two companies will collaborate across both their libraries and team to create new product including television…