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EXCLUSIVE: Paramount Pictures is set to remake critically acclaimed South Korean crime thriller The Gangster, The Cop, The Devil with original star Don Lee (aka Ma Dong-seok) reprising his lead role as a gang boss looking for redemption in the studio’s U.S. version.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief“Top Gun Maverick” flew to the top of the box office charts in South Korea over the weekend, with a supersonic $9.6 million opening loop. It replaced “The Witch: Part 2 The Other One,” which had been top dog for only a week.Tom Cruise, a regular visitor to Korea, jetted into Seoul with producer Jerry Bruckheimer and co-stars Miles Teller, Glen Powell and Greg Tarzan Davis to goose the movie’s takeoff in the country. Cruise professed himself grateful for the fan’s warm reception and talked up the importance of in-person visits to the cinema.Sub-distributed in Korea by Lotte Entertainment, the film opened on Wednesday and played on more than 1,900 screens.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief“Broker,” the art house drama film that appeared in competition in Cannes last month had a bright start in Korean cinemas, picking up over $6 million in its opening foray. Its score, however, was not enough to unseat mainstream crime actioner “The Roundup” from the weekend’s top spot.“Broker” earned $4.13 million over the Friday to Sunday weekend, according to data from Kobis, the tracking service operated by the Korean Film Council (Kofic). That put it second behind “The Roundup” with a weekend score of $6.69 million.

Dennis Harvey Film CriticOne of the most enjoyable South Korean action movies in recent years, 2017’s “The Outlaws” was a deft mix of brutal gang-warfare thrills and Keystone Cops comedics. It provided an ideal vehicle for Ma Dong-seok aka Don Lee (“Train to Busan” and “Eternals”) as the police investigator whose hit-first-ask-permission-later methods regularly got the job done while infuriating his superiors.That burly protagonist and his sidekicks are back in “The Roundup,” which despite a different directorial (newbie Lee Sang-yong replacing the prior edition’s Kang Yoon-seong) and writing crew, maintains the original’s strengths.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefLocally-produced action franchise movie “The Roundup” continued to stomp its way across the South Korean box office for a second weekend, giving theatres their best month of the year.Over the weekend. “The Roundup” rounded up $15.4 million from 2,520 screens nationwide, according to KOBIS, the tracking service operated by the Korean Film Council (Kofic).

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefLocally-produced action franchise movie “The Roundup” blasted its way into the record books and elevated Korean box office to levels not seen for more than two years.The film enjoyed record levels of pre-sales, significant teaser activity the previous weekend and opened officially on Wednesday.Over the weekend proper it rounded up $21.1 million from 2,500 screens nationwide, according to KOBIS, the tracking service operated by the Korean Film Council (Kofic).Its five-day cumulative (including the previews) is an astonishing $29.1 million, which makes it the second biggest film of the year, behind only “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness” and by far the highest grossing Korean film of the year to date. Those figures were earned from 2.5 million spectators between Friday and Sunday, and 3.5 million in five days.

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Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefDon Lee, who stars as an Asian superhero in Marvel’s “Eternals,” will next be seen at the head of Korean franchise movie “The Roundup.”The film is a sequel to “The Outlaws,” a 2017 crime actioner that took $51 million at the Korean box office.

The season of somber action epics marches on, with Marvel’s Eternals (★★★☆☆) joining the ranks of recent brooding blockbusters like Black Widow and No Time to Die. Sagas of weary warriors reckoning with their losses would seem tailor-made to suit the zeitgeist of our weary world.

Eternals.WATCH: Angelina Jolie drops Maddox off at collegeEternals is set to follow in the footsteps of franchises like The Avengers in combining superstar actors with superhero characters.Angelina is joined in the cast by other Hollywood heavyweights including Salma Hayek (Frida, Bliss), Gemma Chan (Crazy Rich Asians), Richard Madden (Game of Thrones), Kit Harrington (Game of Thrones), Don Lee (Train to Busan), Lauren Ridolff (The Walking Dead) and Kumail Nanjiani (The Big Sick).Celebrating the

“Morbius” or the eventual “Venom 3” on this list.Check out a full list of upcoming Marvel movie release dates below.Release Date: Nov. 5, 2021Cast: Gemma Chan, Richard Madden, Kumail Nanjiani, Lia McHugh, Brian Tyree Henry, Lauren Ridloff, Barry Keoghan, Don Lee, Harish Patel, Kit Harington, Salma Hayek and Angelina JolieOscar-winning “Nomadland” filmmaker Chloé Zhao spearheads “Eternals” as co-writer and director, telling a story that spans thousands of years.

Kumail Nanjiani is looking great on the red carpet!

PUBG Corp’s Tageo update for PlayerUnknown’s BattleGrounds (PUBG) has been released, and it features Train To Busan‘s Don Lee.The trailer for the upcoming Tageo update features South Korean-American actor Don Lee/Ma Dong-Seok parachute out of the game’s cargo plane and driving a Hyundai Pony Coupe as airdrops fall around him.Lee was also involved in a live action short for PUBG last week called Ground Zero, which set up the story for the Tageo update (thanks PCGN), which may mean Lee is being

sequel, the reveal of the sequel title,and a highly anticipated first look at the upcoming .The film, directed by newly-minted Oscar winner Chloe Zhao, centers on a new group of Marvel heroes — an immortal alien race who live secretly on Earth in order to keep it safe -- and features a star-studded cast including Angelina Jolie, Salma Hayek, Gemma Chan, Richard Madden, Kumail Nanjiani, Kit Harington, Brian Tyree Henry, Lauren Ridloff, Barry Keoghan, Lia McHugh, and Don Lee. While details of the

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefKorean-American star Don Lee (aka Ma Dong-seok), star of upcoming Marvel film “The Eternals” will produce and star in “The Club,” an action series derived from South Korean scripted format “The Trap.”The production brings together B&C Contents, a company owned by Lee and Chris S. Lee, and U.S.-based Starlings Television.

Korean-American action star Don Lee and producing partner Chris Lee are teaming up with Starlings Television to develop The Club, a drama series based on the popular Korean format Trap. Writer Jack LoGiudice (Sons Of Anarchy, Narcos) has been tapped as writer-showrunner.

Owing to the Coronavirus pandemic, several international films were postponed from their original release dates. This includes The Eternals.

Georgia producers Don Lee and Glen Keith DeMeritt III are suing Lil Nas X, Cardi B and producers Take A Daytrip over Lil Nas' hit song, “Rodeo.” According to Pitchfork, Lee & Keith claim that “Rodeo” shares similarities with the beat from PuertoReefa & Sakrite Duexe’s track, “Broad Day.”

Lil Nas X has issued a denial in response to a copyright infringement lawsuit over his hit single Rodeo.

The lawsuit was originally filed in October 2019

In October 2019, Lil Nas X, along with collaborators including Cardi B, faced a copyright infringement lawsuit over his 2019 song “Rodeo.” The lawsuit, filed by producers Don Lee and Glen Keith, claimed that his song shared similarities with their 2017 work “gwenXdonlee4-142,” which was later incorporated into the song “Broad Day” by PuertoReefa and Sakrite Duexe.