SEE ALSO: Five Korean dramas invited to the Cannes International Series Festival

A CJ E&M film industry rep stated, "We saw endless potential in Yeo Jin Goo through his emotional and action scenes in various productions... We thought it was the most fitting casting in order to carry the different range of scenes."

'Martial Arts' is a 20 million dollar Korea-China collaboration project film by CJ E&M and CFG (China Film Group) directed by Park Kwang Hyun. The rest of its cast lineup will be confirmed in the first half of this year and crank-in will begin towards the latter half.

'Martial Arts' is a SF fantasy-action film about a high school student Kwon Bub (word play which also means martial arts) who enters a village of criminals and fights to protect the hidden source of infinite energy.