EXCLUSIVE: Film Independent is looking to enrich and inspire the industry with its latest lineup of keynotes, films and panelists for its 14th annual Film Independent Forum. Keynotes will be delivered by Late Night filmmaker Nisha Ganatra and Len Amato President of HBO Films. The Forum will kick off with a screening…

EXCLUSIVE: After the warm reception it received at its world premiere at Sundance in January, Justin Chon’s sibling drama Ms. Purple has found a home. Oscilloscope Laboratories announced today that it has acquired North American rights to Ms. Purple which features breakout performances from Tiffany Chu and Teddy Lee…

EXCLUSIVE: As an Asian American filmmaker, Justin Chon has made his own lane when it comes to telling Asian American narratives. His film Gook premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in 2017 and put him on Hollywood’s radar as an up and coming filmmaker. The black and white film about two Korean brothers during the…

Justin Chon is recognizable from many of his roles on TV and film — but many might recognize him as Bella’s non-vampire friend Eric in the gigantic supernatural teen blockbuster Twilight franchise. As a filmmaker, Chon is hitting his stride, specifically with his film Gook, which played to critical acclaim and…

EXCLUSIVE: Justin Chon, the multi-hyphenate actor-writer-director whose film Gook won the Next category at this year's Sundance Film Festival, is partnering with MACRO on his next original feature. Chon will write and direct a yet untitled feature whose storyline is being kept under wraps…

Samuel Goldwyn Films has acquired North American rights to Gook, Justin Chon’s Sundance Audience Award winner. An August release is planned. Chon wrote, directed and stars the pic, which is set in Los Angeles just before the 1992 riots break out.

It revolves around Eli (Chon) and Daniel (David So), Korean-American brot…

Elliot Knight (American Gothic) has been cast in a lead role opposite Lucy Hale in Life Sentence, the CW's dramedy pilot from WBTV and Bill Lawrence's studio-based Doozer Prods. Written by Significant Mother creators Erin Cardillo and Richard Keith and directed by Lee Toland Krieger, Life Sentence centers on Stella…

Ellie Bamber and Justin Chon have joined the cast of Jason Lester's romance Taipei, based on the novel by Tao Lin.

The film, which has begun shooting, follows the unexpected, fast-blooming romance between Brooklyn writers Erin (Bamber) and Paul (Chon). It tracks the pair through a spontaneous wedding, drug binges, all…