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Disney+ to Adapt The Miracles of the Namiya General Store for TV

Disney+ to Adapt The Miracles of the Namiya General Store for TV

Disney+ added another buzzy K-drama title on Thursday to its steadily expanding slate of originals from East Asia. The streamer announced the launch of principal photography on The Miracles of the Namiya General Store, a Korean-language series adaptation of Japanese author Keigo Higashino’s 2012 bestseller, which has sold more than 13 million copies worldwide. The series is set for a global Disney+ launch in 2027. A time-bending fantasy about three petty criminals who hide out in a derelict general store after a botched heist, only to begin receiving letters seeking advice from strangers writing from decades in the past, the novel has been adapted twice before for the screen — by Ryuichi Hiroki for a 2017 Japanese feature, and by Han Jie that same year for a Chinese-language version starring Jackie Chan as the kindly shop owner. Ryu Seung-ryong will headline the new Korean series as Go Min-joong, the elderly shop owner whose replies to mysterious letters set off a chain of connections across decades. The role is the actor’s third major Disney+ collaboration, following …

South Korean celebrity couple Park Shin-hye and Choi Tae-joon expecting second child

South Korean celebrity couple Park Shin-hye and Choi Tae-joon expecting second child

South Korean celebrity couple Park Shin-hye, 36, and Choi Tae-joon, 34, are expecting their second child. On Tuesday (Apr 14), Park’s agency, Salt Entertainment, confirmed to media outlets that the Pinocchio actress is currently pregnant and the baby’s due date is in autumn (between September and November in South Korea). The agency also added that Park plans to focus on prenatal care at the moment. Source link