There’s no need to deny that K-dramas are definitely taking over the world, and the past decade has literally become the highlight of South Korean shows. There are many new releases every month which ultimately end up being huge successes not only in Korea, but all over the world.
However, there are some K-dramas that have made a statement in the industry and are considered to be the best. One of them is a tough drama called The Glory that premiered in 2022. Since then, the fans have become obsessed with gripping series with mysteries and murder stories.
That’s why here we have 5 more K-dramas that give off just the same vibe and are a must watch.
1. Beyond Evil (2021)
At the center of the story is a strong desire of two fearless men to bring justice into their lives and to their small city, which has been shaken up by a serial killer.
However, there are some K-dramas that have made a statement in the industry and are considered to be the best. One of them is a tough drama called The Glory that premiered in 2022. Since then, the fans have become obsessed with gripping series with mysteries and murder stories.
That’s why here we have 5 more K-dramas that give off just the same vibe and are a must watch.
1. Beyond Evil (2021)
At the center of the story is a strong desire of two fearless men to bring justice into their lives and to their small city, which has been shaken up by a serial killer.
- 5/17/2024
- by info@startefacts.com (Rachel Bailey)
- STartefacts.com
Asian audiences are increasingly turning to homegrown content in their streaming choices. Asian titles powering 80% of premium VOD engagement and customer acquisition, according to new research from research and consultancy firm Media Partners Asia.
“The Rise of Asian Content” is based on passive tracking of 40,000 users by sister company Ampd in nine major Asian markets – Japan, Korea, Singapore, Taiwan, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines and Thailand – over 15 months between Jan. 2023 and March 2024.
“Content originating from Korea, Japan, China, Indonesia and Thailand drives 70-75% of premium VOD engagement, acquisition and hits in Asia,” said MPA lead analyst Dhivya T.
“While the impact and travelability of K-dramas and anime is well-established, Chinese, Thai and Indonesian content are also emerging as important categories. Modern Chinese dramas are increasingly taking on K-drama-like storylines and themes, appealing to wider audiences through platforms like Netflix and Viu, relative to traditional Chinese costume fantasy dramas, which remain popular in Thailand and Taiwan.
“The Rise of Asian Content” is based on passive tracking of 40,000 users by sister company Ampd in nine major Asian markets – Japan, Korea, Singapore, Taiwan, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines and Thailand – over 15 months between Jan. 2023 and March 2024.
“Content originating from Korea, Japan, China, Indonesia and Thailand drives 70-75% of premium VOD engagement, acquisition and hits in Asia,” said MPA lead analyst Dhivya T.
“While the impact and travelability of K-dramas and anime is well-established, Chinese, Thai and Indonesian content are also emerging as important categories. Modern Chinese dramas are increasingly taking on K-drama-like storylines and themes, appealing to wider audiences through platforms like Netflix and Viu, relative to traditional Chinese costume fantasy dramas, which remain popular in Thailand and Taiwan.
- 5/15/2024
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
Beef creator Lee Sung Jin says he’s enjoying the opportunities his Emmy-winning Netflix series has brought him — including his latest project: directing a music video for BTS superstar Rm.
Lee collaborated with Rm on “Come Back to Me,” a beautifully shot six-minute music video that feels like a short film. The song, which begins with an acoustic vibe and includes whistle sounds and guitar riffs, was released Friday and is a departure for the BTS member. The song appears on his upcoming sophomore solo album, Right Place, Wrong Person, out May 24.
“It’s so sneakily catchy. I heard it once and then all day long I was humming it to myself. I’m like, ‘Man, that is an earworm. It just gets in there,’” Lee says of the song.
“I was really surprised because it [had] such a different aesthetic and tone and a different side of Rm that I hadn’t seen before,...
Lee collaborated with Rm on “Come Back to Me,” a beautifully shot six-minute music video that feels like a short film. The song, which begins with an acoustic vibe and includes whistle sounds and guitar riffs, was released Friday and is a departure for the BTS member. The song appears on his upcoming sophomore solo album, Right Place, Wrong Person, out May 24.
“It’s so sneakily catchy. I heard it once and then all day long I was humming it to myself. I’m like, ‘Man, that is an earworm. It just gets in there,’” Lee says of the song.
“I was really surprised because it [had] such a different aesthetic and tone and a different side of Rm that I hadn’t seen before,...
- 5/10/2024
- by Mesfin Fekadu
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Four weeks after its initial release, South Korean horror film “Exhuma” is still burning through the country’s box office. “Pamyo,” as it’s known in Korea (which directly translates to “exhumation for relocation or cremation”), has resonated in a major way with audiences who have shown up in droves to see the story of a shaman named Hwa-rim (Kim Go-eun) and the wandering spirits she takes on with Bong-gil (Lee Do-hyun), her protégé. This week: it expands in the United States.
Just one week into its release, “Exhuma” became the highest-grossing Korean film of 2024 so far, knocking the Timothée Chalamet-starring “Wonka” off the top spot following its delayed release there. Chalamet’s other big film of the moment, “Dune: Part Two,” placed second in Korea for three successive weekends in the wake of “Exhuma” too.
That means that, nearly a month in, “Exhuma” has made $67.8 million with sales of 9.3 million tickets,...
Just one week into its release, “Exhuma” became the highest-grossing Korean film of 2024 so far, knocking the Timothée Chalamet-starring “Wonka” off the top spot following its delayed release there. Chalamet’s other big film of the moment, “Dune: Part Two,” placed second in Korea for three successive weekends in the wake of “Exhuma” too.
That means that, nearly a month in, “Exhuma” has made $67.8 million with sales of 9.3 million tickets,...
- 3/21/2024
- by David Opie
- Indiewire
South Korea’s Showbox has sold runaway box office hit Exhuma to a raft of key territories, including the US, UK and across Asia.
The supernatural thriller has been snapped up for North America (Well Go USA), the UK, Australia and New Zealand (K-Movie Entertainment UK), German-speaking Europe and Benelux (Splendid), Japan (Kadokawa Kplus), Latin America (Cine Canibal), Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia, Brunei, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos and Philippines (Purple Plan), Indian subcontinent (Impact Films), Taiwan (MovieCloud), Cis and the Baltics (Prime Time Media), Hong Kong and Macau (Edko Films), Vietnam (Mocking Bird) and Mongolia (Filmbridge).
It marks the first film in five years from Jang Jae-hyan,...
The supernatural thriller has been snapped up for North America (Well Go USA), the UK, Australia and New Zealand (K-Movie Entertainment UK), German-speaking Europe and Benelux (Splendid), Japan (Kadokawa Kplus), Latin America (Cine Canibal), Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia, Brunei, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos and Philippines (Purple Plan), Indian subcontinent (Impact Films), Taiwan (MovieCloud), Cis and the Baltics (Prime Time Media), Hong Kong and Macau (Edko Films), Vietnam (Mocking Bird) and Mongolia (Filmbridge).
It marks the first film in five years from Jang Jae-hyan,...
- 3/12/2024
- ScreenDaily
Echelon Studios, in collaboration with 815 Pictures, has officially picked up US distribution rights to Kim Sung-su's latest feature and box office hit, 12:12 The Day.
The historical action drama broke records last year, grossing $90m to become Korea's biggest film of 2023. Since its release, the box office sensation has received rave reviews from critics and left a lasting impression with audiences, and currently leads nominations at this year's Asian Film Awards, including Best Film, Best Director, and Best Actor.
Based on true events, 12:12 The Day is set against the backdrop of the real-life military coup that took place on 12 December 1979, which resulted in an eight-year military junta in South Korea. The film stars Hwang Jung-min (Deliver Us from Evil), Jung Woo-sung (Asura: The City of Madness), Lee Sung-min (The Spy Gone North), Park Hae-joon (Believer), Kang Gil-woo (Netflix Original The Glory), and Jung Hae-in (Netflix Original D.
The historical action drama broke records last year, grossing $90m to become Korea's biggest film of 2023. Since its release, the box office sensation has received rave reviews from critics and left a lasting impression with audiences, and currently leads nominations at this year's Asian Film Awards, including Best Film, Best Director, and Best Actor.
Based on true events, 12:12 The Day is set against the backdrop of the real-life military coup that took place on 12 December 1979, which resulted in an eight-year military junta in South Korea. The film stars Hwang Jung-min (Deliver Us from Evil), Jung Woo-sung (Asura: The City of Madness), Lee Sung-min (The Spy Gone North), Park Hae-joon (Believer), Kang Gil-woo (Netflix Original The Glory), and Jung Hae-in (Netflix Original D.
- 2/22/2024
- by Rouven Linnarz
- AsianMoviePulse
North American Digital Release
North American digital distributor Echelon Studios has come on board “12.12: The Day,” the highest grossing film from Korea last year.
The film has been on theatrical release in North America, through 815 Pictures since last year and grossed over $1 million. Echelon said that the film will have a streaming release later this year. It will also be available to pre-order to own on iTunes, Apple TV, Google Play, YouTube Movies, Vudu, Vimeo OnDemand and OnDemand Korea shortly.
Directed by Kim Sung-su and with a Korean gross exceeding $90 million, the action drama is based on true events in December 1979, which resulted in an eight-year military junta in South Korea.
The film stars Hwang Jung-min (“Deliver Us from Evil”), Jung Woo-sung (“Asura: The City of Madness”), Lee Sung-min (“The Spy Gone North”), Park Hae-joon (“Believer”), Kang Gil-woo (Netflix series “The Glory”), and Jung Hae-in (Netflix’s “D.P.”).
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North American digital distributor Echelon Studios has come on board “12.12: The Day,” the highest grossing film from Korea last year.
The film has been on theatrical release in North America, through 815 Pictures since last year and grossed over $1 million. Echelon said that the film will have a streaming release later this year. It will also be available to pre-order to own on iTunes, Apple TV, Google Play, YouTube Movies, Vudu, Vimeo OnDemand and OnDemand Korea shortly.
Directed by Kim Sung-su and with a Korean gross exceeding $90 million, the action drama is based on true events in December 1979, which resulted in an eight-year military junta in South Korea.
The film stars Hwang Jung-min (“Deliver Us from Evil”), Jung Woo-sung (“Asura: The City of Madness”), Lee Sung-min (“The Spy Gone North”), Park Hae-joon (“Believer”), Kang Gil-woo (Netflix series “The Glory”), and Jung Hae-in (Netflix’s “D.P.”).
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- 2/21/2024
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
Streaming subscription growth in the Southeast Asia region slowed dramatically in 2023, but revenue from those subscriptions grew at a robust rate, a new study has found.
The report from data analytics company Ampd, that is part of consultancy and research firm Media Partners Asia, shows that the region – that includes Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore and Thailand – added only 1.3 million net new SVOD subscribers in 2023, compared with 11 million in 2022. But subscription revenues grew at 12.5% to $1.4 billion.
Netflix, Viu, Disney, WeTV, iQiyi and Prime Video had more than 75% of total premium VOD category viewership and SVOD subscriptions revenues across the region, the Southeast Asia Online Video Consumer Insights & Analytics report said. Netflix remains the leader with more than 45% viewership and subscription share in 2023.
Among local services, Indonesia’s freemium sports and local-drama based platform Vidio ended 2023 with the highest amount of subscribers in Indonesia and 15% SVOD revenue share in the market, second...
The report from data analytics company Ampd, that is part of consultancy and research firm Media Partners Asia, shows that the region – that includes Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore and Thailand – added only 1.3 million net new SVOD subscribers in 2023, compared with 11 million in 2022. But subscription revenues grew at 12.5% to $1.4 billion.
Netflix, Viu, Disney, WeTV, iQiyi and Prime Video had more than 75% of total premium VOD category viewership and SVOD subscriptions revenues across the region, the Southeast Asia Online Video Consumer Insights & Analytics report said. Netflix remains the leader with more than 45% viewership and subscription share in 2023.
Among local services, Indonesia’s freemium sports and local-drama based platform Vidio ended 2023 with the highest amount of subscribers in Indonesia and 15% SVOD revenue share in the market, second...
- 2/15/2024
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
South Korean revenge thriller Revolver, starring Cannes award-winner Jeon Do-yeon and directed by Oh Seung-uk, has been sold to key territories in Europe and Asia by Plus M Entertainment.
The upcoming feature has been acquired for France (Bac Films), Germany (Plaion Pictures), Taiwan (Moviecloud), Vietnam (Runup Vietnam), and Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia and Brunei (Purple Plan).
The film reunites Jeon, who won best actress at Cannes in 2007 for her performance in Lee Chang-dong’s Secret Sunshine, with director Oh, having previously starred in the filmmaker’s The Shameless, which played in Un Certain Regard at Cannes in 2015.
In Revolver, Jeon stars...
The upcoming feature has been acquired for France (Bac Films), Germany (Plaion Pictures), Taiwan (Moviecloud), Vietnam (Runup Vietnam), and Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia and Brunei (Purple Plan).
The film reunites Jeon, who won best actress at Cannes in 2007 for her performance in Lee Chang-dong’s Secret Sunshine, with director Oh, having previously starred in the filmmaker’s The Shameless, which played in Un Certain Regard at Cannes in 2015.
In Revolver, Jeon stars...
- 2/15/2024
- ScreenDaily
Hollywood star Leonardo DiCaprio’s love life has been a constant topic of conversation not only due to his star status in the film industry but also due to the remarkable age gap with some of his partners. The actor has been linked with some of the most beautiful women, often including Victoria’s Secret models, from Gisele Bundchen, whom he dated on and off for six years, to Gigi Hadid, Bar Refaeli, Helena Christensen, and Eva Herzigova.
Leonardo DiCaprio in a still from The Wolf of Wall Street
And filmmaker Edward Zwick has revealed the potential reason behind this recurring pattern in his memoir. He shared that the Oscar-winning actor was found going through the pages of Victoria’s Secret catalog on the set of the 2006 film Blood Diamond.
Edward Zwick Revealed Leonardo DiCaprio’s Dating Methods
Edward Zwick and Leonardo DiCaprio collaborated on the 2006 film Blood Diamond. Starring DiCaprio...
Leonardo DiCaprio in a still from The Wolf of Wall Street
And filmmaker Edward Zwick has revealed the potential reason behind this recurring pattern in his memoir. He shared that the Oscar-winning actor was found going through the pages of Victoria’s Secret catalog on the set of the 2006 film Blood Diamond.
Edward Zwick Revealed Leonardo DiCaprio’s Dating Methods
Edward Zwick and Leonardo DiCaprio collaborated on the 2006 film Blood Diamond. Starring DiCaprio...
- 2/14/2024
- by Laxmi Rajput
- FandomWire
As Squid Game remains the most-watched TV series on Netflix, it’s no surprise that anticipation is extremely high for the new season. In a letter to shareholders, Netflix revealed that Squid Game season 2 will premiere later this year.
“Looking ahead, despite last year’s strikes pushing back the launch of some titles, we have a big, bold slate for 2024,” the letter states. “Audiences will be able to choose from hit returning dramas like The Diplomat S2, Bridgerton S3, Squid Game S2 and Empress S2.” The streaming service didn’t confirm an exact premiere date for Squid Game season 2, but it’s exciting to know that the games will continue this year.
Related Squid Game: The Challenge season 2 gets the green light
The second season of Squid Game will feature Lee Jung-jae returning as Seong Gi-hu, as well as Lee Byung-hun as Hwang In-ho, the Front Man, and Wi Ha-joon as Hwang Jun-ho.
“Looking ahead, despite last year’s strikes pushing back the launch of some titles, we have a big, bold slate for 2024,” the letter states. “Audiences will be able to choose from hit returning dramas like The Diplomat S2, Bridgerton S3, Squid Game S2 and Empress S2.” The streaming service didn’t confirm an exact premiere date for Squid Game season 2, but it’s exciting to know that the games will continue this year.
Related Squid Game: The Challenge season 2 gets the green light
The second season of Squid Game will feature Lee Jung-jae returning as Seong Gi-hu, as well as Lee Byung-hun as Hwang In-ho, the Front Man, and Wi Ha-joon as Hwang Jun-ho.
- 1/23/2024
- by Kevin Fraser
- JoBlo.com
The Bequeathed is a slow-burn Korean crime thriller streaming on Netflix. The 6-episode show sometimes feels tedious and has a lackluster punch; however, it’s a decent weekend binge-watch, especially with friends, because you can come up with your own theories and find little details to make it more entertaining. But if you’re looking for something more unnerving in terms of plot twists or criminal activity, then some of the shows on this list are going to be feeding you well. Of course, there are the classics like Tunnel, Signal, and Voice that are usually the first on this list, but I’m going to avoid those and give you some slightly newer shows that you may have missed. On the other hand, I’ve also added a couple of shows here that come under the “exasperated” watch list because of how frustrating they are to watch. Anxiety to the roof,...
- 1/21/2024
- by Ruchika Bhat
- Film Fugitives
It’s a story — the attempted genocide of Europe’s Jews by the Nazis and their willing executioners — that has been told many times before. But, say the creators of the new German TV drama The Interpreter of Silence, it’s a story that needs to be told again and again.
The five-part limited series, which bowed on Hulu in the U.S. and on Disney+ worldwide Nov. 15, is up for this year’s Critics Choice Awards in the best foreign-language TV series category. The period drama will go up against the South Korean series Bargain, The Glory, Mask Girl and Moving, the French crime series Lupin, and the Italian mafia drama The Good Mothers.
Set in Frankfurt in 1963, The Interpreter of Silence follows the events of Eva Bruhns, a 24-year-old German woman, played by Katharina Stark, who gets a job as a Polish-to-German interpreter in the Auschwitz trials, the...
The five-part limited series, which bowed on Hulu in the U.S. and on Disney+ worldwide Nov. 15, is up for this year’s Critics Choice Awards in the best foreign-language TV series category. The period drama will go up against the South Korean series Bargain, The Glory, Mask Girl and Moving, the French crime series Lupin, and the Italian mafia drama The Good Mothers.
Set in Frankfurt in 1963, The Interpreter of Silence follows the events of Eva Bruhns, a 24-year-old German woman, played by Katharina Stark, who gets a job as a Polish-to-German interpreter in the Auschwitz trials, the...
- 1/12/2024
- by Scott Roxborough
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
It all started about a year ago. The Good Mothers, the Anglo-Italian series based on the eponymous book by journalist Alex Perry, premiered at the Berlin Film Festival, winning the inaugural, and thanks to budget cuts one and only, prize for best new series at the festival’s TV sidebar, the Berlinale Series.
Roughly twelve months later, the show, produced by House Productions and Fremantle-owned Wildside, which is currently airing on Hulu, and on Disney+ outside the U.S., is in the running for this year’s Critics Choice Awards in the Best Foreign Language TV Series category. The Good Mothers will go up against South Korean series Bargain, The Glory, Mask Girl and Moving, the German period drama The Interpreter of Silence, and the hit French crime series Lupin.
Based on true events, The Good Mothers was adapted for television by Stephen Butchard (Baghdad Central) and directed by...
Roughly twelve months later, the show, produced by House Productions and Fremantle-owned Wildside, which is currently airing on Hulu, and on Disney+ outside the U.S., is in the running for this year’s Critics Choice Awards in the Best Foreign Language TV Series category. The Good Mothers will go up against South Korean series Bargain, The Glory, Mask Girl and Moving, the German period drama The Interpreter of Silence, and the hit French crime series Lupin.
Based on true events, The Good Mothers was adapted for television by Stephen Butchard (Baghdad Central) and directed by...
- 1/11/2024
- by Manuela Santacatterina
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
It seems the Korean entertainment industry is focusing on mental health and suicide as subject matter for their shows recently. Most attempts have been successful at presenting these difficult subjects with a non-prejudiced lens and an optimistic light. Death’s Game is the latest to join this list of mental-health shows, which, according to me, catapulted as a genre in the country after the success of The Glory. Now, I know that show doesn’t have anything to do with mental health or suicide; it’s basically a revenge thriller; however, it brings to light the effects of school bullying and such, which I believe could’ve been a tiny impulse for these deep-dive shows. While Daily Dose of Sunshine was the most straightforward of the lot, really pushing the envelope when it comes to all things mental health and the taboo around it in the country, Revenant was the show...
- 1/5/2024
- by Ruchika Bhat
- Film Fugitives
Choi Min-sik, the veteran Korean actor who previously starred in “Oldboy” and Korea’s all-time box office record breaker “Roaring Currents,” heads the cast of upcoming mystery-thriller film “Exhuma.” The title, which will debut in Korean theaters in February, also released its first-look images and an atmospheric trailer.
Choi appears as an exorcist who unleashes unexpected supernatural forces.
According to a synopsis supplied by Showbox, “A wealthy family living in Los Angeles calls on a pair of young shaman, played by Kim Go-eun and Lee Do-hyun, to save their newborn child after they are visited by a series of paranormal events. [The shaman duo] senses that the dark shadow of an ancestor has latched on the family, a so-called ‘Grave’s Calling’. In order to exhume the grave and relieve the ancestor, they seek help from a leading geomancer, portrayed by Choi, and a mortician (portrayed by Yoo Hai-jin). To their dismay, the...
Choi appears as an exorcist who unleashes unexpected supernatural forces.
According to a synopsis supplied by Showbox, “A wealthy family living in Los Angeles calls on a pair of young shaman, played by Kim Go-eun and Lee Do-hyun, to save their newborn child after they are visited by a series of paranormal events. [The shaman duo] senses that the dark shadow of an ancestor has latched on the family, a so-called ‘Grave’s Calling’. In order to exhume the grave and relieve the ancestor, they seek help from a leading geomancer, portrayed by Choi, and a mortician (portrayed by Yoo Hai-jin). To their dismay, the...
- 1/5/2024
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
New insights are still being unearthed after Netflix dumped the viewership data for nearly its entire catalog from the first half of 2023, which includes more than 18,000 titles.
One of those observations is that young adult and female-centric content are doing especially well for the streamer. In fact, though The Night Agent is ranked No. 1 in terms of hours viewed, that’s really only because the data separates individual seasons of a series. Ginny & Georgia was actually the most-watched title from January to June on Netflix, with a combined 967.2M hours viewed between Seasons 1 and 2.
Season 2 of Ginny & Georgia debuted on January 5, and it alone racked up 665.1M hours viewed.
Season 1 tallied 302.1M (aka 30M “views”), likely reinvigorated by those catching up before watching the new episodes, as well as audiences who were introduced to the title for the first time.
One of those observations is that young adult and female-centric content are doing especially well for the streamer. In fact, though The Night Agent is ranked No. 1 in terms of hours viewed, that’s really only because the data separates individual seasons of a series. Ginny & Georgia was actually the most-watched title from January to June on Netflix, with a combined 967.2M hours viewed between Seasons 1 and 2.
Season 2 of Ginny & Georgia debuted on January 5, and it alone racked up 665.1M hours viewed.
Season 1 tallied 302.1M (aka 30M “views”), likely reinvigorated by those catching up before watching the new episodes, as well as audiences who were introduced to the title for the first time.
- 12/21/2023
- by Katie Campione
- Deadline Film + TV
While Netflix’s smash hit Wednesday may not be dancing to screens any time soon, the streamer is reportedly kicking around ideas for a potential spinoff.
Before production started for Wednesday‘s second season, Netflix began discussions for a spinoff based around Fred Armisen’s Uncle Fester, reports Bloomberg. While a potential new series is not set in stone — writers will have to outline the story, and contracts and scheduling with talent will need to be negotiated — the streaming giant hopes to eventually expand on Wednesday‘s momentum by turning its Addams Family success into a franchise.
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Before production started for Wednesday‘s second season, Netflix began discussions for a spinoff based around Fred Armisen’s Uncle Fester, reports Bloomberg. While a potential new series is not set in stone — writers will have to outline the story, and contracts and scheduling with talent will need to be negotiated — the streaming giant hopes to eventually expand on Wednesday‘s momentum by turning its Addams Family success into a franchise.
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- 12/18/2023
- by Nick Caruso
- TVLine.com
Hello, Insiders. It’s the penultimate international newsletter before the holiday season, but there’s no festive slowdown in TV and film news just yet. Jesse Whittock here taking you through. Read on and sign up here.
Netflix Metrics The Glory
Data dump: Since its inception — and especially since it became an original content player — Netflix has wrestled with releasing viewing data publicly. This week, its improving levels of transparency reached new heights with the release of What We Watched, a global report on 18,000+ titles from its library (equating to 99% of its catalog) covering the first six months of 2023. Data transparency was one of the key issues in the WGA and SAG-AFTRA contract negotiations, and while these new semi-annual reports aren’t the full picture, they provide insight deeper than anything released before. Katie Campione’s extensive analysis, on everything from data to the timing of the release, is well worth a read here.
Netflix Metrics The Glory
Data dump: Since its inception — and especially since it became an original content player — Netflix has wrestled with releasing viewing data publicly. This week, its improving levels of transparency reached new heights with the release of What We Watched, a global report on 18,000+ titles from its library (equating to 99% of its catalog) covering the first six months of 2023. Data transparency was one of the key issues in the WGA and SAG-AFTRA contract negotiations, and while these new semi-annual reports aren’t the full picture, they provide insight deeper than anything released before. Katie Campione’s extensive analysis, on everything from data to the timing of the release, is well worth a read here.
- 12/15/2023
- by Jesse Whittock
- Deadline Film + TV
For the first time ever, Netflix has published an engagement report for the movies and TV shows available on the streaming service. This report includes both original and licensed content and lists the total hours watched for everything that has 50,000 hours or higher, which amounts to more than 18,000 titles. It’s supposedly an effort by Netflix to be more transparent in their user data, likely brought on by the WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes that called for streaming data to be shared more publicly. However, while this is an important step forward, the report reveals a lot more than just a giant list of numbers.
Shadow and Bone’s Perplexing Cancellation
Given the fact that Shadow and Bone was canceled after its second season, you’d think that the series would be pretty far down in this report. However, season 2 of the series ranks 26th on this list with 192,900,000 hours viewed.
Shadow and Bone’s Perplexing Cancellation
Given the fact that Shadow and Bone was canceled after its second season, you’d think that the series would be pretty far down in this report. However, season 2 of the series ranks 26th on this list with 192,900,000 hours viewed.
- 12/13/2023
- by Brynnaarens
- Den of Geek
Netflix just gave entertainment analysts an early Christmas present. For the first time, the streamer has shared a program-by-program breakdown of its traffic. The What We Watched report lists the viewership received by more than 18,000 shows and movies during the first half of 2023.
What We Watched represents a major reversal for Netflix, which was previously tight-lipped when it came to specific viewership figures. Instead of sticking to that policy, the entertainment innovator is providing the public with the same data it uses to evaluate its programming.
The advent of the What We Watched report can be partially attributed to the recent WGA and SAG strikes, which turned streamers like Netflix into Hollywood boogeymen. Netflix Co-CEO Ted Sarandos told Variety that viewership data was a prominent topic of discussion during the entertainment industry negotiations, but the strikes were not the “main factor” leading to the release of What We Watched.
“This...
What We Watched represents a major reversal for Netflix, which was previously tight-lipped when it came to specific viewership figures. Instead of sticking to that policy, the entertainment innovator is providing the public with the same data it uses to evaluate its programming.
The advent of the What We Watched report can be partially attributed to the recent WGA and SAG strikes, which turned streamers like Netflix into Hollywood boogeymen. Netflix Co-CEO Ted Sarandos told Variety that viewership data was a prominent topic of discussion during the entertainment industry negotiations, but the strikes were not the “main factor” leading to the release of What We Watched.
“This...
- 12/13/2023
- by Sam Gutelle
- Tubefilter.com
The South Korean TV phenomenon goes way beyond Squid Game, as revealed by Netflix’s newly-released landmark viewing data report.
Series from the Asian country such as The Glory, Physical: 100 and Extraordinary Attorney Woo feature consistently at the summit of the 18,200+ title viewership data report that the streamer released this week, our analysis of the chart reveals. The data dump covers 99% of the Netflix catalog, as our extensive breakdown noted yesterday.
Deadline has calculated that content from South Korea accounted for a combined 3.71 billion hours in the top 100 titles in Netflix’s chart. The table reveals viewing data from the first six months of 2023.
It should be noted that South Korean series tend to run longer than many other countries — 17 hours on average compared with nine for those from the U.S.
Squid Game, the drama series that sparked the global interest in Korean streaming programs, clocked up 87.2 million hours,...
Series from the Asian country such as The Glory, Physical: 100 and Extraordinary Attorney Woo feature consistently at the summit of the 18,200+ title viewership data report that the streamer released this week, our analysis of the chart reveals. The data dump covers 99% of the Netflix catalog, as our extensive breakdown noted yesterday.
Deadline has calculated that content from South Korea accounted for a combined 3.71 billion hours in the top 100 titles in Netflix’s chart. The table reveals viewing data from the first six months of 2023.
It should be noted that South Korean series tend to run longer than many other countries — 17 hours on average compared with nine for those from the U.S.
Squid Game, the drama series that sparked the global interest in Korean streaming programs, clocked up 87.2 million hours,...
- 12/13/2023
- by Jesse Whittock
- Deadline Film + TV
Streaming platform Netflix has now unveiled the data on user engagement on what content users have watched the most, marking a step towards viewership data transparency.
The data has been shared in the release of the first biannual report of Netflix covering six months of streaming habits on the platform, revealing for the first time how licensed content like US Network drama ‘Suits’ performs alongside the streamer’s originals, reports Variety.
The new report, titled ‘What We Watched: A Netflix Engagement Report’, covers more than 18,000 titles and nearly 100 billion hours viewed between January-June 2023.
As per Variety, it includes hours viewed for every title (both Netflix original and licensed TV shows and movies) watched for more than 50,000 hours during that period, the premiere date for any Netflix original TV series or film, and whether a title was available globally.
At the top of this report is ‘The Night Agent’, a series...
The data has been shared in the release of the first biannual report of Netflix covering six months of streaming habits on the platform, revealing for the first time how licensed content like US Network drama ‘Suits’ performs alongside the streamer’s originals, reports Variety.
The new report, titled ‘What We Watched: A Netflix Engagement Report’, covers more than 18,000 titles and nearly 100 billion hours viewed between January-June 2023.
As per Variety, it includes hours viewed for every title (both Netflix original and licensed TV shows and movies) watched for more than 50,000 hours during that period, the premiere date for any Netflix original TV series or film, and whether a title was available globally.
At the top of this report is ‘The Night Agent’, a series...
- 12/13/2023
- by Agency News Desk
Los Angeles, Dec 13 (Ians) Streaming platform Netflix has now unveiled the data on user engagement on what content users have watched the most, marking a step towards viewership data transparency.
The data has been shared in the release of the first biannual report of Netflix covering six months of streaming habits on the platform, revealing for the first time how licensed content like US Network drama ‘Suits’ performs alongside the streamer’s originals, reports Variety.
The new report, titled ‘What We Watched: A Netflix Engagement Report’, covers more than 18,000 titles and nearly 100 billion hours viewed between January-June 2023.
As per Variety, it includes hours viewed for every title (both Netflix original and licensed TV shows and movies) watched for more than 50,000 hours during that period, the premiere date for any Netflix original TV series or film, and whether a title was available globally.
At the top of this report is ‘The Night Agent...
The data has been shared in the release of the first biannual report of Netflix covering six months of streaming habits on the platform, revealing for the first time how licensed content like US Network drama ‘Suits’ performs alongside the streamer’s originals, reports Variety.
The new report, titled ‘What We Watched: A Netflix Engagement Report’, covers more than 18,000 titles and nearly 100 billion hours viewed between January-June 2023.
As per Variety, it includes hours viewed for every title (both Netflix original and licensed TV shows and movies) watched for more than 50,000 hours during that period, the premiere date for any Netflix original TV series or film, and whether a title was available globally.
At the top of this report is ‘The Night Agent...
- 12/13/2023
- by Agency News Desk
- GlamSham
’What We Watched: A Netflix Engagement Report’ offers comprehensive viewing data.
Marking a step towards greater data transparency, Netflix has published the first in a planned series of biannual reports revealing viewing numbers across more than 18,000 titles.
The data is the most comprehensive to be released by any streaming platform and compares for the first time the number of hours viewed on original and licensed content.
Viewership between January and June 2023 for the thriller series The Night Agent: Season 1 starring Gabriel Basso leads the way on 812.1m hours, according to What We Watched: A Netflix Engagement Report.
The top four...
Marking a step towards greater data transparency, Netflix has published the first in a planned series of biannual reports revealing viewing numbers across more than 18,000 titles.
The data is the most comprehensive to be released by any streaming platform and compares for the first time the number of hours viewed on original and licensed content.
Viewership between January and June 2023 for the thriller series The Night Agent: Season 1 starring Gabriel Basso leads the way on 812.1m hours, according to What We Watched: A Netflix Engagement Report.
The top four...
- 12/12/2023
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Breaking: Netflix Reveals Viewership Data for 99% of Its Catalog in First for Streaming Transparency
Streamers are usually loathe to reveal such detailed numbers about their catalogs, but Netflix made a big swing in the other direction this week.
The quest for streaming data just got a little easier, thanks to the world’s largest streaming service. On Tuesday, Netflix unveiled a bombshell report offering viewership data for the vast majority of its streaming titles, in one of the largest efforts in promoting data transparency in streaming’s short history.
Netflix’s new report details hours viewed for every title watched for more than 50,000 hours. The report covers a six-month period from January to June of this year. ‘The Night Agent’ was the top title streamed, with over 800 million hours viewed globally. Sign Up $6.99+ / month netflix.com What Was Netflix’s Top Title Streamed in 2023?
Netflix’s report includes viewership data for more than 18,000 titles. It covers 99% of all viewing on Netflix between January and...
The quest for streaming data just got a little easier, thanks to the world’s largest streaming service. On Tuesday, Netflix unveiled a bombshell report offering viewership data for the vast majority of its streaming titles, in one of the largest efforts in promoting data transparency in streaming’s short history.
Netflix’s new report details hours viewed for every title watched for more than 50,000 hours. The report covers a six-month period from January to June of this year. ‘The Night Agent’ was the top title streamed, with over 800 million hours viewed globally. Sign Up $6.99+ / month netflix.com What Was Netflix’s Top Title Streamed in 2023?
Netflix’s report includes viewership data for more than 18,000 titles. It covers 99% of all viewing on Netflix between January and...
- 12/12/2023
- by David Satin
- The Streamable
So much for the black box.
Netflix today has revealed viewership data for 99% of its entire catalog, or more than 18,000 titles available around the world. It published the numbers in a report, What We Watched, capturing viewing from January to June of 2023. It is the first edition of a planned semi-annual look at viewership. The initiative aims to document the the full picture instead of the existing glimpses of only the top-performing programming. The company pointed out that its existing Top 10 lists have a large degree of overlap with the full data, with 60% of the titles in the first-half study having made appearances in the Top 10 at some point.
“This is a big step forward for Netflix and our industry,” the company wrote in a blog post. “We believe the viewing information in this report — combined with our weekly Top 10 and Most Popular lists — will give creators and our industry deeper insights into our audiences,...
Netflix today has revealed viewership data for 99% of its entire catalog, or more than 18,000 titles available around the world. It published the numbers in a report, What We Watched, capturing viewing from January to June of 2023. It is the first edition of a planned semi-annual look at viewership. The initiative aims to document the the full picture instead of the existing glimpses of only the top-performing programming. The company pointed out that its existing Top 10 lists have a large degree of overlap with the full data, with 60% of the titles in the first-half study having made appearances in the Top 10 at some point.
“This is a big step forward for Netflix and our industry,” the company wrote in a blog post. “We believe the viewing information in this report — combined with our weekly Top 10 and Most Popular lists — will give creators and our industry deeper insights into our audiences,...
- 12/12/2023
- by Dade Hayes
- Deadline Film + TV
Netflix has taken its biggest step toward data transparency yet with the release of an exhaustive list of viewing time on the platform in the first half of 2023.
The list includes worldwide viewing for more than 18,000 movies and seasons of TV (18,214, to be exact) between January and June. Those 18,214 titles all had at least 50,000 hours of viewing over those six months, encompassing about 99 percent of all viewing on Netflix, vp strategy and analysis Lauren Smith told reporters during a presentation of the data on Tuesday. It is the deepest dive into viewing that Netflix (or any other streamer) has ever made public.
Among the highlights: The Night Agent was the biggest title on Netflix in the first half of 2023, racking up 812.1 million hours of viewing. Season two of Ginny & Georgia was second at 665.1 million hours, followed by Korean drama The Glory (622.8 million hours). Wednesday ranked fourth at 507.7 million hours of viewing,...
The list includes worldwide viewing for more than 18,000 movies and seasons of TV (18,214, to be exact) between January and June. Those 18,214 titles all had at least 50,000 hours of viewing over those six months, encompassing about 99 percent of all viewing on Netflix, vp strategy and analysis Lauren Smith told reporters during a presentation of the data on Tuesday. It is the deepest dive into viewing that Netflix (or any other streamer) has ever made public.
Among the highlights: The Night Agent was the biggest title on Netflix in the first half of 2023, racking up 812.1 million hours of viewing. Season two of Ginny & Georgia was second at 665.1 million hours, followed by Korean drama The Glory (622.8 million hours). Wednesday ranked fourth at 507.7 million hours of viewing,...
- 12/12/2023
- by Rick Porter
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Netflix is expanding its viewership data transparency with the release of its first biannual report covering six months of streaming habits on the platform, revealing for the first time how licensed content like USA Network drama “Suits” performs alongside the streamer’s originals.
The new report, titled “What We Watched: A Netflix Engagement Report,” covers more than 18,000 titles and nearly 100 billion hours viewed between January-June 2023. It includes: 1) hours viewed for every title (both Netflix original and licensed TV shows and movies) watched for more than 50,000 hours during that period; 2) the premiere date for any Netflix original TV series or film; and 3) whether a title was available globally.
Each piece of that information is key here, because these findings aren’t as cut and dried as Netflix’s weekly Top 10 reports and “Most Popular” lists. For example, at the top of this report is “The Night Agent,” a series that debuted...
The new report, titled “What We Watched: A Netflix Engagement Report,” covers more than 18,000 titles and nearly 100 billion hours viewed between January-June 2023. It includes: 1) hours viewed for every title (both Netflix original and licensed TV shows and movies) watched for more than 50,000 hours during that period; 2) the premiere date for any Netflix original TV series or film; and 3) whether a title was available globally.
Each piece of that information is key here, because these findings aren’t as cut and dried as Netflix’s weekly Top 10 reports and “Most Popular” lists. For example, at the top of this report is “The Night Agent,” a series that debuted...
- 12/12/2023
- by Jennifer Maas
- Variety Film + TV
’What We Watched: A Netflix Engagement Report’ offers comprehensive viewing data.
Marking a step towards greater data transparency, Netflix has published the first in a planned series of biannual reports revealing viewing numbers across more than 18,000 titles.
The data is the most comprehensive to be released by any streaming platform and compares for the first time the number of hours viewed on original and licensed content.
Viewership between January and June 2023 for the thriller series The Night Agent: Season 1 starring Gabriel Basso leads the way on 812.1m hours, according to What We Watched: A Netflix Engagement Report.
The top four...
Marking a step towards greater data transparency, Netflix has published the first in a planned series of biannual reports revealing viewing numbers across more than 18,000 titles.
The data is the most comprehensive to be released by any streaming platform and compares for the first time the number of hours viewed on original and licensed content.
Viewership between January and June 2023 for the thriller series The Night Agent: Season 1 starring Gabriel Basso leads the way on 812.1m hours, according to What We Watched: A Netflix Engagement Report.
The top four...
- 12/12/2023
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Jawan Beats John Wick, Avatar 2 To Become One Of The Most Googled Movies Across The Globe… ( Photo Credit – IMDb )
Yes, it’s ‘Animal, Animal’ all around, but how would you be able to keep Shah Rukh Khan away from the limelight for a very long time? And no, we aren’t talking about Dunki because this article is all about celebrating one of the most entertaining, massiest films of all time – Atlee’s Jawan.
Yes, the film that continued the 1000-crore streak for Shah Rukh Khan after the humongous Pathaan, which was released in January. While we reported Most Googled movies and shows in India this evening, let’s take a look at what’s happening across the globe.
In the top 10 most searched movies worldwide, there are three Indian films, out of which two are Shah Rukh Khan starrers and, yes, you guessed it right – Jawan, Pathaan. The third...
Yes, it’s ‘Animal, Animal’ all around, but how would you be able to keep Shah Rukh Khan away from the limelight for a very long time? And no, we aren’t talking about Dunki because this article is all about celebrating one of the most entertaining, massiest films of all time – Atlee’s Jawan.
Yes, the film that continued the 1000-crore streak for Shah Rukh Khan after the humongous Pathaan, which was released in January. While we reported Most Googled movies and shows in India this evening, let’s take a look at what’s happening across the globe.
In the top 10 most searched movies worldwide, there are three Indian films, out of which two are Shah Rukh Khan starrers and, yes, you guessed it right – Jawan, Pathaan. The third...
- 12/11/2023
- by Koimoi.com Team
- KoiMoi
Following a successful first season, Netflix's The Glory has not been guaranteed for a Season 2.
The Korean psychological thriller was first released on the service on December 30, 2022, with Season 1 being split into two parts.
Upon release, the series received critical acclaim, earning a respectable 88% on Rotten Tomatoes and shooting up the streaming charts with over 25.41 million hours viewed in its first week.
Read full article on The Direct.
The Korean psychological thriller was first released on the service on December 30, 2022, with Season 1 being split into two parts.
Upon release, the series received critical acclaim, earning a respectable 88% on Rotten Tomatoes and shooting up the streaming charts with over 25.41 million hours viewed in its first week.
Read full article on The Direct.
- 12/8/2023
- by Klein Felt
- The Direct
The Korean-produced series “The Glory” won the best drama series award on Thursday at the Asian Academy Creative Awards Gala Final. Thai-produced TV movie “Hunger” was named best feature film.
The awards are organized by the Asian Academy of Creative Arts (Aaca) a.k.a Asian Academy Creative Awards (Aaa) and are held alongside the Asia Television Forum and Market (Atf) in Singapore. The Aaca “was established to honor creative excellence and serve as a peer judged pinnacle of achievement in content creation, performance and media production.”
By the conclusion of the gala ceremony, Singapore, Japan and India had each claimed seven prize wins. Indian performers notably dominated the acting category with Rajshri Dashpande named best actress in a leading role for her performance in “Trial By Fire” and Vijay Varma named best actor in a leading role for his performance in “Dahaad” (Amazon Prime Video).
Analyzed by platform, Netflix...
The awards are organized by the Asian Academy of Creative Arts (Aaca) a.k.a Asian Academy Creative Awards (Aaa) and are held alongside the Asia Television Forum and Market (Atf) in Singapore. The Aaca “was established to honor creative excellence and serve as a peer judged pinnacle of achievement in content creation, performance and media production.”
By the conclusion of the gala ceremony, Singapore, Japan and India had each claimed seven prize wins. Indian performers notably dominated the acting category with Rajshri Dashpande named best actress in a leading role for her performance in “Trial By Fire” and Vijay Varma named best actor in a leading role for his performance in “Dahaad” (Amazon Prime Video).
Analyzed by platform, Netflix...
- 12/8/2023
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
The Critics Choice Association announced the TV nominees for the 29th Annual Critics Choice Awards on Tuesday — and Season 3 of Apple TV+’s The Morning Show leads the pack with a whopping six nominations.
The haul includes a nod for Best Drama Series and individual recognition for Jennifer Aniston, Reese Witherspoon, Billy Crudup, Karen Pittman and Season 3 newcomer Nicole Beharie.
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The haul includes a nod for Best Drama Series and individual recognition for Jennifer Aniston, Reese Witherspoon, Billy Crudup, Karen Pittman and Season 3 newcomer Nicole Beharie.
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- 12/5/2023
- by Ryan Schwartz
- TVLine.com
This article contains spoilers for Sweet Home season 1.
At the press conference for season 2 of Netflix monster K-drama Sweet Home, new cast member Kim Mu-yeol admitted that, when he got the gig, he had to rewatch the ending of season 1 because he had forgotten what happened. Relatable. It’s been three years since the first season dropped on Netflix, becoming the first ever K-drama to rank in the streamer’s U.S. Top Ten. The global success of the K-horror series spurred Netflix to order two more seasons, which were filmed together. With all eight episodes of season 2 dropping on Netflix on Dec. 1, here’s everything you need to remember about season 1…
What Happened in Sweet Home Season 1?
The first season of Sweet Home was adapted from a webtoon of the same name, and follows the residents of Seoul’s Green Home Apartments during the outbreak of the monster apocalypse.
At the press conference for season 2 of Netflix monster K-drama Sweet Home, new cast member Kim Mu-yeol admitted that, when he got the gig, he had to rewatch the ending of season 1 because he had forgotten what happened. Relatable. It’s been three years since the first season dropped on Netflix, becoming the first ever K-drama to rank in the streamer’s U.S. Top Ten. The global success of the K-horror series spurred Netflix to order two more seasons, which were filmed together. With all eight episodes of season 2 dropping on Netflix on Dec. 1, here’s everything you need to remember about season 1…
What Happened in Sweet Home Season 1?
The first season of Sweet Home was adapted from a webtoon of the same name, and follows the residents of Seoul’s Green Home Apartments during the outbreak of the monster apocalypse.
- 12/1/2023
- by Alec Bojalad
- Den of Geek
International K-Drama Day: From The Glory 2 To Moving Top 10 Must-Watch Korean Shows Of 2023 ( Photo Credit – IMDb )
Korean dramas have provided a safe and comforting space to the audience over the years. Contrary to popular belief, K-dramas are not just about cliched romantic comedies, though there is nothing wrong with that, but also teach us many life lessons along the way. If K-fanatics are to be believed, 2023 has proved to be one fruitful year, with many heartwarming shows providing a feeling of contentment this year.
While K-dramas have been around for quite some time now, it wasn’t until a few years ago that Netflix, Viki, Disney+ Hotstar, and Prime Videos, among other streaming spaces, began streaming Korean shows, opening up a new dimension for global viewers. In 2023, all of these Ott giants have done a commendable job of delivering some top-notch K-dramas that have managed to swoon every drama lover out there.
Korean dramas have provided a safe and comforting space to the audience over the years. Contrary to popular belief, K-dramas are not just about cliched romantic comedies, though there is nothing wrong with that, but also teach us many life lessons along the way. If K-fanatics are to be believed, 2023 has proved to be one fruitful year, with many heartwarming shows providing a feeling of contentment this year.
While K-dramas have been around for quite some time now, it wasn’t until a few years ago that Netflix, Viki, Disney+ Hotstar, and Prime Videos, among other streaming spaces, began streaming Korean shows, opening up a new dimension for global viewers. In 2023, all of these Ott giants have done a commendable job of delivering some top-notch K-dramas that have managed to swoon every drama lover out there.
- 11/28/2023
- by Shivani Negi
- KoiMoi
When Netflix announced in April that it’s planning to spend $2.5 billion on Korean content across the next four years, on top of the more than $1 billion already spent since 2016, it made the world sit up and take notice.
In many ways, spending heavily in Korea is a no-brainer. Netflix has already had a global breakout Korean hit with Squid Game, followed by a slew of shows that may not have reached the same dizzy heights but are still international hits such as period zombie drama Kingdom, supernatural thriller Hellbound, Extraordinary Attorney Woo, about a female lawyer on the autism spectrum, revenge saga The Glory, and survival game show Physical: 100.
Of course, Netflix is not the only global streamer in the Korean content game, but it was arguably the first to spot its international potential. On a recent trip to Seoul, Netflix co-ceo Ted Sarandos said that 60% of its...
In many ways, spending heavily in Korea is a no-brainer. Netflix has already had a global breakout Korean hit with Squid Game, followed by a slew of shows that may not have reached the same dizzy heights but are still international hits such as period zombie drama Kingdom, supernatural thriller Hellbound, Extraordinary Attorney Woo, about a female lawyer on the autism spectrum, revenge saga The Glory, and survival game show Physical: 100.
Of course, Netflix is not the only global streamer in the Korean content game, but it was arguably the first to spot its international potential. On a recent trip to Seoul, Netflix co-ceo Ted Sarandos said that 60% of its...
- 10/18/2023
- by Liz Shackleton
- Deadline Film + TV
The most promising title in this year's Korean Cinema Today-Vision program, the section dedicated to introducing new Korean filmmakers at the Busan International Film Festival, Concerning My Daughter follows a woman's uncomfortable relationship with her daughter's same-sex partner, who comes to stay under her roof. In this assured debut by director Lee Mirang, which is based on Kim Hye-jin's novel of the same name, prejudice and empathy collide in the form of unnamed woman in her fifties, who works as a caregiver at a nursing home and frets about her and her daughter's future in Korea's rapidly changing social climate. At work, her charge is Je-hee, a woman who was formidable and beloved when she...
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- 10/12/2023
- Screen Anarchy
Big-budget, Korean-language fantasy-crime-action series “Moving” emerged as the big winner on Sunday at the Asia Contents Awards & Global Ott Awards, claiming six prizes, including the ‘best creative’ prize.
The Disney+ original, which debuted in August, also received the best visual effects award and the best writer award, which was presented at the Busan Cinema Centre’s main stage to webtoon artist turned filmmaker Kang Full. Actor Ryu Seung Ryong, who portrayed a father with a superpower attempting to save his family, was awarded the best lead actor prize, while the show’s Lee Jung Ha was named best newcomer and Go Youn Jung was named best actress.
The 20-episode series has received critical acclaim for its narrative structure, dynamic action sequences and breathtaking storytelling. It became the most viewed Korean original series across Disney+ and Hulu and had the most viewed series finale ever on Disney+ across parts of Apac,...
The Disney+ original, which debuted in August, also received the best visual effects award and the best writer award, which was presented at the Busan Cinema Centre’s main stage to webtoon artist turned filmmaker Kang Full. Actor Ryu Seung Ryong, who portrayed a father with a superpower attempting to save his family, was awarded the best lead actor prize, while the show’s Lee Jung Ha was named best newcomer and Go Youn Jung was named best actress.
The 20-episode series has received critical acclaim for its narrative structure, dynamic action sequences and breathtaking storytelling. It became the most viewed Korean original series across Disney+ and Hulu and had the most viewed series finale ever on Disney+ across parts of Apac,...
- 10/8/2023
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
Superhero spy series wins six awards including the top prize.
Korean Disney+ series Moving led the pack at the revamped Asia Contents Awards & Global Ott Awards in Busan on Sunday (October 8), winning six prizes including the top award.
The superhero spy series won best creative, best writer for Kang Full, best lead actor for Ryu Seung-ryong, best newcomer actor for Lee Jung-ha, best newcomer actress for Go Yeon Jung and best visual effects. It won all the awards for which it was nominated.
Scroll down for full list of winners
It marks the latest boost for the 20-episode series, which...
Korean Disney+ series Moving led the pack at the revamped Asia Contents Awards & Global Ott Awards in Busan on Sunday (October 8), winning six prizes including the top award.
The superhero spy series won best creative, best writer for Kang Full, best lead actor for Ryu Seung-ryong, best newcomer actor for Lee Jung-ha, best newcomer actress for Go Yeon Jung and best visual effects. It won all the awards for which it was nominated.
Scroll down for full list of winners
It marks the latest boost for the 20-episode series, which...
- 10/8/2023
- by Michael Rosser
- ScreenDaily
Disney+ superhero series Moving was the big winner at Busan Film Festival’s Asia Contents Awards & Global Ott Awards, scooping six prizes, including Best Creative and Best Writer for Kang Full.
The series also took Best Lead Actor for Ryu Seung Ryong, who portrays a father with a superpower attempting to save his family, Best Newcomer Actor (Lee Jung Ha), Best Newcomer Actress (Go Youn Jung) and Best Visual Effects.
Best Ott Original was awarded to Weak Hero Class 1, which is being broadcast simultaneously on platforms including Kocowa in the U.S. and iQiyi in the U.S. and Taiwan.
Netflix Indian series Scoop, directed by Hansal Mehta, won awards for Best Asian TV Series and Best Lead Actress, for Karishma Tanna’s performance. Best Reality & Variety was won by Let’s Feast Vietnam, produced by Bhd Vietnam Media Corp, and Netflix Korea’s Physical: 100.
Hsueh Shih-Ling won the Best...
The series also took Best Lead Actor for Ryu Seung Ryong, who portrays a father with a superpower attempting to save his family, Best Newcomer Actor (Lee Jung Ha), Best Newcomer Actress (Go Youn Jung) and Best Visual Effects.
Best Ott Original was awarded to Weak Hero Class 1, which is being broadcast simultaneously on platforms including Kocowa in the U.S. and iQiyi in the U.S. and Taiwan.
Netflix Indian series Scoop, directed by Hansal Mehta, won awards for Best Asian TV Series and Best Lead Actress, for Karishma Tanna’s performance. Best Reality & Variety was won by Let’s Feast Vietnam, produced by Bhd Vietnam Media Corp, and Netflix Korea’s Physical: 100.
Hsueh Shih-Ling won the Best...
- 10/8/2023
- by Liz Shackleton
- Deadline Film + TV
Disney’s Korean superhero thriller Moving heads the nominations for this year’s Asia Content Awards at Busan International Film Festival with nods in six categories, followed by Tencent Video’s The Long Season with five nods.
Moving picked up nominations for best creative, best writer (Kang Full), three acting categories and best visual effects. Crime thriller The Long Season was also nominated for best creative, along with best director (Xin Shuang), two acting categories and best visual effects.
Netflix’s The Glory and Delete, from Thailand’s Gdh 559 Company, also scored highly, racking up four nominations apiece (see full list below).
Busan’s awards to recognise streaming and TV content, now known as the Asia Content Awards and Global Ott Awards, recently joined forces with the International Ott Festival, hosted by Korea’s Ministry of Science and Ict and Busan Metropolitan City, to open up its nominations to global content.
Moving picked up nominations for best creative, best writer (Kang Full), three acting categories and best visual effects. Crime thriller The Long Season was also nominated for best creative, along with best director (Xin Shuang), two acting categories and best visual effects.
Netflix’s The Glory and Delete, from Thailand’s Gdh 559 Company, also scored highly, racking up four nominations apiece (see full list below).
Busan’s awards to recognise streaming and TV content, now known as the Asia Content Awards and Global Ott Awards, recently joined forces with the International Ott Festival, hosted by Korea’s Ministry of Science and Ict and Busan Metropolitan City, to open up its nominations to global content.
- 9/12/2023
- by Liz Shackleton
- Deadline Film + TV
Tata Takes Bite Of Apple In India
Indian channels aggregator, Tata Play Binge, is soon to incorporate Apple TV+, a first-of-its-kind collaboration for Apple TV+ in India. The move means that series such as “Ted Lasso,” “Shrinking,” “Silo,” “Hijack,” “Foundation,” “Tehran,” “Servant,” “Platonic,” “Severance,” “The Morning Show,” “Bad Sisters,” “Slow Horses” and “Prehistoric Planet,” and Apple Original Films including “Coda” and “The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse,” “Ghosted,” and the recently premiered “The Beanie Bubble” will be available on the platform. The launch is being heralded in an ad campaign fronted by Bollywood superstars Saif Ali Khan and Katrina Kaif.
Apple Original films set to make their debut on Apple TV+ soon include Martin Scorsese‘s “Killers of the Flower Moon,” starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Robert De Niro and Lily Gladstone; spy thriller “Argylle,” with Henry Cavill, Sam Rockwell, Bryce Dallas Howard, Bryan Cranston, Catherine O’Hara, John Cena,...
Indian channels aggregator, Tata Play Binge, is soon to incorporate Apple TV+, a first-of-its-kind collaboration for Apple TV+ in India. The move means that series such as “Ted Lasso,” “Shrinking,” “Silo,” “Hijack,” “Foundation,” “Tehran,” “Servant,” “Platonic,” “Severance,” “The Morning Show,” “Bad Sisters,” “Slow Horses” and “Prehistoric Planet,” and Apple Original Films including “Coda” and “The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse,” “Ghosted,” and the recently premiered “The Beanie Bubble” will be available on the platform. The launch is being heralded in an ad campaign fronted by Bollywood superstars Saif Ali Khan and Katrina Kaif.
Apple Original films set to make their debut on Apple TV+ soon include Martin Scorsese‘s “Killers of the Flower Moon,” starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Robert De Niro and Lily Gladstone; spy thriller “Argylle,” with Henry Cavill, Sam Rockwell, Bryce Dallas Howard, Bryan Cranston, Catherine O’Hara, John Cena,...
- 9/12/2023
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
If you’ve enjoyed binge-watching the new Korean drama Mask Girl on Netflix over the weekend and don’t know what to do with yourself after, we thought of curating a list of adrenalin-pumping revenge thrillers that will keep you hooked. This new show has to be one of the more exciting ones of the year, starring so many amazing women in powerful roles. As we’ve seen many times, the “revenge” genre is one that is very popular amongst Koreans, and this year alone, we’ve had three massively successful ones already. Mask Girl is unique in the way it plays with the timelines throughout the show. While there aren’t many shows that follow the same pattern, there are many that are wholly about vengeance and keep you on the edge of your seat in the same manner. Murders, debauchery, and action—we cover it all in this list.
- 8/21/2023
- by Ruchika Bhat
- Film Fugitives
The new Netflix thriller is proof that Korean storytellers still have it when it comes to revenge tales. I’m not sure why they’re so keen on this genre, but it seems to have worked grossly well for them since time immemorial. Going all the way back to the Vengeance trilogy and the most recent popular show, The Glory, it’s a subgenre that mostly finds success. Although you can’t really call Mask Girl original because, at the end of the day, every little detail of the show feels somehow familiar, it is the way it is presented that makes it unique. Mask Girl follows Kim Mo-Mi, an ordinary office worker by day and a cam-girl by night who gets embroiled in a murder mystery because of her night job. Mo-Mi’s story is poignant right from the start. She’s the ugly duckling that nobody wants anything to do with.
- 8/18/2023
- by Ruchika Bhat
- Film Fugitives
Prime Video has acquired Korean drama The Kidnapping Day, starring Yoon Kye-sang and Park Sung-hoon, for all global territories excluding Korea and mainland China.
Produced by Korea’s AStory, the 12-part thriller black comedy series will be available weekly on Wednesdays and Thursdays starting from September 13. The series will be broadcast by pay-tv network Ena in Korea.
Based on the Korean novel of the same name, the story follows a father turned clumsy kidnapper and a genius child working together to uncover the truth behind a series of murders and mysteries.
Yoon, who recently starred in Kiss Sixth Sense, plays the desperate father who decides to kidnap a precocious child in order to pay for his own daughter’s hospital bills. Park, whose credits include The Glory, plays a detective investigating the kidnapping.
The cast also includes newcomer Yoo Na, playing the child, and Kim Shin-rock (Reborn Rich) as the...
Produced by Korea’s AStory, the 12-part thriller black comedy series will be available weekly on Wednesdays and Thursdays starting from September 13. The series will be broadcast by pay-tv network Ena in Korea.
Based on the Korean novel of the same name, the story follows a father turned clumsy kidnapper and a genius child working together to uncover the truth behind a series of murders and mysteries.
Yoon, who recently starred in Kiss Sixth Sense, plays the desperate father who decides to kidnap a precocious child in order to pay for his own daughter’s hospital bills. Park, whose credits include The Glory, plays a detective investigating the kidnapping.
The cast also includes newcomer Yoo Na, playing the child, and Kim Shin-rock (Reborn Rich) as the...
- 8/16/2023
- by Liz Shackleton
- Deadline Film + TV
This summer has been packed with horror on the big screen, with films including Insidious: The Red Door, Talk to Me, Haunted Mansion and Meg 2: The Trench currently playing in theaters nationwide. This week, one of horror’s classic icons joins them at the box office.
Here’s all the new horror releasing August 8– August 13, 2023!
For daily reminders about new horror releases, be sure to follow @HorrorCalendar.
First up from Dread is the horror movie Island Escape, the latest feature film from prolific indie creature feature director Bruce Wemple (Monstrous, Dawn of the Beast).
Island Escape is available On Demand today, and it’s hitting Blu-ray on September 12.
In the film, “After a mysterious accident at a research camp on the Isle of Gran Manan, a CEO hires a team of blue – collar mercenaries to extract his daughter, a scientist working at the camp. Upon arrival, the team soon...
Here’s all the new horror releasing August 8– August 13, 2023!
For daily reminders about new horror releases, be sure to follow @HorrorCalendar.
First up from Dread is the horror movie Island Escape, the latest feature film from prolific indie creature feature director Bruce Wemple (Monstrous, Dawn of the Beast).
Island Escape is available On Demand today, and it’s hitting Blu-ray on September 12.
In the film, “After a mysterious accident at a research camp on the Isle of Gran Manan, a CEO hires a team of blue – collar mercenaries to extract his daughter, a scientist working at the camp. Upon arrival, the team soon...
- 8/8/2023
- by John Squires
- bloody-disgusting.com
Southeast Asia only added 7,000 net new SVOD subscriptions in the first half of 2023, a big slowdown from 7 million new subscribers in the second half of last year, according to a report from Media Partners Asia (MPA).
The flat figures are also down on the first half of 2022 when the region added 3.7 million net subscribers. Offsetting the decline from contracting platforms, Netflix, Prime Video and Viu added an aggregate 1.2 million customers during the period, accounting for 63% of new subscriptions among growing platforms.
At the same time, TikTok was “increasingly a major driver of viewership growth on mobile and web platforms, responsible for over 70% of growth in streaming minutes over the past two years”, the report stated.
TikTok captured 42% of video streaming minutes in the first half of 2023, a huge 20 percentage point increase compared to the first half of 2021, and 7 percentage point increase over the first half of 2022. The short video app...
The flat figures are also down on the first half of 2022 when the region added 3.7 million net subscribers. Offsetting the decline from contracting platforms, Netflix, Prime Video and Viu added an aggregate 1.2 million customers during the period, accounting for 63% of new subscriptions among growing platforms.
At the same time, TikTok was “increasingly a major driver of viewership growth on mobile and web platforms, responsible for over 70% of growth in streaming minutes over the past two years”, the report stated.
TikTok captured 42% of video streaming minutes in the first half of 2023, a huge 20 percentage point increase compared to the first half of 2021, and 7 percentage point increase over the first half of 2022. The short video app...
- 8/2/2023
- by Liz Shackleton
- Deadline Film + TV
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