More Korean dramas to be remade in the US

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A slew of South Korean hit TV series, like the romantic comedy "Crash Landing On You," will be remade in the United States amid the expanding worldwide reception for Korean-made content led by the sensation "Squid Game."

The 2019 smash hit rom-com, starring Hyun Bin and Son Ye-jin, will get a Hollywood remake, reportedly co-planned and developed by Studio Dragon, the production studio of the original, and Netflix.

The 16-episode "Crash Landing On You," which aired simultaneously on the South Korean cable channel tvN and Netflix in late 2019, is about star-crossed lovers from two Koreas, depicting the political and geographical division on the Korean Peninsula.

It became one of the most popular South Korean TV series in recent years, marking the highest viewership for the cable channel's drama series. It also topped the most-viewed Netflix charts in many Asian regions, including Japan.

Studio Dragon earlier said it has plans to produce a U.S. remake of the popular fantasy romance drama "Hotel del Luna" (2019) in collaboration with Skydance TV.

The original series revolves around an elite hotel owner and manager of the namesake hotel only for ghosts, starring singer-actress IU and actor Yeo Jin-goo. It was one of the highest-rated Korean dramas on cable channels in that year.

Moreover, a U.S. remake of MBC TV's 2016 popular fantasy thriller "W: Two Worlds Apart," featuring a young surgeon's adventure into a webtoon universe to look for her missing father, will be developed and produced by the CW, an American TV network.

Titled "Angel City," the English-language version will be produced by Craig Plestis, who is behind the success of the U.S. edition of the Korean competition singing show, "The Masked Singer," on Fox, according to a U.S. media outlet.

Cable channel OCN's 2019 thriller "Trap" will be also adapted into an American drama series titled "The Club."

With Starling Television as producer, Korean American Actor Ma Dong-seok, also known as Don Lee, will take the lead role in "The Club."

The recent boom in U.S. remakes of Korean TV series came as Korean shows, like "Squid Game," have been increasingly making their presence felt not only in Asia but also in North America and Europe thanks to global streaming platforms, like Netflix.

ABC's medical drama "The Good Doctor," based on the Korean show of the same title, and TNT's dystopian thriller "Snowpiercer," a TV series adaptation of Bong Joon-ho's 2013 film, are just a few examples in the past.

At the same time, South Korean entertainment companies have been rolling up their sleeves to tap into Hollywood for years through investment and joint production.

CJ ENM, which created the Oscar-winning "Parasite" and is affiliated with Studio Dragon, acquired a managerial stake in Hollywood studio Endeavor Content a few weeks ago as part of its business strategy to go abroad.

The company is also leading a joint project to co-produce a TV series with Skydance TV, in which it took over a stake, for a U.S. original series for Apple TV+.

In June, JTBC Studios, which has made smash hit TV series, like "The World of the Married" (2020), purchased a majority stake in Wiip, the U.S. producer behind HBO's popular series "Mare of Easttown" (2021). It marked the South Korean company's first entry into Hollywood.








I know some of these have been reported already, but some of the dramas are news to me. "W: Two Worlds Apart" on the CW could be interesting. Also, how are they going to do CLOY in the US? Like, we falling in love over the US-Canada border?


source: Yonhap News

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[http://users.livejournal.com/_profiterole_/]

I was wondering the same thing about CLOY, though I guess they can do a North US/South US thing like in The Papercutter by Cindy Rizzo.

[sweetestbliss1.livejournal.com]

I don't know why when I read your comment, all I could think of was a really bad lifetime or Hallmark movie lol

[falling-cookie.livejournal.com]

first, I gotta say I love that you have a Nobuta wo Produce icon! I just rewatched that for the umpteenth time this year and I still love it.

and yeah, CLOY makes no sense for a remake.

[http://users.livejournal.com/_profiterole_/]

I think it was the first drama I watched. It was a long time ago. lol

[babycheeses1.livejournal.com]

Yikes!

Lol you'd think after the success of Squid Games they'd realise people are perfectly capable of reading subtitles??! And stanning — gasp — non-western stars? Wild!

I guess they're gonna recreate CLOY by having it play out over the US/Mexico border? I don't trust them to not make this racist tbh.

[goshipgurl.livejournal.com]

But is the situation at the Mexican/US border as bad as it is in North/South Korea? Iirc people can still travel between these two countries with no problem. Honestly, the only CLOY remake that would make sense is a East/West Germany version.

[inwazyja.livejournal.com]

I'd watch a gritty east/west germany remake tbh

But I still maintain that none of this is necessary.

[goshipgurl.livejournal.com]

Needs the "who asked for this tag"

Just put the originals on Netflix with subtitles or dubs.

Also, as Omonas resident W fangirl, seeing this...

Moreover, a U.S. remake of MBC TV's 2016 popular fantasy thriller "W: Two Worlds Apart," featuring a young surgeon's adventure into a webtoon universe to look for her missing father, will be developed and produced by the CW, an American TV network.

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i LOVED W too!

[goshipgurl.livejournal.com]

It's one of my favorite Kdrama! I recently watched it again and it still holds up.

[nagi-schwarz.livejournal.com]

I also really enjoyed W! Hope the CW doesn’t drag it out for a million seasons.

[sweetestbliss1.livejournal.com]

Lol you know they will.

[ah0000.livejournal.com]

all of this is a big no thanks

i loved W for half the first half of the show and then it blew up on itself so i’m curious what a well thought out ending could be. but also americans would make it never-ending so that won’t answer my curiosity.

i didn’t watch CLOY but it makes no sense in most other contexts, at least in the present time.

[nagi-schwarz.livejournal.com]

I figure if Korea made versions of Suits and Criminal Minds, whatever. But I’m not sure how CLOY will adapt to an American setting at all.

I will admit I haven’t seen either the Korean version of Suits or CM, but they’re on my list. I wasn’t super into the American version of Suits anyway, but I did love CM, so I’m curious to see if they cram a romance into it.

I think an American version of Hotel Del Luna could be cool but not if they turn it into fifteen seasons.

[spikiegirl.livejournal.com]

I'm a big fan of Criminal Minds, I've watched every episode of every season, so of course I had to try the Korean version.
I've started in 2017 and in 2021 I still haven't gone past episode 8 ^^'. It's not bad but it's definitely not as dark and interesting as the original. One day I'll be able to finish it...one day lol

[frequency.livejournal.com]

i haven't watched CLOY but i'm definitely racking my brain trying to figure out how they'll make that storyline fit for US viewing 🥴🥴🥴

i'm kinda over remakes in general; they're just lazy imo? not everything has to be redone after 20/30 years or remade for an american audience :T (i say as someone that watches the good doctor......)

[goshipgurl.livejournal.com]

i say as someone that watches the good doctor......)

I love the Good Doctor, the only good remake tbh.

[spikiegirl.livejournal.com]

I'm getting tired of remakes in general so they can keep those shows.

Haven't watched CLOY but that's the dumbest idea ever unless they put the action in a totally made up world

[nudrive.livejournal.com]

America is so lazy, come up with new shit or just watch stuff with subs. it's not that difficult.

[inwazyja.livejournal.com]

this is not needed. not everything needs to be remade in english ffs.

Also W is gonna be atrocious on CW, I can already see the horrific fx and cringe writing. And I already had issues with the og.

[xoxkenzxox.livejournal.com]

no one asked for any of this.

[em-cavey.livejournal.com]

I mean, I'm all for Korean productions getting that USD
But how is CLOY possibly going to work if not in North Korea? It'd have to be a completely different story anywhere else

Also I feel like most Korean dramas only work because they're close-ended stories with a beginning, middle, and end (theoretically). I don't think they'd hold up in open-ended multiple-season formats like they do in America

[falling-cookie.livejournal.com]

W could work to me and I still don't want it to happen. I like how asian dramas are a compact story, even the longer historical dramas have an ending. Most American shows just refuse to do that so idk how these remakes will work