“This year, we will invest about 500 million dollars (about 550 billion) in Korean content. This is Netflix’s step to grow together with the domestic production industry.”
Netflix unveiled its plan to invest $500 million in Korea this year. It has a long-term production base and plans to introduce K contents to the world through steady investment.
On the 25th, Min-young Kim, general director of content for Netflix Korea and Asia, said at the’See What’s Next Korea 2021′ event held online, saying that this year, we will discover Korean content beyond borders, culture, language, and lifestyle and help the world enjoy it. Revealed.
“So far, Netflix has invested 770 billion won in Korean content,” said Kim. “Last year, we newly established’Netflix Entertainment’, a Korean content-related corporation, and signed a multi-year lease agreement with studios in Paju-si and Yeoncheon-gun, Gyeonggi-do.” did.
“There was news that 22 million households around the world enjoyed sweet home. Korean content is shaking the hearts of fans in 190 countries across borders. You can naturally hear the word K content. You can hear the trend of global popular culture. It was nice to be able to lead by Korea and contribute to Netflix.”
In addition, Kim added, “Netflix’s mission is to provide the best entertainment experience to all across borders. Korea also has more than 3.8 million subscribers as of 2020. I will not lose my original intention and will not be proud.”
On this day, author Kim Eun-hee of Kingdom and CEO Yoon Shin-ae, who made the human class, talked with general manager Min-young Kim.
Writer Kim Eun-hee said, “Without Netflix, the Kingdom couldn’t be born.” “Cruel scene production was impossible on the airwaves, and even zombies in historical dramas made it possible, so the production cost was not high, but Netflix made it possible.”
Kim also added, “I’ve never heard the word’No’ when working with Netflix. I was worried that people around the world could accept too much Korean talk, but Netflix believed it was possible.”
CEO Yoon Shin-ae, who created the human class, also said, “I wanted to get the script and produce it, but I thought there was no way outside of Netflix. It was a work that I couldn’t even start without Netflix.”
Netflix also introduced the first original movie produced after the movie Okja. The movies’Carter’ and’Moral Sense’ are the main characters.
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The Netflix movie’Carter’ is an action blockbuster depicting the breathtaking chase of the agent’Carter’, who was put into a mysterious operation with all memories lost in the background of the virus outbreak on the Korean Peninsula. Carter is a work that attracts even greater expectations through the meeting of director Jeong Byeong-gil and Netflix, who have shown original actions in every piece through sensual direction.
The Netflix movie’Moral Sense (tentative title)’ is a film about a different romance between a man with a different’sexual taste’ and a woman who accidentally learns his secret. Moral Sense is the original work of a popular webtoon of the same name that received great love by humorously depicting the dizzying imagination that a secret sexual orientation was caught by a coworker. Director Park Hyun-jin, who has shown an excellent sense in the romance genre, from the movies’Like Me’ and’Dating for 6 years’, grabbed the megaphone.