Hwang Jun-min, Uhm Jung-hwa cast in new film

Actor Hwang Jung-min (left) and actress Uhm Jung-hwa [10Asia]

Actor Hwang Jung-min and actress Uhm Jung-hwa have been cast in a new film, revealed the film’s producer and promoter JK Film on Friday.

According to a press release by JK Film today, Hwang and Uhm will co-star in “Dancing Queen” (tentative title), about the wife of a candidate for Seoul's mayor training to become a singer without telling her husband.

Uhm will play the wife who transforms from an ordinary housewife into a dancing queen and Hwang, the husband who too goes through gradual changes to become a true politician.

The film, set to crank in around April, is aiming for a premiere around the latter half of this year.

Hwang, 40, debuted in 1994 with the musical “Line 1” and has since starred in many renowned films including “You’re My Sunshine,” (2005) “Bloody Tie,” (2006) “A Man Who Was Superman” (2008), “Like The Moon Escaping From The Clouds,” (2010” and “The Unjust” (2010) as well as TV series “The Accidental Couple” (2009) and many musicals.

Uhm, 41, made her debut in 1992 starring in film “We Must Go To Apgujung-Dong On Windy Days,” and has since appeared as the main leads in films such as “Marriage Is A Crazy Thing,” (2002) “Singles” (2003), “Haeundae,” (2009) and “Bestseller,” (2010) alongside TV series “A Tropical Night in December,” “Get a Knife, Su Jeong” (2007) and “The Man Who Can’t Get Married,” (2009).

She is also a singer who has released a total of nine regular albums and several single albums from 1993 to 2008.

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