OMONA THEY DID(N'T)!

Recently adapted into a television drama, the Kakao webtoon “A Business Proposal” has captured the interest of both local and international viewers with its unique, heart-fluttering storyline and dramatic romance of two couples that were brought together because of an unexpected blind date.

Because of the different cultural backgrounds of potential viewers, the global launch of “A Business Proposal” began with concerns rather than excitement, webtoon author and illustrator Narak said in an email interview with The Korea Herald.

“It turned out that all my worries were for naught. I never imagined my webtoon being read in different languages by readers around the world,” Narak added.

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source: The Korea Herald

Naver's webcomic "Money Game" is getting another remake as a reality online show in the United States, following a live adaptation last year by a Korean YouTube channel. This is the first Korean webtoon to get a remake produced overseas.

"Since this Korean web reality show has garnered a huge amount of popularity, we have decided to make our webcomic's intellectual property (IP) into reality-based content in the U.S., which is the home of reality shows," Kim Bum-hyu, director of the global IP business at Naver Webtoon, said in a statement, Tuesday. "We intend to continue presenting Naver Webtoon's high-quality IP in various content formats to create synergy."

The U.S. YouTube channel Jubilee, which has over 7 million subscribers, released the first episode of the webcomic's live adaptation on Monday.

The five-part show invites eight participants of different ethnicities, occupations and religious backgrounds to live in a facility with separate cells for 10 days.

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source: The Korea Times & Jubliee

source: fantagio 판타지오

source: TOON STUDIO

After "Kingdom" and "Hellbound" took the world by storm, another Korean zombie apocalypse series, "All of Us Are Dead," will be coming to Netflix on Jan. 28, the streaming giant announced on Friday.

Based on Joo Dong-geun's popular web-comic, titled, "Now at Our School," "All of Us Are Dead" centers on high school students who are trapped in a school during a zombie apocalypse. The trapped students must fight their way out of the virus-ridden school or otherwise, they too will turn into zombies.

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source: The Korea Times & Netflix Korea 넷플릭스 코리아

When it comes to the existential and unanswerable, Netflix series HELLBOUND delves into one of life's great mysteries by asking what lies beyond. Hear from director Yeon Sang-ho and Kim Hyun-joo as they share what it took to bring the pages of the webtoon to life and into the cinematic universe, and what kind of message they wish to convey to the audience.





source: The Swoon

When unearthly beasts materialize to drag people to Hell, a sinister religious group claims to have the answers. According to them, it’s all part of God’s plan to cripple the human race with fear in hopes that they turn righteous. Is it really divine judgment for the wicked, or something even darker?

TRAIN TO BUSAN director Yeon Sang-ho returns with Netflix series HELLBOUND, the first Korean drama to premiere at the 2021 Toronto International Film Festival, starring Yoo Ah-in (#ALIVE), Kim Hyun-joo (UNDERCOVER), Park Jung-min (TIME TO HUNT), Won Jin-ah (RAIN OR SHINE), and Yang Ik-june (BREATHLESS).

Coming to Netflix November 19.





source: The Swoon

DC Comics and Naver have released a brand new, original webtoon series of "Batman" on the popular digital Webtoon platform, Thursday, as part of their partnership to introduce the unique universe and characters from the global entertainment titan's intellectual property in the form of webtoons, or digital comics published and read online.

The new Batman story, "Batman: Wayne Family Adventures," exists outside of the main DC Batman chronology. It takes a step back from the usual action-packed scenes in the city of Gotham and instead offers family dynamics and adventures within Wayne Manor between the Dark Knight and his "endless supply of adopted, fostered and biological superhero children," the synopsis reads.

The first three episodes are already live on Naver Webtoon's English and Spanish platforms, targeting American and European audiences, and will be made available in other languages, including Korean, soon. Each new chapter will be published every Thursday (local time).

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source: WEBTOON & The Korea Times