Netflix Sets October 9 Debut for Take Charge of My Heart
Netflix is building its October live-action slate around a Korean web novel that English-speaking readers cannot buy, so the series itself carries the story for an audience arriving without the source text.
Reporting from 1 source: Anime News Network.
Netflix announced Thursday that its new series Take Charge of My Heart premieres on the streaming service on October 9. The romantic comedy follows Ho-rang Baek, a third-generation chaebol executive whose artificial heart battery is running out, and Bo-bae Na, a drama writer who gained the ability to generate electricity after being struck by lightning as a child. A teaser poster and trailer are out. The story is based on a web novel that Haebeon serialized on Naver Series, and no official English version of the novel is available.
The adaptation pulls its premise from the Naver Series run: Ho-rang's artificial heart battery is failing, and Bo-bae's electric ability does nothing to him. Near her, though, the battery recharges, which leads the two into a three-month contract built on physical contact to keep him powered until his next surgery. Young-kwang Kim plays Ho-rang and Su-bin Chae plays Bo-bae. The teaser poster and trailer are already out ahead of the October 9 date.
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