CJ E&M to co-produce TV series with Japan

Cable TV series (from left to right) "Vampire Inspector," "Ten," "Cool Guys, Hot Ramen," "In Need of Romance" and "Shut Up and Let's Go" [CJ E&M]

Korea's leading film distribution and production company CJ E&M has joined forces with top Japanese talenthouse Amuse Entertainment to co-produce a TV series. CJ announced in a press release on Monday that both companies invested five billion Korean won (equaling to 4.4 million U.S. dollars) each in their latest venture named "Amuse-CJ E&M Drama Fund" to establish a limited liability company to co-produce various content. The statement also explained that CJ will use the funds to produce dramas with their partnership and know-hows with Amuse. "We recently sold cable series 'In Need of Romance,' 'Cool Guys, Hot Ramen,' 'Vampire Inspector' and 'Ten' which shows that our strategies and content have potential in the Japanese market," an official with CJ E&M was quoted as saying. CJ also sold the distribution rights of cable shows "Killer K" and "Quiz of God 2" to Japan in November of last year. ※ Any copying, republication or redistribution of 10Asia's content is expressly prohibited without prior consent of 10Asia. Copyright infringement is subject to criminal and civil penalties.10 아시아 Reporter : Lucia Hong luciahong@10 아시아 Editor : Jessica Kim jesskim@<ⓒ즐거움의 공장 "10 아시아" (10.asiae.co.kr) 무단전재 배포금지>