Jisoo, a member of Korean music sensation Blackpink, is confirmed to guide the forged of upcoming zombie thriller sequence “Newtopia.”
The sequence, hatched by native streaming service Coupang Play, entails two lovers navigating a zombie-infested Seoul. The person, portrayed by Park Jung-min, initially encounters a zombie outbreak throughout his obligatory navy service. His girlfriend, performed by Jisoo (actual title Kim Ji-soo) is an engineer with a brand new job who’s ready for his launch. Individually, the pair criss-cross town and struggle off zombie assaults as they attempt to reunite.
Coupang Play, the net department of Korean e-commerce large Coupang, stated that the present is co-scripted by Han Jin-won, who co-wrote Bong Joon-ho’s Oscar-winning “Parasite,” and Ji Ho-jin, who wrote Disney+’s “A Store for Killers.” Filming is accomplished and the finished present, beforehand titled “Influenza,” is anticipated to launch in 2025 at an unspecified date.
The sequence is the TV directing debut of Yoon Sung-hyun, who’s better-known for his 2011 movie “Bleak Evening” and the motion thriller “Time to Hunt.”
Jisoo has had a number of cameo roles in Korean TV sequence and a significant function in 2020 interval action-comedy sequence “Snowdrop.” She had a minor function in “Dr Cheon and the Misplaced Talisman” and is reported to be connected to “Omniscient Reader’s Viewpoint,” a multi-part movie adaptation of a success webtoon.
Late final 12 months Blackpink renewed their group contract with YG Leisure, the company that lifted them to famous person standing. However the 4 particular person band members didn’t. Rose moved to The Black Label, whereas the opposite three established impartial labels, and all are actually off doing solo tasks.
As an e-commerce enterprise, Coupang operates an aggressive same-day supply promise throughout a variety of shopper items and has managed to maintain at bay a few of its giant multinational rivals. Its streaming service, which performs as a companion service to common purchasers, like Prime Video and its mother or father Amazon, has had a smaller influence within the Korean leisure market. However, it has grabbed headlines with its localized version of “Saturday Night Live” and TV drama “One Ordinary Day,” which is a Korean adaptation of 2008 BBC sequence “Legal Justice.”
