[Movie 2016] MA$TER 마스터

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November 28, 2016

Km Woo-bin unable to leave the Philippines because of fraud

Source: TV Report via Hancinema.net

Actor Kim Woo-bin talked about the time he couldn't return to Korea from the Philippines.

The Naver Movie Talk for the movie "Master" was held on the 28th.

Kim Woo-bin was in the Philippines for work but was involved with a criminal investigation.

He said, "My real name is Kim Hyeon-joong. Someone was impersonating me and running from the local police. It was settled within a week. If I didn't have help, it would have taken me a lot longer. My prints were taken and I went through all the paperwork".

He left a video message to the fraudster saying, "Haven't you run enough?"

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full version.

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Clip: zipcinema

Poem recite by Lee Byung Hun when the MA$TER Movie Talk V LIVE reached 300,000 hearts from the online viewers yesterday ♥♥♥

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November 30, 2016

MA$TER Main Posters Revealed, Premiere Date on December 21

Source: OSEN ++

 

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Premiere date December 21.

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December 1, 2016

MA$TER Director

Lee Byung Hun x Kang Dong Won x Kim Woo Bin: A Dream Cast

Source: OSEN (Google-translate)

Director Jo Ui Seok has expressed his satisfaction in the casting of actors Lee Byung Hun, Kang Dong Won and Kim Woo Bin in the upcoming crime-thriller 'Master'. He said, "The actors who represented each generation in Korea are going to appear in the cast.

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http://osen.mt.co.kr/article/G1110545205

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more on 

http://m.media.daum.net/m/entertain/exhibition/master/

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Thanks to the highlight at PlanetBH0712

Check out the movie gallery at Daum, compilation of HD pics from the movie

MA$TER Online Photo Exhibition 

  It's the same link shared by @aureolina in the previous post.

It's my bad...but, more pics for the thread. 

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Not really sure of the gist, just Google-translate the article

In anticipation of the upcoming movie release, the Channel CGV will be showing the 'MA$TER' actorss past movies and calling it 

December 1, 2016

The Lee Byung Hun, Kang Dong Won, Kim Woo Bin Film Festival

Source: IZE

Kim Woo Bin
[Twenty] 12/16 (Fri) PM 7:30 Channel CGV

Lee Byung Hun
[The Good, the Bad, the Weird] 12/16 (Friday) PM 10:00 Channel CGV

Kang Dong Won
[Jeonwoochi] 12/17 (Sat.) AM 00:40 Channel CGV

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December 2, 2016

Political scandal affecting moviegoers’ choices :

New movies hope to fill seats while protests hurt theaters

Source: INSIDE Korea JoongAng Daily

‘The most powerful rivals of this film aren’t other movies, but the two middle-aged ladies [Park and Choi.]

Crime-thriller “Master,” left, and disaster film “Pandora” are the two highly-anticipated local blockbusters scheduled to hit theaters in December. [CJ E&M, NEW]

December is usually a season for heartwarming films to enjoy with friends and family. The air of Christmas and the excitement of celebrating New Year’s Eve attracts moviegoers to joyous family or romance flicks such as the megahit family drama “Ode to My Father” (2014) and fictional historical romance “The Magician” (2015) to soundly wrap up the year.

This year in Korea, however, that trend seems to have diverged, possibly due to the ongoing major political influence scandal surrounding President Park Geun-hye’s close friend Choi Soon-sil and her associates. Instead of turning to films to celebrate the holiday spirit, theaters are hoping to attract moviegoers with movies that depict disasters and investigations that do not seem far off the dramatic realities they see unfolding in the headlines.

Two of the most anticipated local films coming out this month are the disaster film “Pandora” and the crime-thriller “Master.” 

Scheduled to hit theaters on Wednesday, “Pandora” anticipates what would happen if a nuclear power plant exploded in Korea, which has the most densely-packed cluster of nuclear power plants in the world. Based on research, “Pandora” draws on the realities that defenseless citizens would be faced with if the disaster was to occur under the leadership of an incompetent president.

“Master,” which will arrive in theaters on Dec. 21, will be an echo of last year’s megahit “Veteran.” The crime-thriller revolves around a corrupt CEO, who earned a great fortune by pulling political strings, and a crime investigator that tries to prove him guilty through one of the CEO’s closest aids. 

Movies that reflect the ruthless reality are hoping to draw potential moviegoers, many of whom are choosing to go out to the streets on the weekends to protest against the Park regime instead of heading to theaters. 

“Although I can’t be sure how many viewers ‘Pandora’ will be able to attract, I’m inwardly hoping [to set a box office record],” said the director Park Jung-woo during a press event held at the Wangsimni CGV, eastern Seoul, on Tuesday. “I believe the most powerful rivals of this film aren’t other movies, but the two middle-aged ladies,” referring to Park and Choi and indirectly satirizing their corruption scandal.

“We have prepared the movie for four years, but they prepared for the last 40 years. Our production cost is 15 billion won ($13,000,000) while they dealt with some hundred billion won. Since the scandal includes all sorts of genres, it seems impossible to win. And their ability to mobilize people is much more powerful.”

As shown by the filmmaker’s concerns, the recent candlelight vigils that have been held over the last five weeks and show no sign of stopping anytime soon, are hurting the movie industry. Gathering nearly as many as two million people, the number of overall weekend moviegoers has seen a drop since the first vigil took place on Oct. 29.

Some 1.11 million people headed to theaters on the Saturday that the first vigil occurred. The figure slipped to 770,000 the following week on Nov. 5, and that trend continued the next Saturday, when the local theaters sold only 620,000 admissions nationwide. Although the figure slightly rose to 880,000 on Nov. 19, the number is still low considering that it was two days after the Korean scholastic ability test took place.

Although the current state of affairs may have affected the box office results of major releases, it has been an opportunity for documentaries. As stories that people are more used to seeing in the movies have become reality in Korea, many are choosing to watch documentaries to learn about the political history of the country.

For documentaries, selling 100 thousand tickets is regarded a big success. But two recent documentaries - “Moo-hyun, the Story of Two Cities” and “Spy Nation” - jumped above that mark. “Moo-hyun,” which depicts the life of the late President Roh Moo-hyun, sold almost 180,000 tickets in the month since its release on Oct. 26. “Spy Nation,” which highlights a 2014 National Intelligence Service scandal, hit 130,000 in ticket sales. These are notable achievements considering that the highest-grossing current affairs documentary was 2011’s “2 Doors,” which sold 70,000 admissions.

“We didn’t anticipate the documentary to get such a big boost because the Choi Soon-sil scandal broke on almost the same day that the documentary was released,” said O Ji-hye, a manager at Momentum Entertainment, the agency promoting “Moo-hyun.” 

“It was such a coincidence. However, we believe the documentary is receiving lots of people’s attention because the message it is trying to deliver matches the public sentiment.”

BY JIN MIN-JI, LEE HU-NAM AND MIN KYUNG-WON [jin.minji@joongang.co.kr]

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December 2, 2016

MA$TER Behind-the-scenes still cuts released

Source: MyDaily

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4 hours ago, rubie said:

“We have prepared the movie for four years, but they prepared for the last 40 years. Our production cost is 15 billion won ($13,000,000) while they dealt with some hundred billion won. Since the scandal includes all sorts of genres, it seems impossible to win. And their ability to mobilize people is much more powerful.”

 

It would have sounded very funny if it were not so sad.

It is very complicated situation.

 

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premiere date in USA

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Tomorrow (4pm KST) will be Showcase Event.

But before that (3pm KST) there will be question-answer segment.

2 separate links are given.

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http://www.vlive.tv/video/18137

announcement video

 

 

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1 hour ago, aureolina said:

Tomorrow (4pm KST) will be Showcase Event.

But before that (3pm KST) there will be question-answer segment.

2 separate links are given.

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http://www.vlive.tv/video/18137

announcement video

 

December 4, 2016

[V Report Plus] Star-studded cast introduce film ‘Master’

(Naver V app)

The V Movie channel on Naver’s V app shared a video of top actors Lee Byung-hun, Gang Dong-won and Kim Woo-bin introducing their upcoming movie, “Master,” Sunday. 

The video started with the top stars introducing their characters in the movie. 

Lee said he plays the role of Chairman Jin, a conman who plots a multibillion-dollar heist. Gang proceeded to introduce his character Kim Jae-myeong, a notorious swindler. Lastly, Kim described his character Park Jang-gun, the head of the police intelligence crime unit who chases Jin.

(Naver V app)

Gang then invited viewers to the movie showcase to be held at the Jamsil Student’s Gymnasium on Monday. Lee reassured viewers they would also be able to watch the showcase via the V app. 

Lee ended the broadcast by telling viewers that all their questions would be answered at the showcase, and urged fans to take an interest in their upcoming movie.

Naver’s real-time broadcasting app V allows fans to interact with their favorite K-pop stars through live broadcasts. The app is available for Android and iOS. For more information, visit http://www.vlive.tv.

By Lee Sang-won (sangdoze@heraldcorp.com)

Google Play https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.naver.vapp
Apple App Store https://itunes.apple.com/app/id1019447011?mt=8

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So either I'm doing something wrong or they're late...