Netflix Confirms Cast For Live-Action Series Outback, Based On Webtoon G'day
Netflix is moving a completed 2015 to 2017 webtoon about a Korean family's loss in Australia into live action, and the cast announcement is the first concrete production step it has confirmed.
Reporting from 1 source: Anime News Network.
Netflix confirmed production on Friday of Outback, a live-action series with the working title, based on Yong Sung Choi's webtoon G'day. Kyung Hong plays Sion, who travels to Australia after his older sister's sudden death and investigates what happened to her. Jun-Yeol Ryu, Ho-yeon Jung, Ji-an Won, and Justin H. Min also star. No release date is set.
Hong plays Sion, who arrives in Australia after losing contact with his sister and stays at the share house where she was living while he looks into her death. Ryu is Min-hyuk, described as a man at the center of the mystery. Jung plays Smiley, a creator who talks to people through livestreams in Australia, Won plays Sion's older sister Si-young, and Justin H. Min plays Scott, a Korean-Australian police officer.
The webtoon by Yong Sung Choi was serialized between 2015 and 2017, and an English version is available on Lehzin. Netflix has not set a release date.
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