[HanCinema's News] Film Directors Increasingly Lured to Streaming Projects With Mixed Results
By William Schwartz | Published on
June 9th saw the premiere of "Bloodhounds" on Netflix. In its first three days on the streaming platform, "Bloodhounds" earned over twenty seven million viewed hours worldwide. The high profile webtoon adaptation is the latest from writer/director Kim Joo-hwan, and his first serial drama. The shift for the filmmaker is noteworthy, and the man behind the big 2017 hit "Midnight Runners" isn't the only one to be lured away from movie projects.
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William Schwartz
Staff writer. Has been writing articles for HanCinema since 2012, having lived in South Korea from 2011 to 2021. He is currently located in the Southern Illinois. William Schwartz can be contacted via william@hancinema.net, and is open to requests for content in future articles.