Kross Pictures
South Korean multinational film and television production company
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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]
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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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| Parent | Kakao Entertainment |
| Website | http://krosspictures.com |
The company's core business areas include film production and distribution, web novel and webtoon production, book publishing, and webtoon platform services.[4]
History
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
Films produced
Upcoming films
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
Upcoming Series
- See You at Work Tomorrow!: South Korean series, currently shooting with Seo In-Guk & Park Ji-hyun. Based on the Korean Webtoon "Back to Work!"
- We are so over or... Not: Tamil series currently in pre-production. Based on the Korean webtoon.