This month, K-Horror craze continues for international K-movie fans with good news from Urban Myths!
Urban Myths has been pre-sold in 13 overseas countries, including Japan, Thailand, and Taiwan, and will be released in May.
Released on April 27 in Korea, the overseas screening unfolds to cater to the raving international fans.
Urban Myths aims to recreate ghost stories popular with the younger generation and enter the theater area equipped with new and colorful tales to scarily engross the viewers.
In particular, Kim Do Yoon (Hellbound), Lee Yul Eum, Lee Young Jin (Between the Seasons), Lee Su Min (The Dude in Me), Oh Ryoong and Jung Won Chang (The Uncanny Counter, Her Private Life) will all make appearances.
Additionally, the film marks the screen debuts of Golden Child’s Bong Jaehyun, AleXa, WJSN’s Seol A and Exy, MONSTA X’s Shownu, Oh My Girl’s Arin and THE BOYZ’s Ju Haknyeon. They are joined by industry seniors BTOB Minhyuk and Lee Ho Won.
The film will soon meet K-Movie fans in Japan, Hong Kong, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Vietnam, Taiwan, Macao, Malaysia, Brunei and Indonesia.
In addition, director Hong Won-ki of Johnny Bros Co., Ltd., a famous music video company representing Korea, directed more than 1,500 M/Vs and CFs, including Seo Taiji and BTS, completed an eerie and paradigm-shifting horror flick with unique sensuous visual beauty.
Notably, Goedam, which was made by Director Hong, was an OTT series released on Netflix in 2020. It has recorded impressive viewership not only in Korea, but also in Hong Kong, Vietnam, and Japan.
The global reaction to Urban Myths draws attention aligning to its domestic feat of ranking first in admission ticket sales among films released at the same time for six consecutive days for its first week. It also ranked third at the weekend box office behind foreign films.
Source: JTBC News
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