Disney+ has set the latest Korean series to debut on the platform with the announcement of the new Big Bet, which will also arrive on Hulu, according to Deadline.
What’s Happening:
- Disney+ has unveiled another series from Korea, added to the lineup of programming from the country that was announced two months ago.
- Titled Low Life, the series will star veteran actors Ryu Seungryong (Moving) and Yang Sejong (Doona!). Set in 1970s Korea, the story follows a fisherman as he discovers a treasure lost for generations at the bottom of the ocean. Taking a small part of it home for himself, word soon begins to spread about the vast fortune waiting to be claimed by those brave enough to risk the depths. Desperate to escape his depressing life, Oh Heedong (Yang) partners with his uncle Oh Gwanseok (Ryu) in an attempt to reach the treasure before the rest of the world.
- Low Life is written and directed by Big Bet creator Kang Yunsung. Big Bet was one of Disney+’s Korean tentpoles in 2022, while Kang has also clinched several major theatrical successes with his Roundup franchise films including The Outlaws (2017), The Roundup (2022) and The Roundup: No Way Out (2023). Another sequel, The Roundup: Punishment, will release theatrically in South Korea on April 24 as well as in North American and the UK on May 3.
- Low Life will be released on Disney+ internationally and Hulu in the United States in 2025.
- The new series is only the latest in a strategy by Disney+ in the territory to develop original content in Korea. Reportedly, the streamer has been prioritizing the territory along with Japan, while cutting back on original production in Southeast Asia.
- The new series will premiere on the platform next year and Hulu in the U.S.
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