Kross Pictures
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Native name | 크로스픽쳐스 주식회사 |
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| Company type | Film Production Company |
| Industry | Media |
| Founded | 2003 |
| Founder | Hyunwoo Thomas Kim |
| Headquarters | |
Area served | South Korea, India, United States, Japan, Vietnam, China |
Key people | Hyunwoo Thomas Kim (Co-founder, President & CEO) |
| Services |
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| Website | http://krosspictures.com |
Kross Pictures, Inc. is a multinational film and television production company with offices in Seoul, Los Angeles, and Mumbai.[1] The company was co-founded and is currently run by Hyunwoo Thomas Kim. [2][3]
Key business areas of Kross Pictures are film production and distribution, IP licensing, book publishing, and webtoon platform service.[4]
History
Founded in 2003 in Los Angeles, Kross Pictures is a cross-border film and television production company. The company focuses on identifying and acquiring proven intellectual property to create localized films and series for their respective markets.
Its first Chinese production, The Devotion of Suspect X, became a mega hit with CNY 410,000,000 box office collection.[5][6]
Oh! Baby, its second Indian feature film production, was released on July 5, 2019 to become the No.1 film in the box office in the Telugu-speaking region.
On December 7, 2019, Kross Pictures launched Kross Komics, the first digital comics service in India, through its subsidiary Kross Komics, Inc.
On August 14, 2020, KakaoPage announced that it acquired 49% of Kross Pictures' shares for 5.9 billion won.[7]
Filmography
Films produced
| Year | Film | Country | Director | Cast | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | God's Eye View [8] | South Korea | Lee Jang-ho | Oh Kwang-rok | |
| 2016 | Te3n [9] | India | Ribhu Dasgupta | Amitabh Bachchan, Vidya Balan, Nawazuddin Siddiqui | Remake of Montage |
| 2017 | The Devotion of Suspect X | China | Alec Su | Wang Kai, Zhang Luyi, Ruby Lin | Based on the novel of same name |
| 2018 | 100 Days of Sunshine [10] | Vietnam | Phoenix Vu | Jun Pham, Kha Ngan, B Tran | Remake of Never Ending Story |
| 2019 | Oh! Baby [11] | India | B. V. Nandini Reddy | Samantha Akkineni, Lakshmi | Remake of Miss Granny |
| 2021 | Netrikann†[12][13] | India | Milind Rau | Nayanthara | Remake of Blind |
Upcoming films
The company is currently producing the following movies which are in the various stages of production: [14][15]
- Indian remake of the Korean film Miracle in Cell No. 7 in Hindi language [16][17]
- Indian remake of the Korean film A Hard Day in Hindi language [18]
- Indian remake of the Korean film Tunnel in Hindi language
- Indian remake of the Korean film Midnight Runners in Hindi language
- Indian remake of the Korean film Dancing Queen in Hindi language
- Indian remake of the Korean film Miss Granny in Hindi language [19]
- Indian remake of the Korean film Blind in Hindi language [20]
- South Korean remake of the Indian film Kahaani [21]
- South Korean remake of the Indian film Queen [22]
- U.S. adaptation of the Japanese mystery novel The Devotion of Suspect X
- U.S. adaptation of the Korean webtoon July Found by Chance
TV series produced
| Year | TV Series | Country | Cast |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Dr. Jin | South Korea | Song Seung-heon, Park Min-young |
| 2016 | Cheese In The Trap | South Korea | Park Hae-jin, Kim Go-eun, Seo Kang-joon |
| 2016 | The Sound of Your Heart | South Korea | Lee Kwang-soo, Jung So-min |
| 2017-18 | Untouchable [23] | China | Xing Zhaolin, Zhang Yuxi |
| 2018 | The Sound of Your Heart: Reboot [24][25] | South Korea | Sung Hoon, Shim Hye-jin, Kwon Yu-ri |
| TBA | The Office Blind Date (literal translation)[26][27] |
South Korea | TBA |
| † | Denotes works that have not yet been released |
References
- ^ Frater, Patrick (2017-10-16). "Busan: Kross Pictures Finds Fertile Ground in India-Korea Remakes". Variety. Retrieved 2018-10-18.
- ^ "Hallyu, Indian Style: Why Bollywood Is Betting on Korean Remakes". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2019-06-06.
- ^ www.ETBrandEquity.com. "Chhitra Subramaniam, appointed as Kross Pictures India's SVP creative and production - ET BrandEquity". ETBrandEquity.com. Retrieved 2019-06-06.
- ^ www.etnews.com (2015-03-17). "'크로스픽쳐스', 日 인기 소설 <내 아내와 결혼해주세요> 영화로 제작". 대한민국 IT포털의 중심! 이티뉴스 (in Korean). Retrieved 2018-10-18.
- ^ www.ETBrandEquity.com. "Chhitra Subramaniam, appointed as Kross Pictures India's SVP creative and production - ET BrandEquity". ETBrandEquity.com. Retrieved 2019-07-02.
- ^ "Kross Pictures India appoints Chhitra Subramaniam as SVP- Creative & Production - Exchange4media". Indian Advertising Media & Marketing News – exchange4media. Retrieved 2019-07-02.
- ^ Lee, Soon Ki. "Kakao Page, Acquiring Kross Pictures... "Creating a Global Super IP"(기업) - NSP통신". (주)NSP뉴스통신사 (in Korean). Retrieved 2020-12-08.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "시선 (영화)", 위키백과, 우리 모두의 백과사전 (in Korean), 2018-08-18, retrieved 2018-08-20
- ^ "TE3N Chugs Ahead". Box Office India. 2016-05-24. Retrieved 2018-10-18.
- ^ 100 Days of Sunshine: 100 Ngày Bên Em, retrieved 2018-08-20
- ^ 2 (2019-05-22). "Oh Baby! Who Is This Foreign Producer Samantha?". Gulte. Retrieved 2019-06-06.
{{cite web}}:|last=has numeric name (help) - ^ "Nayanthara to play visually challenged character in Netrikann, remake of 2011 Korean movie Blind- Entertainment News, Firstpost". Firstpost. 2019-09-17. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
- ^ "Is Nayanthara's new film, Netrikann, a remake of a Korean film?". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
- ^ https://variety.com/2017/film/asia/kross-pictures-india-korea-remakes-1202590742/amp/
- ^ https://www.indiantelevision.com/specials/event-coverage/content-hub/high-concept-simple-story-understandable-plot-are-key-to-good-movies-kross-pictures-thomas-kim-200310?amp
- ^ "Umesh Shukla to direct Hindi remake of Korean hit Miracle in". India Today. Retrieved 2018-08-20.
- ^ admin (2017-04-01). "Kross Pictures awarded injunction against producers of Kannada movie Pushpaka Vimana". Business News This Week. Retrieved 2019-06-06.
- ^ https://m.peepingmoon.com/tag/kross-picture
- ^ https://boxofficeindia.co.in/shraddha-kapoor-hindi-remake-korean-film-miss-granny
- ^ https://www.filmibeat.com/amphtml/bollywood/gupshup/2019/sonam-kapoor-to-collaborate-with-sujoy-ghosh-in-the-remake-of-korean-movie-blind-291631.html
- ^ https://variety.com/2017/film/asia/kross-pictures-india-korea-remakes-1202590742/
- ^ https://www.indiantelevision.com/television/tv-channels/people/why-kross-pictures-south-korea-ceo-thomas-kim-is-happy-with-india-170504?amp
- ^ "無法擁抱的你", 维基百科，自由的百科全书 (in Chinese), 2019-06-14, retrieved 2019-07-15
- ^ The Sound of Your Heart: Reboot, retrieved 2019-06-18
- ^ "The Sound of Your Heart: Reboot | Netflix Official Site". www.netflix.com. Retrieved 2019-06-18.
- ^ Park, Soo-youn (July 7, 2019). 카카오, 영상 콘텐츠 수직 계열화 시동... "콘텐츠 역량 강화" [Kakao launches integration of video content... "Content empowerment"]. MTN (in Korean). Money Today Network, Inc. Retrieved September 13, 2019.
- ^ 카카오페이지, 글로벌 겨냥한 드라마 '사내 맞선' 기획·제작