Finecut Picks Up Action Comedy ‘Boss’

Leading South Korean sales company Finecut has picked up international sales rights to action comedy film “Boss.” It will launch the title at Filmart in Hong Kong.

Directed by Ra Hee-chan (“Going by the Book,” “Mr. Idol”), the film follows gang members embroiled in fierce competition. They struggle not just for supremacy within their clan, but also to achieve their own dreams in every-day life.

“Boss” stars Jo Woo-jin (Netflix series “Narco-saints,” “Inside Men”) as a man who wants to run his family’s Chinese restaurant; Jung Kyung-ho (“Men of Plastic”), who believes it is his destiny to be a Tango dancer; and Park Ji-hwan (“The Roundup” film series), who is the most eager member to be the boss, but nobody wants hi m.

Production is by Hive Media Corp., the company behind the late 2023 box office hit “12.12: The Day,” which garnered over 13 million admissions.

Finecut will be screening the first footage from the new title at its booth in Filmart.

The company’s Hong Kong sales roster also includes Hong Sang-soo’s “A Traveler’s Needs,” which won the Silver Bear at last month’s Berlinale.

Finecut’s upcoming titles include the previously announced horror film “Noise,” about a woman haunted by the sounds of her sister’s disappearance; and “Exorcism Chronicles: The Beginning,” a 3D occult animation about the first adventure of a team of four individuals bestowed with special powers. Both films are currently in post-production.

Among its completed titles are high school cheerleading tale “Victory,” action comedy “The Desperate Chase”and last year’s “A Normal Family,” by Hur Jin-ho.