Train to Busan
2016 zombie film by Yeon Sang-ho
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| July 2022 | Warner Bros. removed the film from the release schedule, with Evil Dead Rise taking its original release date. |
| December 2021 | Official title of the remake revealed as 'The Last Train to New York', originally scheduled for release on 21 April 2023. |
| 2020 | Train to Busan was the sixth best-selling foreign language film and third best-selling Korean film in the United Kingdom. |
| July 15 2020 | Release of 'Peninsula', a standalone sequel to Train to Busan, directed by Yeon Sang-ho in South Korea. The film received mixed reviews from critics. |
| 2017 | Train to Busan was the fourth best-selling foreign language film on home video in the United Kingdom. |
| June 28 2017 | The film was nominated for Best Horror Film at the Saturn Awards. |
| June 28 2017 | Saturn Awards ceremony where Train to Busan was nominated for Best Horror Film. |
| May 24 2017 | Chunsa Film Awards ceremony where Kwak Tae-yong won the Technical Award and Train to Busan won the Special Audience Award for Best Film. |
| May 24 2017 | Chunsa Film Awards where Kwak Tae-yong won the Technical Award and the film won the Special Audience Award for Best Film. |
| May 3 2017 | Baeksang Arts Awards ceremony where Yeon Sang-ho won Best New Director and Kim Eui-sung won Best Supporting Actor. |
| March 21 2017 | Asian Film Awards ceremony where the film received multiple nominations for Best Actor (Gong Yoo), Best Supporting Actor (Ma Dong-seok), Best Editor, Best Visual Effects, and Best Costume Designer. |
| January 17 2017 | Well Go USA released Train to Busan on DVD and Blu-ray in the United States. |
| 2016 | British filmmaker Edgar Wright publicly praised Train to Busan on Twitter, calling it the 'best zombie movie I've seen in forever' and personally recommending the film. |
| 2016 | Film received overwhelmingly positive critical reception, with Rotten Tomatoes reporting 95% positive reviews from 129 critics and an average rating of 7.70/10. |
| November 25 2016 | Blue Dragon Film Awards ceremony, where Train to Busan won the Audience Choice Award for Most Popular Film and the Technical Award for special make-up. |
| November 24 2016 | Korean Association of Film Critics Awards, where Train to Busan won the Technical Award. |
| October 7 2016 | Buil Film Awards ceremony where the film received multiple nominations, with Kim Eui-sung winning Best Supporting Actor and Yeon Sang-ho receiving the Yu Hyun-mok Film Arts Award. |
| August 18 2016 | Yeon Sang-ho released the animated prequel 'Seoul Station', which is connected to the 'Train to Busan' film narrative. |
| August 7 2016 | The film set a record as the first Korean film of 2016 to surpass 10 million theater attendees, demonstrating its massive commercial success. |
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