I KNOW RIGHT, ISN'T IT AMAZING??!! I almost passed out when I first heard. =D

I'm kinda bummed about no Hwoarang too, and a bit surprised by it. He's the sort of character you'd think they'd want in the film - he's cocky, a great fighter, and the main character's rival. They could have had a lot of fun with him, AND he'd have been a good device for establishing/elaborating on Jin's character.

(The fact that I used to ship Jin/Hwoarang pretty hard has absolutely nothing to do with anything, btw) XD