The next Squid Game? Disney+ to launch in three Asian markets with new Korean content, from Blackpink’s Jisoo in a K-drama series to Running Man spin-off

Ahead of Disney+’s November 2021 launch in South Korea, Taiwan and Hong Kong, the streaming platform has revealed details of some of its Asia-focused content

Among the upcoming series are an action drama based on a popular Korean webtoon, and Snowdrop – a romantic melodrama starring Blackpink’s Jisoo

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The Walt Disney Company has shared Disney+’s upcoming roster of Asia-focused content, including Outrun by Running Man, a spin-off of the popular reality-TV show Running Man. Photo: The Walt Disney Company Asia Pacific

Tamar Herman

Published: 10:33am, 15 Oct 2021Updated: 4:02pm, 10 May 2022

Some of South Korea’s biggest celebrities are set to star in upcoming series for Disney+.

Ahead of the streaming platform’s November 2021 launch in South Korea, Taiwan and Hong Kong, The Walt Disney Company shared some of its upcoming Asia-focused content, in particular content created in partnership with Korean production companies.

The company aims to introduce around 50 original Asia-focused releases to Disney+ by 2023.

The platform will feature action drama Moving, based on a popular Korean webtoon, and two K-pop star powered dramas: Snowdrop, a romantic melodrama featuring Jung Hae-in and Blackpink’s Jisoo, and Rookies, a coming-of-age drama series set in a police academy featuring ex-Wanna One member Kang Daniel.

A still from K-drama Snowdrop. Photo: The Walt Disney Company Asia Pacific

Another series, Grid, will be created by the writer behind the hit series Stranger, while a romantic fantasy series called Kiss Sixth Sense is also set to find a home on Disney+.