A new wave of South Korean stars will be in Istanbul with top stars. Lee Byung Hun and Kim Tae-hee, opening a Korean insight in the country with their filming of IRIS.
Starring in the upcoming blockbuster series, IRIS (a Yang Yun Ho - Kim Kyu Tae - Taewon Entertainment production), the filming of the much anticipated drama series will continue in Turkey, a first for Korean production in the European country.
IRIS will be filming approximately 10 days around at the end of May in Istanbul, Turkey with the Turkish Tourism board, including local authorities conducting close consultation and to be finalized soon. Some earlier scenes for the action drama will be filmed there.
Although Russia was supposed to be the next location after the IRIS filming in Akita, Japan, the foreign spot was changed recently to suit the schedule and script. South Korea's popular drama ' Jewel in the Palace' was very well-received in Turkey thus giving more interest to the production from Asia's new wave entertainment.
In particular, the IRIS Turkish location will serve as an exotic European background in the series for actors Kim Tae Hee, Lee Byung Hun, Kim Seung Woo, with a local star to create a familiar surrounding. According to the local official authorities, interest are high and suggestions have been discussed for the filming with shooting expected to receive more support," he said.
Once the series is completed, Turkey would be able to participate actively in the future as a filming base in Europe for wider overseas market, this strategy will be advantageous for the drama production as well as the host country.
IRIS cast -- Lee Byung Hun, Kim Tae Hee, Kim Seung Woo, Jeong Jun Ho, Kim So Yeon, including T.O.P of Big Bang are the main pillar for the story of love and betrayal of the NSA intelligence agents, filled with action sequences.
The 20-episode IRIS has started shooting in March in Japan, Akita. The production will continue the already scheduled filming in Turkey from middle of May to the end. KBS will broadcast the series in the second half of this year, September to be exact.
drama ni..sebenarnya bel dah jenuh menunggu...bila ler citer ni sebenar2nya nak start tayang...?
sbb bel dah x sabar nak tgk TOP ni...
@katt...
gi update kita org sikit..bila citer ni bakal ta ...
isabel Post at 19-5-2009 01:07
Oops.. minta maaf bel.. minta maaf semua sebab lama tak update thread ni. Insya Allah akan diusahakan untuk meng'update' secepat mungkin.. lately, agak shorthanded katt ni..
Anyway
IRIS akan disiarkan on KBS2 in SEPTEMBER 2009 and on TBS awal 2010. Dah confirm lama dah.. sekarang masih lagi sibuk filming sebelum airing date. Bulan Mac di Jepun, bulan April-May di Seoul.. baru2 ni shooting di Hungary in June. IRIS ni akan keluar serentak drama bersiri 20 episode dengan movie version juga.
"IRIS" fans, they are here! Kim Tae-hee, Lee Byeong-heon, Choi Seung-hyeon, and Kim So-yeon have come for press meeting for this new drama to be aired!
Other stars are Kim Seung-woo and Jeong Joon-ho! What a fantastic combination of actors and actresses.
I think the fans would be more interested in looking at the stars rather than the plot of the drama.
This big budget KBS2 drama IRIS stars Lee Byung Hun as Kim Hyun Joon, a top-notch assassin who’s part of the National Security Service (NSS) and Kim Tae Hee as psychologist Choi Seung Hee, who works with KHJ. TOP, on the other hand, plays a baddie working against the two leads. Jung Joon Ho’s Jin Sa Woo also plays an enemy to KHJ but ends up falling for the beautiful Choi Seung Hee.
Other actors cast in the drama are Kim Seung Woo, Kim So Yeon and Yoo Min.
A teaser for the much anticipated drama/thriller IRIS was shown during the press conference at Seoul. Unfortunately, it doesn't seem to be an official release because it was shot off screen by mydaily news.
At the press conference of KBS 2TV's drama IRIS in Seoul, Big Bang's T.O.P. revealed that he had difficulty with his official adult acting.
"It's true that I had a heavy burden. At first when I was cast in Iris I felt a great burden but now my sense of responsibility is greater. To become someone who could do their work well and to become a indispensable addition to the team, I worried a lot and learned a lot from my seniors. I hope this can be an opportunity to show a new side of myself."
In addition, T.O.P. revealed that he had a lot of internal conflicts. "Despite how I look, my personality is on the immature side. I had a lot of trouble in acting as a cold-hearted killer." In the drama, T.O.P. plays an assassin in the secret organization IRIS who is ordered to kill Kim Hyun Jun (Lee Byung Hun). IRIS is set to air in September and has a lot of star power to its name including T.O.P., Kim Tae Hee, Lee Byung Hun, Jung Jun Ho, Kim Seung Woo, & Kim So Yeon including filming at exotic overseas locations.
Lee Byung-hun hops from 'G.I. Joe' to 'IRIS'
Spy thriller looks to be one of Korea's biggest movies of the year
By Patrick Frater
CANNES -- Lee Byung-hun, who next appears in "G.I. Joe," has been tapped to headline "IRIS: The Movie," a $20 million spy thriller that is set to be one of the biggest Korean movies of the year. International rights have been acquired by indie sales firm Fine Cut.
Lee, in Cannes last year with "The Good, The Bad, The Weird," plays a spy whose agency turns against him and who ends up as the love rival of his best friend.
Production is by Taewon Entertainment, which has set up the project as both a movie and a TV series. Directors are TV director Kim Kyu-tae and film director Yang Yun-ho ("Fighter in the Wind").
After kicking off in Japan, the project is now shooting in Korea and will wrap after further work in Hungary.
Lee also stars alongside Josh Hartnett in the forthcoming Franco-Asian picture "I Come With The Rain" and guest starred in Japanese hit "Hero."
Finecut sells IRIS to the world 14 May, 2009 | By Liz Shackleton
Seoul-based sales agent Finecut has picked up worldwide rights to $20m thriller IRIS: The Movie, starring Korean heartthrob Lee Byung-hun and actress Kim Tae-hee.
Korean producer Taewon Chung is producing the project, through his production outfit Taewon Entertainment, as a feature film and TV series simultaneously. Yang Yun-ho and renowned TV director Kim Kyu-tae are co-directing both the film and TV series.
Lee plays a secret agent who is betrayed by his closest friend at his own agency. Then both men fall in love with the same woman – a profiling specialist played by Kim.
Meanwhile, Finecut has also picked up international rights to Kanikosen, a black comedy from award-winning Japanese director Sabu which stars Ryuhei Matsuda (Nightmare Detective).
Actors Lee Byung-hun, Kim Tae-hee and Jung Joon-ho (from left), appear at an event to promote the new KBS-2 TV drama “IRIS” in Guro, southwestern Seoul, on Tuesday. The 20-episode drama is a spy thriller, scheduled to air later this year, will eventually be made into a film, according to the production company. [JES]
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