Made in Korea explained
Made in Korea is an upcoming South Korean television series directed by Woo Min-ho, and starring Jung Woo-sung. It depicts a story that takes place over major events in Korea's modern and contemporary history in the 1970s.
Cast
A prosecutor with animalistic instincts and terrifying tenacity.
Production
Development
Woo Min-ho, who worked on films such as Inside Men (2015), The Drug King (2018), and The Man Standing Next (2020), confirmed to direct his first small screen work Made in Korea. Hive Media Corp, which has presented bold films with both fun and artistic quality based on vivid characters and sharp insights into the times, such as Inside Men, The Man Standing Next, Deliver Us from Evil (2020), and (2023), managed the production of the series.
Some media reports that the series will be a spin-off of the 2018 film The Drug King but Hive Media Corp denied it and said that "it is a completely different work". Also the budget is reported to cost billion while MBC Entertainment reported it to cost billion but the production company denied it too.[2]
Casting
Hyun Bin was reportedly cast for the series and according to his agency, Vast Entertainment, he is considering to appear but no final confirmation yet while Jung Woo-sung confirmed to lead the series.[3]
JTBC Entertainment News reported that Jung Sung-il joined the cast in July 2024, while Ilgan Sports reported that both Won Ji-an and Seo Eun-soo confirmed their appearance for the series in August 2024.[4] [5] [6]
Notes and References
- Web site: ko:'서울의 봄' 정우성 차기작은 '메이드 인 코리아'...우민호 감독 호흡[공식]. '12.12: The Day' Jung Woo-sung's next work is 'Made in Korea'...Working with Director Woo Min-ho [Official]. https://entertain.naver.com/read?oid=477&aid=0000473903. Naver. SPOTV News. ko. Kim. Hyun-rok. February 16, 2024. February 16, 2024.
- Web site: ko:[단독] 현빈, '메이드 인 코리아' 출연 확정. [Exclusive] Hyun Bin confirms appearance in 'Made in Korea'. https://entertain.naver.com/read?oid=408&aid=0000214923. Naver. MBC Entertainment. ko. Lee. Ho-young. February 16, 2024. February 16, 2024.
- Web site: ko:현빈, 우민호 감독과 재회하나.."'메이드 인 코리아' 긍정 검토" [공식]. Hyun Bin, reunites with director Woo Min-ho.."'Made in Korea' Positive Review" [Official]. https://entertain.naver.com/read?oid=108&aid=0003215151. Naver. Star News. ko. Yoon. Sung-yeol. February 16, 2024. February 16, 2024.
- Web site: https://m.entertain.naver.com/article/437/0000404101. Hwang. So-young. July 31, 2024. JTBC Entertainment News. ko. ko:[단독] 정성일, '메이드 인 코리아' 출연..정우성·현빈과 호흡. [Exclusive] Jung Sung-il to appear in 'Made in Korea'..Working with Jung Woo-sung and Hyun Bin. August 8, 2024. Naver.
- Web site: https://m.entertain.naver.com/article/241/0003371572. Jang. Joo-yeon. August 8, 2024. Ilgan Sports. ko. ko:[단독] 원지안, '오징어 게임2' 이어 '메이드 인 코리아'까지 대세 행보 ing. [Exclusive] Won Ji-an, following 'Squid Game 2' and 'Made in Korea' continues to lead the trend. August 8, 2024. Naver.
- Web site: https://m.entertain.naver.com/article/241/0003371571. Jang. Joo-yeon. August 8, 2024. Ilgan Sports. ko. ko:[단독] 서은수, 우민호 신작 ‘메이드 인 코리아’ 캐스팅…정우성과 호흡. [Exclusive] Seo Eun-soo, Woo Min-ho cast in new film 'Made in Korea'… Working with Jung Woo-sung. Naver.
