The feature film Ktown Cowboys is an official selection in the Narrative Spotlight category in the South By Southwest Film Festival and will world premiere at the festival in Austin, Texas this March.
The movie, based on the wildly successful web-series of the same name, is a bro-mantic dramedy set against the alluring backdrop of LA’s Koreatown.
It follows five legendary partiers who go out for one more night of “Ktown” debauchery but each eventually grows up by “throwing down” like they did in their glory days.
The film, directed by Daniel (DPD) Park (creative director for hip-hop artists Far East Movement) and written by Danny Cho (Mad TV, Parks and Recreation) and Brian Chung, brings back five cast members from the original web-series, and has cameo appearances by well-known Asian-American actors including Ken Jeong (The Hangover, Community), Daniel Dae Kim (Lost, Hawaii Five-0), Steve Byrne (Sullivan & Sons), and Simon Rhee (Best of the Best).
Park said, “It’s an honor to be selected for South by Southwest. This is my first feature film, so getting that recognition from such a prestigious festival is validation for all the hard work the cast and crew and entire team put into making this a reality.” Cho said, “This started out as a web series and now to see it as a feature film is pretty crazy. I look forward to showing this to a live audience.”
Park and Cho are also the creative force behind Ktown Footnotes, a hilarious weekly digital short series they released last December. Footnotes reintroduces the main Ktown Cowboys characters to its fan base, will introduce some of the film’s new characters and adds more storytelling depth beyond the film’s plot.
Park said, “The film and the web series are very different. Aside from the obvious production quality improvements, we’re able to go much deeper into the characters and into the Ktown experience in the movie. But because the two projects are so different, Danny and I created Footnotes as a set of transmedia stories that will bridge the series to the movie.”
Cho added, “What’s cool about Footnotes is that each episode is a stand alone comedy short. It’s funny on its own. You don’t need to watch the movie to understand Footnotes, and you don’t need to watch Footnotes to get the movie. But, when people do see the movie, Footnotes will add a richer understanding of the characters.”
Ktown Cowboys was executive produced by Ken Jeong and Sam Chi, and produced by Brian Chung, Greg Bishop and Daniel Sollinger. Chris Sablan of Original Artists’ is managing distribution sales rights.
Fans can watch Ktown Cowboys Footnotes and keep up with all things Ktown Cowboys by following the hashtag #ktowncowboys and via the following sites:
Website: www.ktowncowboys.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ktowncowboysmovie
YouTube: www.youtube.com/ktowncowboys
Twitter: www.twitter.com/ktowncowboys
Instagram: www.instagram.com/ktowncowboys
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