As fan of big budget film like Netflix TV shows that have won acclaim, have rated actors this is a big needed step for korean dramas. Netflix has already done original japanese dramas that look very good just like their House of Cards, Marvel netflix shows.

Netflix has become the new HBO with quality cable like tv shows

It sounds very interesting.

I hope they don't loose the 'korean' factor and make it a hollywood alike. Don't want hollywood infect kdramas with it's too cool concepts and ultra modern customs.

This is exciting! I was just browsing the wiki page that lists Netflix originals and realized that while there have been several Japanese Netflix originals (with many more planned for 2017) there has never been a Korean one.

This sounds like the perfect team to produce the first Korean Netflix original.

If it's a success (which I'm sure it will be) it will be interesting to see how much it will affect the drama landscape.

Terrific news for kdrama. I think/hope this will provide a huge incentive to the general public to check out more k shows and movies. With this writer and director, one hopes, quality will shine.

OMG... I'M SO HYPE!!!

I love that they're gonna make this series short.

Stranger Things, which is also Netflix original series, only has 8 episodes with 50 minutes average video length (opening sequence included). The economy of storytelling was perfect in that show. It has a beginning, a middle and an end, and the story is told very clearly, with just the right pacing and just enough time given to each of its characters.

I hope, by following this format, the storytelling is gonna be perfect in this upcoming show as well.

I know that Lee Joon-gi said he really wants to do a modern drama next, but.......

What an achievement for Kim Eun Hee!
She basically became the best writer in South Korea and is getting international recognition!She deserves it so much!

I'm not surprised at all that Netflix is starting original productions for South Korea: i have been working for the tv industry these past months and it was said that South Korea is the ideal market for Netflix and Amazon because people have a very high level of consumption of services related to film and tv industry. It's clearly the next big challenge for those giants entreprises.

I wasn't excited at first with the idea of a sageuk as a new project for Kim Eun Hee because i wasn't attracted much by this genre, but Tree with deep roots (that i'm currently watching) is slowly but surely helping me changing my mind. So if they can bring the same level of quality as this drama and the right cast, this new project can become a spectacular hit, for which i wouldn't mind suscribing Netflix again.

In all cases, i hope this news that makes Kim Eun Hee even a bigger name, will convince all the actors to come back for Signal season 2, if they weren't already ready.

So excited that i couldn't find words to express....

Sense 8 is a Netflix original that was 8 episodes long but felt like a movie. It was very good. Excellent quality.

I expect that Netflix will hire korean actors, have them speak korean and sub just like they did for that japanise drama. They full sub these in several languages before the release them.

hm, don´t know what to think about this... to me netflix have become so big in so short of time that they are scary. big company end up eating those smal one... this make me concerned for VIKI and also other main asien drama streaming site. I love viki for the community feeling they have and that fan can comment and talk about show there. they don´t feel intimidating like netflix feel to me.

Netflix? Hmm. On the plus side... the sooner they wrap this up, the sooner we get a Signal season 2! (selfish)

Can we have Jo Jinwoong to star then? I mean he looks hot af in sageuk costumes.

So saeguk Game of Thrones? I'm down!

Netflix has made no secret they want to break into the Asian markets. The plus for the production team is that they will be given so much autonomy to do what they want, and no worries of even considering ratings because it's based on views and even then they don't seem to release the info.

Netflix is warring it out with Amazon and to a certain extent Hulu so I am actually glad to see them constantly willing to innovate. So many people discovered Korean dramas through Netflix....I can't really see a downside.

Sounds good. I hope it has some action and not just politics. I really want something epic.

There are plenty of shows on Netflix that aren't in English; even some original shows that I know of. I don't think the show will be effected by the company's involvement. It will just be streaming there.
Plus, this won't be the only Korean production making it's way onto the site. There is still that joint production of Bong Joon Ho's, too.
Korea also has Netflix, so I'm sure it's not something made with just reaching out to International audiences in mind. I'm sure many want to work with them.

Viki and Dramafever will be fine.

This is an exciting development. I've watched a number of Korean films and dramas on Netflix, and look forward to this project. My first forays into Kdrama were via Hulu, and all of the shows I watched back then were sageuks (DR. JIN, KING'S DAUGHTER, etc.). I'd love to see something epic like KINGDOM OF THE WINDS.

Kim Eun-hee has ... dropped hints about it being a sageuk unlike any that we’ve seen before, and that many of her characters will die, as they often do in her dramas.

Paging Kim Nam-Gil and Choi Min-Soo...

Yay cause it sound very exciting and different but nay cause there's gonna be alot of characters dying.

I NEED KANG DONG WON IN THIS.
He said he ain't going back to dramaland but there must be a way around his words, right? Huhu

Definitely sounds quite interesting.

The thing I like with Netflix is they seem to give full freedom to their writers and directors so we know for sure there won't be much restrictions unlike if it airs in public networks. And they gave big budgets on their production so we won't atleast worry about its quality, props or costumes being cheap.

Plus I do have trust with this writer even though I have only watch 3 dramas from her because I like all 3 of them. So I hope this turns out well. And the shorter episode is good too so the drama won't drag half way.