The Ghost of Bongcheon-Dong Webtoon Gets Live-Action Film
The film moves a 2011 webtoon that was later remastered and carried on WEBTOON in English into Korean live-action production, with an idol-turned-actor in the lead and no distributor date yet attached.
Reporting from 1 source: Anime News Network.
Lotte Entertainment announced on October 7 that Arin of OH MY GIRL and Chan-young Yoon will star in a live-action film of Horang's horror webtoon The Ghost of Bongcheon-Dong. Production began on October 5. Arin plays Su-yeon, a woman possessed by a ghost at a Seoul apartment complex built on land where shamans once performed rituals. Yoon plays Tae-oh, who can see ghosts. No release date is set.
Production on the adaptation started on October 5, two days before Lotte Entertainment confirmed the casting. The film draws on Horang's short horror webtoon, first published in 2011 inside the collection The Vault of Horror: A Collection of Nightmares and remastered for Horang's Nightmare in 2020. The story centers on Su-yeon, who experiences strange phenomena at an apartment complex in Bongcheon-dong, Seoul, built on ground where shamans once held rituals. She is possessed by a ghost and pulled into a curse tied to the area. Arin takes the lead role; Chan-young Yoon plays Tae-oh, a young man who can see ghosts. The remastered webtoon is available in English on WEBTOON.
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