Kross Pictures

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Kross Pictures, Inc.
Native name
크로스픽쳐스 주식회사
Company typeFilm Production Company
IndustryMedia
Founded2003;21 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
Parent Kakao Entertainment
Website http://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 run by Hyunwoo Thomas Kim. [2] [3] Key business areas of Kross Pictures are film production and distribution, web-novel and webtoon production, book publishing, and webtoon platform service. [4]

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History

Founded in 2003 in Los Angeles, Kross Pictures is a cross-border film and television production company. The company focuses on identifying and acquiring proven intellectual property to create localized films and TV series for their respective markets.

Its first Chinese production, The Devotion of Suspect X , became No.1 in the Chinese box office at opening, with a total box office collection of CNY 410,000,000. [5] [6]

Oh! Baby , its second Indian feature film production, was released on July 5, 2019 and became No.1 in the box office in the Telugu-speaking region.

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

On August 14, 2020, KakaoPage Corp. (now Kakao Entertainment) announced that it acquired 49% of Kross Pictures' shares for 5.9 billion won. [7]

The company has won two copyright infringement cases, [8] including one against the makers of the 2017 Kannada film Pushpaka Vimana , an unofficial remake of the 2013 Korean film Miracle in Cell No. 7 [9] [10] and another against the makers of 2019 Tamil movie Kolaigaran , an unofficial adaptation of the Japanese novel The Devotion of Suspect X . [11]

In October 2021, Kakao Entertainment acquired the remaining 51% of Kross Pictures' shares, and in December 2021, 99% of Kross Komics' shares through Kross Pictures, thereby making both companies its wholly-owned subsidiaries. [12]

Filmography

Films produced

YearFilmCountryDirectorCastNotes
2014God's Eye View [13] South Korea Lee Jang-ho Oh Kwang-rok
2016 Te3n [14] 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
2018100 Days of Sunshine [15] Vietnam Phoenix VuJun Pham, Kha Ngan, B TranRemake of Never Ending Story
2019 Oh! Baby [16] India B. V. Nandini Reddy Samantha Akkineni, Lakshmi Telugu remake of Miss Granny
2021 Netrikann [17] [18] India Milind Rau Nayanthara, Ajmal Ameer Tamil remake of Blind
2022 Saakini Daakini [19] 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

The company is currently producing the following movies which are in the various stages of production: [20] [21]

TV series produced

YearTV SeriesCountryCastNotes
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
2017-18Untouchable China Xing Zhaolin, Zhang Yuxi
2018The Sound of Your Heart: Reboot [31] [32] South Korea Sung Hoon, Shim Hye-jin, Kwon Yu-ri Based on the webtoon of the same title by Jo Seok
2022 Business Proposal [33] [34] 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 [35] 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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