Squid Game Creator's Next Big Series for Netflix Revealed – and It Follows Someone with "Long-Hidden Powers"
The Dealer follows Geonhwa, a skilled casino dealer forced into illegal gambling after a housing fraud, produced by Squid Game creator Hwang Dong-hyuk for global Netflix release.
- On Wednesday, Netflix confirmed production is underway on The Dealer in South Korea, produced by Hwang Dong-hyuk through Firstman Studio and starring Jung So-min, Ryoo Seung-bum, and Lee Soo-hyuk.
- After Squid Game came to an end last year, Netflix confirmed its collaboration with Hwang Dong-hyuk on a new drama project.
- The plot focuses on Geonhwa, a skilled casino dealer whose wedding unravels after a housing fraud, forcing her back into the gambling underworld to use long-concealed abilities.
- The series marks Choi Young-hwan's series directorial debut, and The Dealer will stream on Netflix.
- Jung headlines as Geonhwa in a sharp role departure while Ryoo plays gambler Hwang Chisu, Lee is Jo Jun, and Ryu portrays detective fiancé Choi Wooseung.
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‘Squid Game’ creator Hwang Dong-hyuk returns with new project
Hwang Dong-hyuk — the writer, creator and director of the worldwide hit “Squid Game” — has set his sights on “The Dealer,” a new series that revolves around the crimes happening in a casino. Hwang’s new series was revealed by Netflix on Instagram on Wednesday, Jan. 14, while revealing its principal characters in what appears to be a script reading. The series will be led by Jung So-min, who will be joined by Ryoo Seung-bum, Lee Soo-hyuk and Ryu …
Squid Game creator's next big series for Netflix revealed – and it follows someone with "long-hidden powers"
After Squid Game came to an end with its third and final season last year, Netflix has now confirmed its next collaboration with that show's creator, Hwang Dong-hyuk.Hwang will be producing new Korean series The Dealer, which is in production now and which will star Jung So-min, Ryoo Seung-bum, Lee Soo-hyuk, and Ryu Kyung-soo. The series has been described as a crime drama that follows "Geonhwa, a brilliant casino dealer whose wedding plans sudd…
After a little celebrated farewell among the subscribers of the "great red N", the creator of The Squid Game already has a new series in hand. The fiction in question is called The Dealer and although there is still no official release date, it seems that the showrunner Hwang Dong-hyuk will not run away entirely from the theme of gamification as an element of the suspense: it will be a criminal drama setting in a casino and with a dealer as prot…
‘Squid Game’ Creator Hwang Dong-hyuk’s New Netflix Series Is a Casino Crime Drama
How do you follow up the biggest Netflix show ever? You double down. Hwang Dong-hyuk, the creator of “Squid Game,” has set his next series with Netflix, which is a crime drama set in a casino and follows a card dealer who is roped into a seedy underworld of gambling. The series is called “The Dealer,” and Netflix has given a greenlight to the South Korean drama and also announced its principal cast. Hwang is producing the series alongside “Squid…
‘Squid Game’ Creator Hwang Dong-hyuk Goes All In On His Next Netflix Series ‘The Dealer’
Hwang Dong-hyuk, the creator of Squid Game, Netflix’s most-watched series, is rolling out a new drama series for the streamer. Netflix has ordered Korean series The Dealer, which comes from Dong-hyuk’s Firstman Studio. The crime series follows Geonhwa, a brilliant casino dealer whose wedding plans suddenly fall apart, forcing her to unleash her long-hidden powers […]
‘Squid Game’ Creator Hwang Dong-hyuk Sets Korean Crime Series ‘The Dealer’ as Next Netflix Project
Produced by Hwang, the show stars Jung So-min, Ryoo Seung-bum and Lee Soo-hyuk and marks the series directorial debut of acclaimed cinematographer Choi Young-hwan.
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