[RPM9 박동선기자] StoryWiz (CEO Dae-jin Jeon), a subsidiary of KT, which specializes in contents, establishes a cooperative relationship with Takeone Company and a safe house, and completes the filmization process of webtoon and web novel IP.
On the 9th, StoryWiz announced that it has recently signed a three-party “movie IP planning and development” business agreement (MOU) with the content production company Takeone Company (CEO Jung Min-chae) and Story Production Safety House (CEO Kim Hong-ik).
This business agreement is in accordance with the efforts to diversify the direction of the OSMU (One Source Multi-Use) of webtoon and web novel IP that StoryWiz has been promoting from last year to recent years.
In particular, with the recent success of the game BTS World, as well as IP synergy such as the ability to develop and utilize contents IP of StoryWiz, which is in full swing starting with the drama’Color Rush,’ and the ability to develop and discover source IP of safe houses that lead the genre fiction field. It attracts attention in that it will lead to the creation of attractive movie works by adding the production capabilities of Takeone Company, a comprehensive content production company that began to produce dramas through tvN’Luka: The Beginning’.
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Starting with the signing of a business agreement, the three companies plan to actively cooperate for IP planning and development, complete planning and development within the first half of the year, and prepare in advance for film production. The project is promoted with the aim of broadcasting various platforms such as theaters and KT media channels within this year.
Dae-jin Jeon, CEO of StoryWiz, said, “We are pleased to be with Takeone Company, which announced its start as a comprehensive content production company, and a safe house with excellent capabilities in the genre fiction field.” We plan to play a role as a KT group content advance base by creating various examples of OSMU contents such as exhibition and web toonization.” He emphasized not only film planning and development, but also expansion as OSMU.
Jeong Min-chae, CEO of Takeone Company, said, “It is an honor to be with the best experts in each field of content IP utilization and we have a lot of expectations.” “Through this project, we made a successful case of film IP production, and’Use IP best I want to inform the world of’Take One Company’.”
Kim Hong-ik, CEO of Safe House, said, “The story of a safe house is highly anticipated as the first case of planning and developing video footage with the best partners. In the future, we will continue to continue such cooperation to increase the competitiveness of the Story Production Safe House.”
Reporter Park Dong-sun ([email protected])