South Korea’s Finecut has landed sales of three feature films led by K-pop stars that started out as short-form series.
The sales company has sold theatrical versions of occult comedy After-School Exorcism Club: Girls’ Night, fantasy romance Wi-Fi Love In The Palace and Wind Up: The Movie.
After-School Exorcism Club: Girls’ Night has been acquired for Indonesia (Catchplay+), Singapore (Shaw Organisation) and Taiwan (Cola Films).
Wi-Fi Love In The Palace has been picked up for Japan (KDDI Corporation), Indonesia (Catchplay+) and Taiwan (Cola Films).
Wind Up: The Movie, starring NCT members Jeno and Jaemin, has also secured further sales to Hong Kong and Macao (Emperor Cinemas), following previously announced deals across Asia.
Following its world premiere at Bifan and a local theatrical release, After-School Exorcism Club: Girls’ Night opened theatrically in Singapore in mid-August. Directed by Jung Zoo, the film follows five high school students who investigate a spirit haunting their school and stars K-pop group Fifty Fifty’s members Keena, Chanelle Moon, Yewon, Hana and Athena, each playing one of the students.
Wi-Fi Love In The Palace is based on a Kakao Page webtoon and centres on a webtoon artist looking for his next hit and a palace maid who hopes to rise in the royal court. Their stories become linked through a mysterious cabinet that connects the present with 200 years ago. The Boyz’s Younghoon stars alongside Luda and Kim Dong-jun. Director is Sa Seok-choon, who co-directed Bon Appétit, Your Majesty with Chang Tae-you – who is chief creative director on the feature.
All three titles are theatrical editions from the Kitz lineup, Takeone Company’s global K-pop-focused content platform, and were produced as part of the company’s broader multi-format IP strategy.
Finecut, which is at the ongoing TIFF: The Market, also has on its slate a further Kitz title, Reapers On Duty, as well as Toronto selection Long Long Night, animation Guardians Of The Video Game, noir action title Tristes Tropiques, and July Jung’s Dora, which is set to screen at Busan following its premiere in Cannes’ Directors’ Fortnight.
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