"Hotel Del Luna" American remake in the works

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Skydance Television is adapting Korean fantasy drama Hotel Del Luna as a series after teaming with CJ ENM, the studio behind Oscar-winning Parasite.

Altered Carbon showrunner Alison Schapker, who has an overall deal with Skydance, will oversee the adaptation.

It comes after CJ ENM invested in Skydance earlier this year and the two companies struck a deal to develop and produce projects.

CJ ENM subsidiary Studio Dragon recently established a U.S. branch, and Hotel Del Luna is one of a number of projects that the companies are working on.

Hotel Del Luna, which was directed by Oh Chung-hwan and Kim Jung-hyun and written by Hong Jeong-eun and Hong Mi-ran, aired in 2019 on tvN and was produced by Studio Dragon. It is a fantasy drama that features an elite hotelier who becomes the manager of Hotel Del Luna, a mystical hotel that only caters to spirits at night, after stumbling upon a fateful event.

Schapker will serve as executive producer of the series along with Miky Lee, Jinnie Choi, Hyun Park of CJ ENM/Studio Dragon and David Ellison, Dana Goldberg and Bill Bost of Skydance Television.

Before Altered Carbon, Schapker was a writer and co-executive producer on ABC’s Scandal. She is well known for her work on the series Alias and Fringe. She also has worked on series such as Charmed, Lost, Almost Human and served as showrunner for two seasons of Brothers & Sisters.

It is the latest U.S. adaptation of a Korean project; ABC’s The Good Doctor and TNT’s Snowpiercer also come from Korean originals.

“At its core, Hotel Del Luna is a spectacular visual fantasy grounded in a story about the importance of human connection, lost loves and unfinished business,” said Bill Bost, President of Skydance Television. “We are excited to be partnering with Alison and Studio Dragon to bring this timeless story to a global audience.”

Added Hyun Park, Head of Studio Dragon’s Global Division: “We are thrilled to have Alison lead the adaptation of Hotel Del Luna, hopefully our first of many co-development projects with Skydance. We believe Hotel Del Luna will enhance the reputation of Korean storytelling around the world by showcasing the global appeal of our local stories.”






She worked on some shows that I liked, so I'm a little optimistic?


source: deadline

Comments

[mntsuklaa.livejournal.com]

The title alone made me groan but then I got to “We are excited to bring this timeless story to a global audience.” and just ???? The fuck is that supposed to mean? It's already fit for a global audience, just learn to read fucking subtitles.

[sra-interesante.livejournal.com]

for me means american producers feel threatened by korean entertaiment growth and cant believe certain korean dramas are giving them a run fo their money lolz

[mntsuklaa.livejournal.com]

If they feel threatened they should be coming up with their own ideas instead of making remakes of everything =___=

[broadcities.livejournal.com]

mte, it's not that hard!

[benihime99.livejournal.com]

Google translate tells me it means: we have no original idea, nor desire to read subtitles so we'll go with another remake

[mntsuklaa.livejournal.com]

It's so annoying how they keep taking the easy way out instead of putting in any actual effort

[benihime99.livejournal.com]

a good tv show cost a lot and when you see that shitty show like riverdale make tone of cash, why bother paying writers?
It's all about the money money money

[sra-interesante.livejournal.com]

i remember when they were just starting to tease about hotel del luna production and fans biggest fear was how kim sistes could ruin it ...
and now they will get an american remake lol

good for them, i dont trust american remakes but good for kim sisters in making this deal

[nixx0-0.livejournal.com]

No! No damn it!
I mean she's made shit I fucking lovedBut whyyyyyyyy, JUST READ THE SUBTITLES.

I mean the fucking way the final season of Fringe just ruined the entire show for me. As well as Charmed... As well as Almost Human being fucked from the beginning...
Oh no.

DON'T DO THIS.

[radowan.livejournal.com]

hmmm tbh while i'm not against this (i won't be watching it tho lmao), i also can't help but think that the US could do with more subtitled foreign shows and less American remakes of those shows.

[timetobegin.livejournal.com]

Intruiged how it would work out but not necessarily confident it would be a good remake. That said, I'd much rather Hotel Del Luna be not be region locked anymore on Netflix!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[benihime99.livejournal.com]

[babyjenkski.livejournal.com]

+1

[au9042.livejournal.com]

Making a remake so you can whitewash the cast?

[smilla-sini.livejournal.com]

I didn't like half of the cast so I'll watch this i guess
Should have made season 2 with ksh anyway