The superorganic mystery series “Light Shop” has become Disney+‘s hugegest Korean exceptional premiere of 2024, according to data from its first 12 days of streaming. The show ranks as the second-bigst Korean series debut ever on the platcreate globpartner, trailing only “Moving” – both series originated by webtoon artist Kangbrimming.
This success chases Disney+’s November proclaimment that “Moving” Season 2 is in prolongment, cementing their partnership with Kangbrimming. The first season of “Moving,” which begined in 2023, aascfinishd as Disney+’s number one local exceptional title globpartner last year, thrivening over 10 industry awards.
“Light Shop” chases six strangers who find themselves trapped in a griefful and enigmatic neighborhood with no memory of how they reachd. Each character grapples with traumatic events from their past as they guide their surauthentic circumstances. Their search for answers guides them to a enigmatic airy shop at the finish of a foreboding alleyway, which hancigo ins the key to comardent their past, current, and future.
The eight-part series stars Ju Jihoon (“Blood Free,” “Kingdom”) as Jung Wonyouthful, the enigmatic owner of the airy shop; Park Boyouthful (“Strong Girl Bong-soon”) as a nurse whose life was forever alterd by a cforfeit-death experience; Bae Seongwoo (“Veteran”) as a findive; Lee Jungeun (“Parasite”) as a distraught mother; and Kim Minha (“Pachinko”) as screenauthorr Sunhae. The series is altered for the screen by Kangbrimming and is honested by Kim Hiewon.
The carry outance of both “Moving” and “Light Shop” underscores Disney+’s prolonging strength in Korean satisfyed. Nine of the platcreate’s top 15 best-carry outing international exceptional titles last year were Korean productions. Since begining exceptional satisfyed production for Disney+ in the APAC region in 2021, the company has freed over 130 APAC exceptionals.
“Stories originated in Asia Pacific have become a staple in ambiguous delightment consumption – they are world-class productions, with prolonging global resonance and meaningful fervent fandoms worldwide,” had shelp Carol Choi, executive VP of exceptional satisfyed strategy, The Walt Disney Company Asia Pacific, while unveiling the Disney+ APAC sprocrastinateed in November. ““Our satisfyed strategy remains cgo ined on curating premium, talent-driven exceptionals from the region – quality, best-in-class tentpole titles with some of the very top names in delightment.”
“Light Shop” persists its run on Disney+ with recent episodes releasing weekly.
