Below are some highly-anticipated works to be released on Netflix and Disney+ after “Mask Girl” and “Moving”.
◆ Netflix
1. Doona!
“Doona!” is a drama based on Min Song Ah’s work “The Girl Downstairs”, which has been serialized on Naver since July 2019. It depicts the story of the ordinary college student Lee Won Jun (Yang Se Jong) and his meeting with Lee Doona (Suzy), who retired after leaving behind her glamorous Kpop idol days and becomes his housemate. The drama will be released on Netflix in the fourth quarter of 2023.
2. Sweet Home season 2
“Sweet Home“, which is based on a webtoon of the same name, tells a bizarre and shocking story of a secluded high school student who moves to live alone in an old apartment after suffering from school violence and the death of his family.
Major cast members such as Song Kang, Lee Jin Wook, Lee Si Young, Go Min Si and Park Gyu Young, who appeared in season 1, will continue their performances in season 2, while Jinyoung and Oh Jung Se will join as new cast members. Season 2 of the “Sweet Home” series will be unveiled in the second half of this year, and season 3 will be released in 2024.
3. Gyeongseong Creature
Starring Han So Hee and Park Seo Joon, “Gyeongseong Creature” is a creature thriller set in the spring of 1945, the darkest era, that centers around two young people who confront a strange creature born of greed to survive.
4. Song of the Bandits
Set in the lawless land of Gangdo in the 1920s, “Song of the Bandits” is a drama in which Japanese soldiers, independence fighters, gangsters, bandits, and Korean immigrants who have lost their homes and livelihoods point guns at each other for different purposes. It stars Kim Nam Gil, Seohyun, Yoo Jae Myung, etc.
5. A Time Called You
“A Time Called You” is a time-slip romance that portrays the story that begins when Jun Hee, who misses her boyfriend who passed away a year ago, returns to 1998 as if it were destiny and meets Si Heon, who looks exactly like her boyfriend. The drama features Ahn Hyo Seop, Jeon Yeo Bin and Kang Hoon as the main cast.
◆ Disney+
1. Vigilante
“Vigilante” revolves around Kim Ji Yong, a student at the police academy who lost his mother at the hand of a local gangster when he was young. He becomes a vigilante and kills criminals. Actor Nam Joo Hyuk plays the main character Kim Ji Yong/Vigilante, while Lee Joon Hyuk transforms into Cho Kang Ok, the planner who helps Vigilante. Yoo Ji Tae takes on the role of Cho Heon, head of the regional investigation unit who sought to catch Vigilante, and Kim So Jin plays Choi Mi Ryeo, a reporter who gathers news materials about Vigilante.
2. The Worst of Evil
Set in the 1990s, “The Worst of Evil” follows undercover police investigators who infiltrate a massive criminal organization responsible for the illegal drug trade between Korea, China and Japan.
Actor Ji Chang Wook was cast as Park Joon Mo, a police officer who infiltrates a gang to investigate drugs. Actor Wi Ha Joon plays Jung Gi Cheol, the leader of a criminal organization, while actress Im Se Mi takes on the role of Yoo Eui Jung, Park Joon Mo’s wife who is a narcotics officer.
Source: Wikitree
