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Kross Pictures

Kross Pictures, Inc.
Native name
크로스픽쳐스 주식회사
Company typeFilm Production Company
IndustryMedia
Founded2003; 22 years ago (2003)
FounderHyunwoo Thomas Kim
Headquarters
Seoul, South Korea
Area served
South Korea, India, United States, Japan, Vietnam, China
Key people
Hyunwoo Thomas Kim (Co-founder, President & CEO)
Services
  • Film/TV series Production
  • Film Distribution
  • Content Licensing
  • Webtoon Platform Service
ParentKakao Entertainment
Websitehttp://krosspictures.com

Kross Pictures, Inc. is a South Korean multinational film and television production company with offices in Seoul, Los Angeles, and Mumbai.[1] The company was co-founded and is currently led by Hyunwoo Thomas Kim.[2][3]

The company's core business areas include film production and distribution, web novel and webtoon production, book publishing, and webtoon platform services.[4]

History

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Founded in 2003 in Los Angeles, Kross Pictures is a cross-border film and television production company. The company primarily focuses on identifying and acquiring established intellectual property to produce localized films and television series for various markets.[citation needed]

Its first Chinese-language production, The Devotion of Suspect X, opened at the top of the Chinese box office and achieved a total gross of approximately CN¥410 million.[5][6]

The company's second Indian feature film, Oh! Baby, was released on 5 July 2019, and reached the top position at the box office in the Telugu-speaking region.[citation needed]

On 7 December 2019, Kross Pictures launched Kross Komics, described as the first digital comics platform in India, through its subsidiary Kross Komics, Inc.

On 14 August 2020, KakaoPage (now Kakao Entertainment) announced the acquisition of 49 per cent of Kross Pictures' shares for ₩5.9 billion.[7]

Kross Pictures has won two copyright infringement cases,[1] including one against the producers of the 2017 Kannada film Pushpaka Vimana, which was deemed an unauthorised remake of the 2013 Korean film Miracle in Cell No. 7.[8][9] The company also won a case against the producers of the 2019 Tamil film Kolaigaran, an unauthorised adaptation of the Japanese novel The Devotion of Suspect X.[10]

In October 2021, Kakao Entertainment acquired the remaining 51 per cent of Kross Pictures' shares. In December 2021, it acquired 99 per cent of Kross Komics' shares through Kross Pictures, making both companies wholly owned subsidiaries.[11]

Filmography

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Films produced

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Year Film Country Director Cast Notes
2014 God's Eye View [12] South Korea Lee Jang-ho Oh Kwang-rok
2016 Te3n [13] India Ribhu Dasgupta Amitabh Bachchan, Vidya Balan, Nawazuddin Siddiqui Hindi 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 [14] Vietnam Phoenix Vu Jun Pham, Kha Ngan, B Tran Remake of Never Ending Story
2019 Oh! Baby [15] India B. V. Nandini Reddy Samantha Akkineni, Lakshmi Telugu remake of Miss Granny
2021 Netrikann[16][17] India Milind Rau Nayanthara, Ajmal Ameer Tamil remake of Blind
2022 Saakini Daakini[18] India Sudheer Varma Regina Cassandra, Niveda Thomas Telugu remake of Midnight Runners
2023 Blind India Shome Makhija Sonam Kapoor, Purab Kohli, Vinay Pathak Hindi remake of Blind
2023 Jaane Jaan India Sujoy Ghosh Kareena Kapoor, Vijay Varma, Jaideep Ahlawat Based on the novel The Devotion of Suspect X
2023 Knuckle Girl Japan Chang Ayaka Miyoshi, Hideaki Itō, Yōsuke Kubozuka Based on the Korean webtoon of same name Knuckle Girl

Upcoming films

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As of the latest available information, the company is involved in the production of several projects at various stages of development.[19][20]

  • Hindi-language Indian remake of the Korean film Miracle in Cell No. 7.[21][22]
  • Hindi-language Indian remake of the Korean film A Hard Day.[23][24]
  • Hindi-language Indian remake of the Korean film Tunnel.[25]
  • Hindi-language Indian remake of the Korean film Midnight Runners.
  • Telugu-language Indian remake of the Korean film Dancing Queen.[26]
  • Hindi-language Indian remake of the Korean film Miss Granny.[27]
  • South Korean remake of the Indian film Kahaani.[28]
  • U.S. adaptation of the Japanese mystery novel The Devotion of Suspect X.
  • U.S. adaptation of the Korean webtoon July Found by Chance.
  • Indian adaptation of the 2021 Korean film Sinkhole.[29]
  • Sleepless Town – Korean adaptation of the 1996 Japanese crime novel of the same name by Hase Seishu.[30]
  • Please Mary My Wife – Korean, Vietnamese, and Chinese adaptation of the romantic comedy novel of the same name by Takugi Higuchi.[31]
  • Indian adaptation of the Japanese thriller novel Salvation of a Saint by Keigo Higashino.[32]
  • Chinese remake of the 2012 Korean film Never Ending Story, which the company had earlier adapted into Vietnamese as 100 Days of Sunshine (2018).[33]

TV series produced

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Year TV Series Country Cast Notes
2012 Dr. Jin South Korea Song Seung-heon, Park Min-young Based on the manga Jin by Motoka Murakami
Co-produced by Victory Contents
2016 Cheese In The Trap Park Hae-jin, Kim Go-eun, Seo Kang-joon Based on the webtoon of the same title by Soonkki
Co-produced by Eight Works
2016 The Sound of Your Heart Lee Kwang-soo, Jung So-min Based on the webtoon of the same title by Jo Seok
Co-produced by The Sound of Your Heart SPC
2017–18 Untouchable China Xing Zhaolin, Zhang Yuxi
2018 The Sound of Your Heart: Reboot [34][35] South Korea Sung Hoon, Shim Hye-jin, Kwon Yu-ri Based on the webtoon of the same title by Jo Seok
2022 Business Proposal[36][37] Ahn Hyo-seop, Kim Se-jeong, Kim Min-kyu, Seol In-ah Based on the webtoon of the same title by HaeHwa
Co-produced by Kakao Entertainment and Studio S
Again My Life Lee Joon-gi, Lee Geung-young, Kim Ji-eun Based on the web novel by Lee Hae-nal
Co-produced by Samhwa Networks
Roppongi Class[38] Japan Ryoma Takeuchi, Yurina Hirate, Yuko Araki, Kagawa Teruyuki Based on the Korean webtoon Itaewon Class by Kwang Jin and the Korean drama of the same title
Co-produced by Kakao Entertainment, SLL and TV Asahi

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