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‘Squid Game’ Star Lee Byung-Hun, Han Ji-Min to Star in ‘The Koreans’
The Koreans adapts The Americans to 1990s South Korea, exploring espionage and family loyalty with stars Lee Byung-hun and Han Jimin, expanding Disney+ Korean content.
- On Wednesday, Disney+ officially began production on 'The Koreans,' a reimagining of the acclaimed FX series 'The Americans,' starring Lee Byung-hun and Han Ji-min as undercover North Korean spies in South Korea.
- Set during South Korea's 1990s democratization and cultural modernization, the series follows a middle-class family concealing a treasonous secret as both parents work as elite North Korean operatives destabilizing the South from within.
- Director Ahn Gil-ho, known for 'The Glory,' leads the series, while screenwriter Park Eun-kyo adapts the story from 'Made in Korea' and 'Mother' credits, with production backed by Imaginus and Studio AA.
- Disney executive Carol Choi noted the 'couple and family dynamics' and Lee's casting as key drivers of the streamer's confidence in the show's potential across Asian markets amid local-language content acceleration.
- Created by Joe Weisberg and Joel Fields, the original FX series ran six seasons from 2013 to 2018, winning a Golden Globe for best drama and earning American Film Institute Program of the Year honors.
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'Squid Game' Star Lee Byung-hun begins working on Disney+ K-drama 'The Koreans'
Los Angeles [US], March 25 (ANI): Disney+ K-drama 'The Koreans' recently went on floors. 'The Koreans' is a reimagining of the acclaimed FX series 'The Americans'. It will feature Lee Byung-hun and Han Jimin as North Korean spies living undercover in South Korea, as per Variety. Set against the wave of democratisation and cultural modernisation that swept through South Korea in the early 1990s, the series
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