The animation film “The Nut Job 2: Nutty by Nature,” which was financed by a Korean company, will be hitting local theaters on Oct. 3.The film was co-produced by Canada-based ToonBox Entertainment and Korean production company Redrover. It is currently screening at over 4,000 theaters in North America.The film is also set to screen in South America, the UK and Russia. Directed by Cal Brunker and written by Brunker, Bob Barlen and Scott Bindley, the film centers on the story of a squirrel named S

[DISCLOSURE] Redrover (060300) announced on Aug.16 that its 8.6 million stocks offered to existing shareholders have reached 108.65 percent subscription rate for capital increase.

[DISCLOSURE] Redrover (060300) stocks will trade ex-rights due to paid-in capital increase, it announced on July 6. The ex-rights date is July 7.

The amount of foreign direct investment to South Korea exceeded $20 billion this year, with $15 billion having arrived here as of Tuesday, the Ministry of Trade Industry and Energy said Wednesday. The most ever investments of $20.43 billion is an increase of 11.2 percent from that of 2014, while the $15.19 billion that has reached the country is also a 28.6 percent jump during the same period. The authorities credited the Korea-China free trade agreement as the largest contributor. The pact, sig

The 3-D animated movie “The Nut Job” is set for release on Thursday in Korea, after becoming a huge success in the U.S. in merely two weeks.The film is a joint-venture with Korea, Canada and the U.S., though a large part of the production costs were procured from Korea. CEO Ha Hoe-jin of the co-producing firm Redrover said, “We aimed for the U.S. market as data showed 80 percent of the animated movies produced in the U.S. fared better than most others. The Korean animation market only accounts f

애니메이션 ‘넛잡:땅콩 도둑들’ (원제 The Nut Job, 피터 레페니오티스 감독, 이하‘넛잡’)이 미국에서 개봉 2주 연속 주말 흥행 3위에 등극, 이번 주에 한국에도 29일 상륙한다. 영화는 한국과 미국, 캐나다 합작이지만 순 제작비는 대부분 한국에서 조달한 것으로 알려졌다.한국 제작사 레드로버 하회진 대표는 “조사 결과 미국에서 제작된 애니메이션 80%가 제작비 이상의 극장 수입을 냈다”며 “한국 시장이 전세계 애니메이션 시장에서 차지하는 비율이 1.5%밖에 안 되는만큼 미국 시장을 목표로 하면 승산이 있겠다고 생각했다”고 말했다.영화는 다람쥐가 먹을 거리가 없어진 공원식구들을 위해 땅콩 가게를 털며 겪게 되는 모험담과 성장 이야기를 그린다. 캐나다 출신 레페니오티스 감독이 만들었던 단편 애니메이션의 다람쥐 캐릭터에서 주인공에 대한 영감을 받고 할리우드 고전영화 ‘이탈리안 잡’ 같은 도둑질 이야기를 바탕으로 영화의 줄거리 탄생 배경이라고 전해졌다. ‘넛잡’에 리암 니슨을 비

Lotte Group, one of the country’s largest conglomerates, signed a deal with the City of Los Angeles on Wednesday for economic and cultural cooperation in the film industry, company officials said. Under the MOU between the group’s chairman Shin Dong-bin and Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, the U.S. city will support Lotte Group’s affiliate, Lotte Cinema, to launch its first office in the city. The city of Los Angeles will also help Lotte Cinema find and set up connections within the Holly

Redrover, a Korean brand of optical three-dimensional monitors, is carving out a big chunk of the global 3-D content market, armed with savvy technology and the right ideas. “Our 3-D content is hands-down the best solution out there thanks to a wide selection and sophisticated picture quality that’s bound to make 3-D vision a most pleasurable experience,” said Ha Hoe-jin, CEO of Redrover in an int

Korea’s first 3-D animation movie “Bolts & Blip” will be released on DVD in Canada later this year, its producer Redrover said.The company signed a copyright deal with Canadian home entertainment group Nelvana last week at MIPTV 2011, the world’s largest entertainment content market in Cannes, France. Set on the moon in 2080, the comedy follows the adventures of two misfit robots, Bolts and Blip.I