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Bae Suzy, all nominations underwent strict screening by a panel of 60 evaluators, industry judges and experts, whose specialties range from TV to theatre.Only one Grand Prize (Daesang) is given out at the Baeksang Arts Awards for film, with this year’s going to director Kim Sung-su for his work on historical action film 12.12: The Day. The same film also bagged the award for Best Film, while Best Director went to director Jung Jae-hyun for his work on psychological thriller him Exhuma. Meanwhile, for television, the only Grand Prize (Daesang) was awarded to Disney+’s popular series Moving. Screenwriter Kang Full also won Best Screenplay for his work on Moving, while Lee Jung-ha’s debut performance on the same show as Kim Bong-seok landed him the award for Best New Actor.The Baeksang Arts Awards also gave out accolades under a third category for theatre, as well as a final special category of awards presented to two winners for Prizm Popularity Awards in both the male and female categories.

Disney+ tentpole Uncle Samsik will debut on May 15 on the platform globally, and on Hulu. The streamer also announced that Korean crime thriller Nine Puzzles will premiere exclusively on the platform in 2025.

Naman Ramachandran “Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom” led the worldwide box office with a $108 million debut weekend, according to numbers released by Comscore. Warner Bros. and DC Studio’s “Aquaman 2” also topped the U.S.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefA powerful debut for “Hansan: Rising Dragon,” a locally-made historical action film, lifted the South Korean box office to its second highest weekend of the year and helped July to be the best month of 2022.The film is a prequel to “Roaring Currents” a tale of an heroic 14th century naval admiral that amassed some 17 million admissions in 2014 and is currently the most-watched Korean film of all time.Data from KOBIS, the tracking service operated by the Korean Film Council (Kofic), showed that “Hansan” earned $13.4 million from 1.63 million ticket sales between Friday and Sunday, for a market share of 60%. Over its first five days in theaters, the film amassed $17.9 million from 2.27 million spectators.

EXCLUSIVE: Well Go USA Entertainment has expanded its slate of Korean films, acquiring North American rights to titles including Alienoid, Hansan: Rising Dragon, Gangnam Zombie, The Ghost Station and The Assassin. While the international and indie distributor has set theatrical releases in place for Alienoid and Hansan, plans for the other three films have not yet been finalized. 

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefCinemas in South Korea received the good news last week that anti-COVID measures, including reduced seating capacity and bans on consumption of food and drink, were to end. But audiences reacted gingerly.“Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore” led the box office for a second weekend with $1.63 million, a drop of 44% from its opening weekend, and a 12-day cumulative of $6.55 million.

Kim Jong-un's nephew has reportedly gone missing after a meeting with CIA.