“From the Korean version of the House of Paper to the SF produced by Jung Woo-sung”: Netflix’s’K-Contents’ being prepared in 2021 is enormous

If everyone leaves me, if there is only one friend who will remain on Earth, it will be Netflix. This rich friend, who achieved the most rapid growth while “non-face-to-face” around the world due to the novel coronavirus infection (Corona 19), is preparing enormous Korean content with the money he has earned so far. It would not be an exaggeration to say that Netflix’s’K-Content’, which is being released or being prepared in 2021, has been gathered together by a group of directors (writer-director-actress) who are said to be in Korea. Just looking through the table of contents makes my heart magnificent, and it seems that I can hear the songs of terrestrial broadcasting stations.

‘The House of Paper Korean Version’-Kim Yoon-jin, Yu Ji-tae, Jeon Jong-seo

Among non-English-speaking dramas,’Paper House’, which is said to have been the most successful in the world, is produced in the Korean version. Actor Yoo Ji-tae plays the role of a professor, and Kim Yun-jin plays the role of Detective Raquel, respectively, while Park Hae-joon in Berlin and Jeon Jong-seo in Tokyo. Director Kim Hong-seon, who has been reborn as a genre artisan through drama’Voice’ and’Hand the guest’, was in charge.

‘Kingdom: Ashinjeon’-Jeon Ji-hyun

It is gaining favorable reviews both at home and abroad, and is releasing the spin-off series’Kingdom: Ashinjeon’ as a representative work of Netflix’K-Contents’ prior to the production of Season 3. The story of Ashin (played by Jeon Ji-hyun), the successor of the Northern Rujin tribe who made viewers thrill by appearing in the final scene of Season 2, and the secret of life and death will be covered. The script was written by Eunhee Kim.

‘Surinam’-Ha Jung-woo, Hwang Jung-min

‘Surinam’, which has attracted attention with 40 billion production costs, is also likely to be released this year. It is a work called’Korean version of Narcissus’ based on the true story of a Korean who became a legendary drug king in South America. This is the debut film of director Yoon Jong-bin, who directed the movies’War on Crime’ and’Duke’.

‘Sea of ​​Silence’-Shared Bae Doo-na and Lee Jun

In the case of’Sea of ​​Silence’, which was a hot topic due to the news that actor Jung Woo-sung was in charge of the production, it was on track after finishing the casting of major roles such as Bae Doo and Lee Jun last year. This is a science fiction mystery thriller that tells the story of elite members who go to recover mysterious samples at a research base abandoned on the moon against the backdrop of a future earth devastated by the depletion of essential resources.

‘Squid Game’-Jeongjae Lee, Haesoo Park

‘Squid Game’ starring actors Lee Jeong-jae and Park Hae-soo, directed by Hwang Hyeon-hyuk, who directed the movies’Nam Han Sanseong’,’Suspicious She’, and’Crucible’, tells the stories of the characters who participated in the mysterious survival game with huge prize money. . The title is the name of the game that I played with gold on the bare ground in my childhood.

‘Move to Heaven: I’m a Keepsake Organizer’-Lee Je-hoon, Tang Jun-sang

Director Kim Seong-ho and actor Lee Je-hoon of the movie’The Perfect Way to Steal a Dog’ joined hands. This is a human drama that tells the story of a young man with Asperger’s syndrome,’Gru,’ and one day suddenly, his guardian,’Sang-gu’, who died. The motif is based on a non-fiction essay by Kim Sae-byul, a keepsake organizer,’What’s Left After Leaving’.

‘Hell Bound’-Yoo-in Park Jung-min

It is a work based on the webtoon’Hell’, and director Yeon Sang-ho, the author of the original story, directly grabs a megaphone. This story tells the story of supernatural beings called’Lions of Hell’ appearing in society. Yoo Yoo-in, who was the protagonist of the emerging religion, who was the protagonist of the webtoon season 1, was cast as the station PD Bae Young-jae, who was the protagonist of the season 2.

‘Now our school is’-Park Ji-hoo, Yoon Chan-young

Netflix is ​​another zombie product based on a webtoon of the same name that contains the stories of students struggling in a school where a zombie virus is spreading. Park Ji-hoo, who appeared like a comet in the movie’Hummingbird’, takes on the role of Nam On-jo, with Yun Chan-young and Lee Gyu-hyung.

Kim Im-soo Editor: imsu.kim@huffpost.kr