Disney Plus Korea Reveals 2024 Line-Up, Includes The Zone: Survival Mission Season 3, Parasite Star Song Kang-Ho's First Drama Series
New shows to look out for include an adaptation of a hit webtoon and multiple crime dramas.
Fans of Korean shows here will continue having it good in 2024. Streaming platform Disney+ recently revealed a few of its upcoming Korean programmes with "more titles set to be announced in the weeks and months to come".
Returning for a third season is the hit variety show The Zone: Survival Mission with Yoo Jae-suk and Girls' Generation's Yuri back in the fray. Although Lee Kwang-soo has announced that he will not be returning this season, fans can still expect a whole lot of laughter with two new hosts: Former MMA star Kim Dong-hyun and Single's Inferno's Kim Jin-young aka Dex.
Together, the foursome will get up to hilarious hijinks as they try to survive a range of challenges.
K-drama fans can also witness history in the making this year as acclaimed actor Song Kang-ho (Parasite and The Host) stars in his very first drama series Uncle Samsik. Set in the '60s, the show follows an idealistic politician and a mysterious political fixer called Uncle Samsik who operates in the shadows.
Together, they form an uneasy partnership to transform a struggling post-war Korea into a prosperous country.
Other shows that fans can look forward to include Blood Free and Light Shop, both of which star Kingdom actor Ju Ji-hoon. The former follows a former bodyguard who is recruited to protect the CEO of a controversial lab-grown meat company. The latter is an adaptation of a popular webtoon and follows a group of struggling strangers, drawn to a light shop that sits at the end of a seedy alleyway.
Carol Choi, Executive Vice President of Original Content Strategy at The Walt Disney Company APAC, said: “The new Korean originals announced today really build on the positive momentum and success of our APAC content slate last year. We will continue to scale our creative ambition with a curated collection of APAC originals, centred on quality storytelling and top talent, in collaboration with the region’s most exciting storytellers.”
The original version of this story first appeared in CNA Lifestyle.
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