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17 June 2010

[NEWS] 100617 Hype Nation's shabby production raises unanswered questions


Hype Nation's questionable reports, Jaebum will get hurt again

The countdown has started for the return of Jaebum's much talked about return. According to reports, he will be entering the country and begin crank in on the 20th for the filming of his debut movie, Hype Nation.

However, there are a lot of holes in their reports, making many cock their heads in confusion.

First of all, the main agent is unclear. There has never once been a reveal of the identities of the production company's name, investors, and distributing agencies. According to all of the information that has been leaked or reported, the producers are creating the movie with an American premier as its goal. However, none of the names of the producers, investors, or distributors have been revealed.

It seems like there is quite a bit of distance with Universal, Sony, and other major studios being involved with the investments or distributions. It is most likely a small scale movie or or an independent film.

Whatever the case is, the names of the production companies and the distributors must at least be revealed. When the movies of our nation are first exported overseas, the utmost importance that is stressed is the distributing agency. Distributing agencies are an absolute necessity for movies.

America may also be wide and largely populated but the director himself is also unfamiliar. It has been revealed that Ellen Kazarti and Christian Strickland will be joint directing the movie but searching their history or experience has proven to be impossible. One of them is said to be a music video director but there are at least hundreds of movie directors in Korea alone.

One of the most ill prepared aspects of the movie is the pre-production. The preparation period for the movie before the actual filming takes place takes up at least half of the production for the entire movie.

However, the director only entered Korea on the 10th. The fact that he's going to prepare for only nine days and go straight into filming makes absolutely no sense. To use an example, it's as if he stated that he would be cooking a Korean dish but in the end, puts out a hamburger.

What's even funnier is the leading actor, Jaebum's, every move. Normally, leading and supporting roles get together at least a month before crank in in order to get closer to one another and lead the scenarios so that the combinations are matched to the best of their abilities. If there is no understanding and interpretation of the movie and character amongst each other, there will be obstacles met along the way of filming.

There has never been any reports or even accounts of Jaebum practicing and synchronizing himself with the other staff members before the filming.

The only company that is promoting this movie is the agency of Jaebum's younger sister, DR Music.

In our country, no matter how small the movie is, the production company will always set aside a separate marketing team or hire a professional public relations agency. DR Music is an agency that specializes in finding new talent, producing music, and overseas concerts. They have no experience in promoting movies.

The only actors that are at least a bit familiar to Koreans are Dennis Oh and Hollywood actor Cary Hiroyuki Tagawa. Tagawa has starred in 'Memoirs of a Geisha,' 'Planet of the Apes,' and 'Art of War,' certainly a familiar actor with famous Hollywood experiences under his belt.

American hip hop group B2K is also said to be starring in the movie. They debuted in 2002 and recorded a gold and platinum in album sales but have not done any work since then. Recently, for years on end, they haven't even released any new music.

Associates of Hype Nation have also put out sprinklings of reports with the nuance that CJ Entertainment is associated with the movie but that too has yet to be confirmed and stands as a groundless rumor.

Conclusively, the movie is a question mark. Was this movie produced with the intent of releasing it in the American market, and if so, why was Jaebum, an unfamiliar name in the American market, cast, and why is more than half of the filming taking place in Korea?

Not only that but the location preparation in Korea that they will be filming more than half of the movie in is excessively shabby. Even shooting one episode of a drama will have more effort and production preparation put into it than this entire movie.

Whether Jaebum was kicked out of JYP due to a mistake he committed or whether he is a sacrifice, he is a figure that was once deeply hurt by Korea.

We watch with extremely worried eyes in case he is hurt once more.

TV Daily Editor in Chief Yoo Jinmo


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