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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
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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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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+.
Beyond scripted content, Disney+ will also air a spin-off of the popular variety series Running Man, called Outrun by Running Man, featuring entertainers Kim Jong-kook, Haha, Jee Seok-jin, Song Ji-hyo and Yang Se-chan. It will also stream Blackpink: The Movie, the girl group’s documentary celebrating their fifth anniversary.
Blackpink: The Movie will stream on Disney+. Photo: The Walt Disney Company Asia Pacific

The news came a day after rival streaming platform Netflix announced that Korean television series Squid Game had become it’s most popular original series ever.

Disney has announced a variety of other Asia-focused content from Japan, Indonesia, Greater China and Australia, including Twisted Wonderland, an anime adaptation of the Disney-themed mobile game of the same name.

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